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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 0.0671 0.0671 0.1851 0.1851
2020-21 Spruce Grove Saints AJHL 19 3 8 11 0.579 0.1942 0.1942 0.5357 0.5357
2021-22 Spruce Grove Saints AJHL 56 36 32 68 1.214 0.4073 0.4044 1.1237 1.1156
2022-23 Spruce Grove Saints AJHL 60 31 48 79 1.317 0.4416 0.4166 1.2185 1.1494
■ 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 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
+97.8% vs. projection

College Pathway Likelihood (based on 40 comparables)

45%
NCAA D1
5%
NCAA D2/D3
20%
Age-Out / Club
30%
Pro / Other

NCAAe Rankings

#10923
Forward overall
#533
Forward born in 2002
#132
in AJHL

D1 Comparables

Sean Gaffney
NAHL · 2012-13 · 1.14 PPG
→ UConn (0.18 D1 FR PPG)
0.40 Developing
NCAAe PPG
A.J. Reid
NAHL · 2012-13 · 1.18 PPG
→ Air Force (0.26 D1 FR PPG)
0.41 Developing
NCAAe PPG
Jared VanWormer
NAHL · 2012-13 · 1.27 PPG
→ Ferris State (0.19 D1 FR PPG)
0.44 Developing
NCAAe PPG
Jonathan Davis
NAHL · 2012-13 · 1.03 PPG
→ Nebraska Omaha (0.06 D1 FR PPG)
0.36 Developing
NCAAe PPG
Emil Romig
NAHL · 2012-13 · 1.00 PPG
→ Denver (0.31 D1 FR PPG)
0.35 Developing
NCAAe PPG

D2/3 Comparables

Maxim Maziarchuk
Morrisville · 2023-24
0.684 Strong
actual D2/3 PPG
Payden Benning
Curry · 2007-08
1.074 Elite
actual D2/3 PPG
Aaron Herdt
Concordia · 2015-16
1.273 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.