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Adam Cardona Elite Prospects ↗

Position: Defense DOB: 2003-10-05 Country: Canada
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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 Waterloo Black Hawks USHL 42 3 5 8 0.191 0.1171 0.1199 0.5613 0.5745
2022-23 Omaha Lancers USHL 62 5 13 18 0.290 0.1784 0.1733 0.8553 0.8309
■ 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 Alaska Fairbanks D1 WCHA JR 31 0 6 6 0.194
2024-25 Alaska Fairbanks D1 — — 31 0 5 5 0.161
2023-24 UMass Lowell D1 HockeyEast — 15 1 0 1 0.067
Pre-College Projection vs. Actual Freshman Year
Projected PPG
0.14
before college
→
Actual FR PPG
0.07
2023-24 · UMass Lowell
-53.5% vs. projection

College Pathway Likelihood (based on 40 comparables)

60%
NCAA D1
2%
NCAA D2/D3
28%
Age-Out / Club
10%
Pro / Other

NCAAe Rankings

#10329
Defenseman overall
#2222
Defenseman born in 2003
#3322
in USHL

D1 Comparables

Christian Neumann
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.29 PPG
→ UConn (0.10 D1 FR PPG)
0.17 Developing D
NCAAe PPG
Tommy Davis
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.34 PPG
→ Princeton (0.29 D1 FR PPG)
0.20 Average D
NCAAe PPG
Neal Goff
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.18 PPG
→ Western Michigan (0.14 D1 FR PPG)
0.10 Developing D
NCAAe PPG
Joe Schuldt
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.08 PPG
→ Michigan Tech
0.05 No data
NCAAe PPG
Eric Schurhamer
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.24 PPG
→ Maine (0.37 D1 FR PPG)
0.15 Strong D
NCAAe PPG

D2/3 Comparables

Jake Howie
Marian · 2013-14
0.667 Strong
actual D2/3 PPG
Conor Humphrey
SUNY Cortland · 2022-23
0.789 Strong
actual D2/3 PPG
Casey Shade
Wentworth · 2005-06
1.407 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.