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Branden Gay Elite Prospects ↗

Position: Forward DOB: 1986-06-06 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
2004-05 — AJHL 56 10 11 21 0.375 0.1258 0.1287 0.3459 0.3538
2005-06 Lloydminster Bobcats AJHL 57 20 26 46 0.807 0.2707 0.2641 0.7444 0.7261
2006-07 Drayton Valley Thunder AJHL 60 27 29 56 0.933 0.3130 0.2909 0.8609 0.8001
■ 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
2011-12 Wisconsin-Stout D3 WIAC SR 26 13 14 27 1.038
2010-11 Wisconsin-Stout D3 WIAC SR 27 16 18 34 1.259
2009-10 Wisconsin-Stout D3 WIAC JR 24 3 12 15 0.625
Pre-College Projection vs. Actual Freshman Year
Projected PPG
0.24
before college
→
Actual FR PPG
0.62
2009-10 · Wisconsin-Stout
+160.6% vs. projection

NCAAe Rankings

#20814
Forward overall
#706
Forward born in 1986
#499
in AJHL

D1 Comparables

Justin Parizek
NAHL · 2012-13 · 0.93 PPG
→ Nebraska Omaha (0.22 D1 FR PPG)
0.31 Developing
NCAAe PPG
Davey Middleton
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.50 PPG
→ Brown (0.10 D1 FR PPG)
0.27 Developing
NCAAe PPG
T.J. Sarcona
NAHL · 2012-13 · 1.06 PPG
→ Niagara (0.58 D1 FR PPG)
0.35 Strong
NCAAe PPG
Eli Lichtenwald
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.36 PPG
→ Union (0.68 D1 FR PPG)
0.19 Strong
NCAAe PPG
Jordan Nelson
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.59 PPG
→ Minnesota State (0.22 D1 FR PPG)
0.31 Developing
NCAAe PPG

D2/3 Comparables

Stefan Koproske
Western New England · 2014-15
0.000 No data
actual D2/3 PPG
Graham Day
Johnson & Wales · 2016-17
0.625 Average
actual D2/3 PPG
Jhuwon Davis
New England College · 2018-19
0.741 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.