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Colin Kessler Elite Prospects ↗

Position: Forward DOB: 2004-06-07 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 Sioux City Musketeers USHL 60 5 10 15 0.250 0.1537 0.1545 0.7366 0.7404
2023-24 Sioux City Musketeers USHL 59 15 20 35 0.593 0.3646 0.3484 1.7477 1.6699
■ 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 Vermont D1 HockeyEast SO 34 10 16 26 0.765
2024-25 Vermont D1 HockeyEast — 34 12 11 23 0.676
Pre-College Projection vs. Actual Freshman Year
Projected PPG
0.23
before college
→
Actual FR PPG
0.68
2024-25 · Vermont
+191.8% vs. projection

College Pathway Likelihood (based on 40 comparables)

72%
NCAA D1
8%
NCAA D2/D3
18%
Age-Out / Club
2%
Pro / Other

NCAAe Rankings

#17921
Forward overall
#910
Forward born in 2004
#1794
in USHL

D1 Comparables

Brett Skibba
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.50 PPG
→ UConn (0.23 D1 FR PPG)
0.29 Developing
NCAAe PPG
Kevin Irwin
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.56 PPG
→ Vermont (0.47 D1 FR PPG)
0.33 Average
NCAAe PPG
Tyler Heinonen
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.74 PPG
→ Michigan Tech (0.21 D1 FR PPG)
0.43 Developing
NCAAe PPG
Robbie Payne
NAHL · 2012-13 · 1.12 PPG
→ Northern Michigan (0.29 D1 FR PPG)
0.44 Developing
NCAAe PPG
Alfred Larsson
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.39 PPG
→ Merrimack (0.20 D1 FR PPG)
0.23 Developing
NCAAe PPG

D2/3 Comparables

Ryan Busby
SUNY Plattsburgh · 2002-03
0.903 Strong
actual D2/3 PPG
Connor Armour
Adrian · 2013-14
1.357 Elite
actual D2/3 PPG
Pat Egan
SUNY Plattsburgh · 2013-14
1.080 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.