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Position: Defense DOB: 1983-04-18 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
2000-01 Sherwood Park Crusaders AJHL 63 7 20 27 0.429 0.1438 0.1534 0.3966 0.4230
2001-02 Sherwood Park Crusaders AJHL 62 9 30 39 0.629 0.2110 0.2138 0.5821 0.5898
2002-03 Sherwood Park Crusaders AJHL 54 9 23 32 0.593 0.1988 0.1966 0.5484 0.5425
■ 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
2008-09 Southern New Hampshire D2 HockeyEast FR 20 5 15 20 1.000
2006-07 Alaska Anchorage D1 WCHA SR 36 5 6 11 0.306
2005-06 Alaska Anchorage D1 WCHA JR 35 6 9 15 0.429
2004-05 Alaska Anchorage D1 WCHA SO 20 0 0 0 0.000
2003-04 Alaska Anchorage D1 WCHA FR 38 5 16 21 0.553
Pre-College Projection vs. Actual Freshman Year
Projected PPG
0.19
before college
→
Actual FR PPG
0.55
2003-04 · Alaska Anchorage
+187.7% vs. projection

NCAAe Rankings

#7627
Defenseman overall
#871
Defenseman born in 1983
#956
in AJHL

D1 Comparables

Tommy Davis
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.34 PPG
→ Princeton (0.29 D1 FR PPG)
0.20 Average D
NCAAe PPG
Christian Neumann
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.29 PPG
→ UConn (0.10 D1 FR PPG)
0.16 Developing D
NCAAe PPG
Neal Goff
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.18 PPG
→ Western Michigan (0.14 D1 FR PPG)
0.10 Developing D
NCAAe PPG
Mike McKee
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.50 PPG
→ Western Michigan (0.05 D1 FR PPG)
0.28 Developing D
NCAAe PPG
Joe Schuldt
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.08 PPG
→ Michigan Tech
0.05 No data
NCAAe PPG

D2/3 Comparables

Cam Owens
SUNY Plattsburgh · 2013-14
0.647 Average
actual D2/3 PPG
Cayden Cahill
Wisconsin-River Falls · 2015-16
0.862 Strong
actual D2/3 PPG
Noah Gilreath
Amherst · 2014-15
0.542 Average
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.