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Ben Yurchuk Elite Prospects ↗

Position: Forward DOB: 2005-02-19 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 U.S. National U17 Team NTDP-U18 4 1 1 2 0.500 0.3877 0.3948 1.8610 1.8949
2022-23 New Jersey Jr. Titans NAHL 50 7 17 24 0.480 0.1902 0.2062 — —
2023-24 Chicago Steel USHL 62 10 21 31 0.500 0.3074 0.3045 1.4731 1.4594
2024-25 Chicago Steel USHL 51 13 26 39 0.765 0.4701 0.4417 2.2530 2.1171
■ 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 Merrimack D1 HockeyEast — 13 2 0 2 0.154
Pre-College Projection vs. Actual Freshman Year
Projected PPG
0.33
before college
→
Actual FR PPG
0.15
2025-26 · Merrimack
-53.5% vs. projection

College Pathway Likelihood (based on 40 comparables)

80%
NCAA D1
2%
NCAA D2/D3
10%
Age-Out / Club
8%
Pro / Other

NCAAe Rankings

#11373
Forward overall
#543
Forward born in 2005

D1 Comparables

Chad McDonald
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.79 PPG
→ Ferris State (0.48 D1 FR PPG)
0.46 Average
NCAAe PPG
Charlie O'Connor
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.64 PPG
→ Bemidji State (0.10 D1 FR PPG)
0.37 Developing
NCAAe PPG
Gerald Mayhew
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.75 PPG
→ Ferris State (0.56 D1 FR PPG)
0.43 Strong
NCAAe PPG
Phil Marinaccio
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.77 PPG
→ Bemidji State (0.31 D1 FR PPG)
0.45 Developing
NCAAe PPG
Jared Linnell
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.72 PPG
→ Alaska Fairbanks (0.20 D1 FR PPG)
0.42 Developing
NCAAe PPG

D2/3 Comparables

Brett Gravelle
St. Thomas · 2015-16
0.923 Strong
actual D2/3 PPG
Ryan Ellis
SUNY Oswego · 2003-04
1.704 Elite
actual D2/3 PPG
Nolan Redler
UMass Boston · 2015-16
1.125 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.