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Luke Ashton Elite Prospects ↗

Position: Defense DOB: 2005-01-21 Country: Canada
2024 · Round 6, Pick #165  ·  Columbus Blue Jackets Columbus Blue Jackets
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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 — BCHL 39 0 5 5 0.128 0.0494 0.0547 0.1866 0.2067
2022-23 — BCHL 42 2 2 4 0.095 0.0367 0.0389 0.1385 0.1466
2023-24 — BCHL 53 18 18 36 0.679 0.2617 0.2650 0.9884 1.0010
■ 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
2025-26 Cornell D1 ECAC SO 34 3 8 11 0.324
2024-25 Minnesota D1 BigTen — 38 5 8 13 0.342
Pre-College Projection vs. Actual Freshman Year
Projected PPG
0.16
before college
→
Actual FR PPG
0.34
2024-25 · Minnesota
+107.6% vs. projection

College Pathway Likelihood (based on 40 comparables)

45%
NCAA D1
0%
NCAA D2/D3
5%
Age-Out / Club
50%
Pro / Other

NCAAe Rankings

#12197
Defenseman overall
#2475
Defenseman born in 2005
#2227
in BCHL

D1 Comparables

Nolan Gluchowski
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.40 PPG
→ St. Lawrence (0.55 D1 FR PPG)
0.23 Elite D
NCAAe PPG
Dakota Mermis
OHL · 2012-13 · 0.41 PPG
→ Denver (0.21 D1 FR PPG)
0.23 Average D
NCAAe PPG
Vince Pedrie
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.32 PPG
→ Penn State (0.69 D1 FR PPG)
0.19 Elite D
NCAAe PPG
Nelson Armstrong
OHL · 2012-13 · 0.52 PPG
→ St. Lawrence (0.19 D1 FR PPG)
0.29 Average D
NCAAe PPG
Justin Woods
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.32 PPG
→ Alaska Fairbanks (0.18 D1 FR PPG)
0.18 Average D
NCAAe PPG

D2/3 Comparables

Colin Fitzpatrick
Saint Anselm · 2025-26
1.000 Elite
actual D2/3 PPG
Max Resnick
Tufts · 2020-21
0.720 Strong
actual D2/3 PPG
Peter Magagna
SUNY Oswego · 2002-03
0.926 Strong
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.