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Ryan Hopkins Elite Prospects ↗

Position: Defense DOB: 2004-04-15 Country: Canada
Signed Professionally
Saint Mary's Univ. · USports-M

Set Commitment

NCAA Division I

NCAA D3 / D2

Career Trajectory
Dashed = raw PPG  ·  ■ Solid blue = age-adjusted NCAAe-PPG  ·  ■ Green = actual college PPG
Junior Seasons
Season Team League GP G A Pts PPG NCAAe-PPG Age-Adj D3e-PPG Age-Adj
2021-22 Penticton Vees BCHL 47 7 24 31 0.660 0.2541 0.2717 0.9599 1.0263
2022-23 Penticton Vees BCHL 48 10 39 49 1.021 0.3933 0.4012 1.4856 1.5156
2025-26 Saint Mary's Univ. USports-M 20 4 7 11 0.550 0.2902 0.3104 1.6121 1.7243
■ Blue = NCAAe (D1 anchor)   ■ Green = D3e (D3 anchor)   COVID-flagged seasons highlighted in yellow
College Seasons (Historical)
Season School Div Conference Year GP G A Pts PPG
2023-24 Maine D1 HockeyEast — 24 1 2 3 0.125
Pre-College Projection vs. Actual Freshman Year
Projected PPG
0.33
before college
→
Actual FR PPG
0.12
2023-24 · Maine
-62.1% vs. projection

College Pathway Likelihood (based on 40 comparables)

2%
NCAA D1
0%
NCAA D2/D3
2%
Age-Out / Club
95%
Pro / Other

NCAAe Rankings

#2963
Defenseman overall
#706
Defenseman born in 2004

D1 Comparables

Marc-Antoine Carrier
QMJHL · 2012-13 · 0.37 PPG
→ Brown (0.04 D1 FR PPG)
0.16 Developing D
NCAAe PPG
Dominic Racobaldo
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.33 PPG
→ American International (0.12 D1 FR PPG)
0.18 Developing D
NCAAe PPG
Paul LaDue
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.79 PPG
→ North Dakota (0.51 D1 FR PPG)
0.43 Elite D
NCAAe PPG
Benjamin Gallacher
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.45 PPG
→ Ohio State (0.50 D1 FR PPG)
0.24 Elite D
NCAAe PPG

D2/3 Comparables

Mike Kneeland
Lake Forest · 2004-05
1.429 Elite
actual D2/3 PPG
Eric Miller
Adrian · 2006-07
1.679 Elite
actual D2/3 PPG
Skylur Jameson
Wentworth · 2007-08
1.778 Elite
actual D2/3 PPG

How to read this: NCAAe and D3e factors convert a player's junior PPG into expected NCAA scoring at the D1 or D3 level. Harder conferences → lower projected PPG for the same player. A strong junior player (e.g. USHL 0.90 PPG) will project much higher in NESCAC than Big Ten because the D3 scoring environment is lower-difficulty.

Strength factor: conferences above 1.0 are harder than average; below 1.0 are easier. The formula is: Base NCAAe PPG ÷ Conference Strength = Projected PPG.