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Bill Thomas Elite Prospects ↗

Position: Forward DOB: 1983-06-20 Country: USA
Signed Professionally
Ilves · Liiga

Set Commitment

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
2002-03 Tri-City Storm USHL 60 29 21 50 0.833 0.4916 0.4775 2.5027 2.4311
2003-04 Tri-City Storm USHL 60 31 38 69 1.150 0.6784 0.6232 3.4539 3.1730
2013-14 Medvescak Zagreb KHL 54 11 20 31 0.574 1.4353 1.2099 7.9104 6.6680
2014-15 Medvescak Zagreb KHL 60 18 18 36 0.600 1.5000 1.1938 8.2672 6.5796
2015-16 MoDo Hockey SHL 48 12 10 22 0.458 1.1458 0.7715 5.9802 4.0265
2017-18 Ilves Liiga 6 2 1 3 0.500 1.2500 0.7241 4.2980 2.4897
■ 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
2005-06 Nebraska Omaha D1 NCHC SO 41 27 23 50 1.220
2004-05 Nebraska Omaha D1 NCHC FR 39 19 26 45 1.154
Pre-College Projection vs. Actual Freshman Year
Projected PPG
0.53
before college
→
Actual FR PPG
1.15
2004-05 · Nebraska Omaha
+119.4% vs. projection

College Pathway Likelihood (based on 16 comparables)

6%
NCAA D1
0%
NCAA D2/D3
94%
Pro / Other

NCAAe Rankings

#721
Forward overall
#22
Forward born in 1983

D2/3 Comparables

Rihards Marenis
Aurora · 2013-14
1.000 Elite
actual D2/3 PPG
Zach Dill
Salem State · 2021-22
1.111 Elite
actual D2/3 PPG
Jason Kalinowski
Endicott · 2015-16
1.310 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.