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Position: Defense DOB: 2004-01-24 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
2022-23 Blackfalds Bulldogs AJHL 30 6 14 20 0.667 0.2212 0.2230 0.6179 0.6230
2023-24 Blackfalds Bulldogs AJHL 44 1 17 18 0.409 0.1357 0.1304 0.3792 0.3644
2024-25 Coquitlam Express BCHL 47 2 27 29 0.617 0.2298 0.2098 0.8990 0.8206
■ 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 Sacred Heart D1 AHA FR 6 0 1 1 0.167
Pre-College Projection vs. Actual Freshman Year
Projected PPG
0.17
before college
→
Actual FR PPG
0.17
2025-26 · Sacred Heart
-0.8% vs. projection

College Pathway Likelihood (based on 40 comparables)

15%
NCAA D1
12%
NCAA D2/D3
68%
Age-Out / Club
2%
Pro / Other

NCAAe Rankings

#11441
Defenseman overall
#2391
Defenseman born in 2004

D1 Comparables

Michael Holland
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.18 PPG
→ RIT (0.05 D1 FR PPG)
0.10 Developing D
NCAAe PPG
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
Brandon Carlson
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.24 PPG
→ Alabama-Huntsville (0.11 D1 FR PPG)
0.13 Developing D
NCAAe PPG
Matt Krug
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.21 PPG
→ Union (0.11 D1 FR PPG)
0.12 Developing D
NCAAe PPG

D2/3 Comparables

Tyler Bullard
Canton · 2015-16
0.957 Strong
actual D2/3 PPG
Tim Kielich
SUNY Brockport · 2014-15
1.192 Elite
actual D2/3 PPG
Derek Hansberry
Wisconsin-River Falls · 2004-05
1.259 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.