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Liam Hupka Elite Prospects ↗

Position: Defense DOB: 2005-06-27 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
2021-22 Minnetonka USHS-MN 27 3 14 17 0.630 0.1695 0.1695 0.1529 0.1529
2022-23 Sioux City Musketeers USHL 14 0 2 2 0.143 0.0878 0.0929 0.4210 0.4454
2023-24 Sioux City Musketeers USHL 59 0 14 14 0.237 0.1459 0.1471 0.6991 0.7049
2024-25 Sioux City Musketeers USHL 55 4 15 19 0.345 0.2124 0.2033 1.0179 0.9743
■ 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 — 31 0 1 1 0.032
2025-26 Minnesota State D1 CCHA FR 30 0 1 1 0.033
Pre-College Projection vs. Actual Freshman Year
Projected PPG
0.17
before college
→
Actual FR PPG
0.03
2025-26 · Minnesota
-81.1% vs. projection

College Pathway Likelihood (based on 40 comparables)

68%
NCAA D1
10%
NCAA D2/D3
18%
Age-Out / Club
2%
Pro / Other

NCAAe Rankings

#9432
Defenseman overall
#2081
Defenseman born in 2005

D1 Comparables

Tucker Poolman
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.44 PPG
→ North Dakota (0.45 D1 FR PPG)
0.26 Strong D
NCAAe PPG
James Roll
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.22 PPG
→ Lake Superior State (0.30 D1 FR PPG)
0.13 Average D
NCAAe PPG
Christopher Dienes
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.45 PPG
→ Western Michigan (0.15 D1 FR PPG)
0.26 Average D
NCAAe PPG
Dan Molenaar
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.24 PPG
→ Minnesota Duluth (0.18 D1 FR PPG)
0.14 Average D
NCAAe PPG
Niklas Nevalainen
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.55 PPG
→ St. Cloud State (0.23 D1 FR PPG)
0.32 Average D
NCAAe PPG

D2/3 Comparables

Omar Mullan
Milwaukee School of Engineering · 2012-13
1.286 Elite
actual D2/3 PPG
Michael Soik
Milwaukee School of Engineering · 2005-06
1.346 Elite
actual D2/3 PPG
Mitch Stephens
SUNY Geneseo · 2001-02
1.077 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.