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John Whipple Elite Prospects ↗

Position: Defense DOB: 2006-01-20 Country: USA
2024 NHL Draft Round 5, Pick #144  ·  Detroit Red Wings Detroit Red Wings
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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 — NTDP-U18 60 4 9 13 0.217 0.1680 0.1699 0.8065 0.8157
2023-24 — NTDP-U18 61 2 15 17 0.279 0.2161 0.2075 1.0373 0.9958
■ 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 Minnesota D1 BigTen SO 36 1 1 2 0.056
2024-25 Minnesota D1 BigTen — 29 0 3 3 0.103
Pre-College Projection vs. Actual Freshman Year
Projected PPG
0.18
before college
→
Actual FR PPG
0.10
2024-25 · Minnesota
-43.1% vs. projection

College Pathway Likelihood (based on 40 comparables)

60%
NCAA D1
5%
NCAA D2/D3
12%
Age-Out / Club
22%
Pro / Other

NCAAe Rankings

#11432
Defenseman overall
#2213
Defenseman born in 2006

D1 Comparables

Clint Lewis
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.30 PPG
→ Cornell (0.06 D1 FR PPG)
0.19 Developing D
NCAAe PPG
Jack Stander
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.33 PPG
→ Canisius (0.17 D1 FR PPG)
0.21 Average D
NCAAe PPG
Garrett Cecere
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.28 PPG
→ Colorado College (0.09 D1 FR PPG)
0.17 Developing D
NCAAe PPG
Mark Auk
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.29 PPG
→ Michigan Tech (0.50 D1 FR PPG)
0.19 Elite D
NCAAe PPG
Matt Roy
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.30 PPG
→ Michigan Tech (0.25 D1 FR PPG)
0.19 Average D
NCAAe PPG

D2/3 Comparables

Paul Rodrigues
SUNY Oswego · 2006-07
0.893 Strong
actual D2/3 PPG
Richard Manley
SUNY Geneseo · 2007-08
1.150 Elite
actual D2/3 PPG
Lukas Gillett
Augsburg · 2014-15
0.609 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.