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Ryan O'Connell Elite Prospects ↗

Position: Forward DOB: 2003-10-23 Country: USA
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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 Cedar Rapids RoughRiders USHL 35 9 6 15 0.429 0.2528 0.2462 1.2873 1.2538
2023-24 Cedar Rapids RoughRiders USHL 54 12 8 20 0.370 0.2185 0.2020 1.1125 1.0283
■ 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 Merrimack D1 HockeyEast — 28 6 3 9 0.321
2024-25 Merrimack D1 HockeyEast — 28 1 7 8 0.286
2021-22 Ohio State D1 BigTen — 30 0 10 10 0.333
2020-21 Ohio State D1 BigTen JR 27 0 6 6 0.222
2019-20 Ohio State D1 BigTen SO 29 1 6 7 0.241
2018-19 Ohio State D1 BigTen FR 31 1 1 2 0.065

College Pathway Likelihood (based on 40 comparables)

45%
NCAA D1
12%
NCAA D2/D3
32%
Age-Out / Club
10%
Pro / Other

NCAAe Rankings

#22407
Forward overall
#1197
Forward born in 2003
#2187
in USHL

D1 Comparables

Tyler Deresky
NAHL · 2012-13 · 0.79 PPG
→ Bentley (0.19 D1 FR PPG)
0.28 Developing
NCAAe PPG
Cullen Hurley
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.38 PPG
→ Wisconsin
0.21 No data
NCAAe PPG
Woody Hudson
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.43 PPG
→ St. Lawrence (0.30 D1 FR PPG)
0.23 Developing
NCAAe PPG
Max Birkinbine
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.46 PPG
→ Air Force (0.14 D1 FR PPG)
0.25 Developing
NCAAe PPG
Emil Romig
NAHL · 2012-13 · 1.00 PPG
→ Denver (0.31 D1 FR PPG)
0.35 Developing
NCAAe PPG

D2/3 Comparables

Dylan Hutton
Concordia · 2012-13
0.867 Strong
actual D2/3 PPG
Josh Hechter
Saint Anselm · 2001-02
1.375 Elite
actual D2/3 PPG
Josh Cousineau
Adrian · 2009-10
0.773 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.