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Position: Defense DOB: 2005-05-13 Country: USA
⚠️ Aging Out 2025-26: Turns 20 before Dec 31, 2025 — final eligible junior season.
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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 Green Bay Gamblers USHL 35 1 5 6 0.171 0.1054 0.1109 0.5050 0.5311
2023-24 Green Bay Gamblers USHL 59 5 6 11 0.186 0.1146 0.1148 0.5492 0.5503
■ 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 New Hampshire D1 HockeyEast SO 25 1 1 2 0.080
2024-25 New Hampshire D1 HockeyEast — 13 0 0 0 0.000

College Pathway Likelihood (based on 40 comparables)

42%
NCAA D1
10%
NCAA D2/D3
18%
Age-Out / Club
30%
Pro / Other

NCAAe Rankings

#15364
Defenseman overall
#2907
Defenseman born in 2005
#3767
in USHL

D1 Comparables

Scott Moldenhauer
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.21 PPG
→ Western Michigan (0.11 D1 FR PPG)
0.13 Developing D
NCAAe PPG
Josh McArdle
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.16 PPG
→ Brown (0.23 D1 FR PPG)
0.10 Average D
NCAAe PPG
Chris Buchanan
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.15 PPG
→ Bentley (0.25 D1 FR PPG)
0.09 Average D
NCAAe PPG
Dane Cooper
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.17 PPG
→ Brown (0.05 D1 FR PPG)
0.10 Developing D
NCAAe PPG
Justin Wade
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.17 PPG
→ Notre Dame
0.10 No data
NCAAe PPG

D2/3 Comparables

Trevor Cear
UMass Dartmouth · 2017-18
0.667 Strong
actual D2/3 PPG
Shane Baker
Skidmore · 2022-23
0.704 Strong
actual D2/3 PPG
Artyom Mateychenko
Manhattanville · 2018-19
0.917 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.