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Luigi Benincasa Elite Prospects ↗

Position: Forward DOB: 2002-10-07 Country: Canada
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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
2019-20 Spruce Grove Saints AJHL 5 1 0 1 0.200 0.0664 0.0664 0.1854 0.1854
2020-21 Spruce Grove Saints AJHL 19 3 8 11 0.579 0.1921 0.1921 0.5365 0.5365
2021-22 Spruce Grove Saints AJHL 56 36 32 68 1.214 0.4029 0.4000 1.1254 1.1173
2022-23 Spruce Grove Saints AJHL 60 31 48 79 1.317 0.4369 0.4121 1.2203 1.1511
■ 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 — 40 11 18 29 0.725
2025-26 Minnesota State D1 CCHA JR 40 11 18 29 0.725
2024-25 Minnesota D1 BigTen — 39 6 18 24 0.615
2023-24 Ferris State D1 CCHA — 33 7 16 23 0.697
Pre-College Projection vs. Actual Freshman Year
Projected PPG
0.35
before college
→
Actual FR PPG
0.70
2023-24 · Ferris State
+99.9% vs. projection

College Pathway Likelihood (based on 40 comparables)

40%
NCAA D1
8%
NCAA D2/D3
40%
Age-Out / Club
12%
Pro / Other

NCAAe Rankings

#10390
Forward overall
#505
Forward born in 2002
#143
in AJHL

D1 Comparables

Sean Gaffney
NAHL · 2012-13 · 1.14 PPG
→ UConn (0.18 D1 FR PPG)
0.43 Developing
NCAAe PPG
Jonathan Davis
NAHL · 2012-13 · 1.03 PPG
→ Nebraska Omaha (0.06 D1 FR PPG)
0.39 Developing
NCAAe PPG
A.J. Reid
NAHL · 2012-13 · 1.18 PPG
→ Air Force (0.26 D1 FR PPG)
0.45 Developing
NCAAe PPG
Jared VanWormer
NAHL · 2012-13 · 1.27 PPG
→ Ferris State (0.19 D1 FR PPG)
0.48 Developing
NCAAe PPG
Tim Bonner
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.89 PPG
→ Yale
0.50 No data
NCAAe PPG

D2/3 Comparables

Payden Benning
Curry · 2007-08
1.074 Elite
actual D2/3 PPG
Dustin Norman
Wisconsin-River Falls · 2004-05
0.850 Strong
actual D2/3 PPG
Anders Grongstad
Worcester State · 2021-22
0.808 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.