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Cooper Smyl Elite Prospects ↗

Position: Forward DOB: 2002-08-16 Country: USA
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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 Soo Thunderbirds NOJHL 49 16 15 31 0.633 0.0901 0.0901 0.2625 0.2625
2020-21 Soo Thunderbirds NOJHL 19 17 7 24 1.263 0.1799 0.1799 0.5241 0.5241
2021-22 Whitecourt Wolverines AJHL 59 12 21 33 0.559 0.1876 0.1849 0.5184 0.5110
2022-23 Whitecourt Wolverines AJHL 58 26 31 57 0.983 0.3296 0.3086 0.9109 0.8528
■ 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 Saint Mary's (MN) D3 MIAC JR 22 7 5 12 0.545
2024-25 Saint Mary's (MN) D3 MIAC SO 22 4 1 5 0.227
2023-24 Saint Mary's (MN) D3 MIAC FR 22 1 0 1 0.045
Pre-College Projection vs. Actual Freshman Year
Projected PPG
0.22
before college
→
Actual FR PPG
0.05
2023-24 · Saint Mary's (MN)
-79.5% vs. projection

College Pathway Likelihood (based on 40 comparables)

55%
NCAA D1
2%
NCAA D2/D3
35%
Age-Out / Club
8%
Pro / Other

NCAAe Rankings

#18124
Forward overall
#969
Forward born in 2002

D1 Comparables

Jonathan Davis
NAHL · 2012-13 · 1.03 PPG
→ Nebraska Omaha (0.06 D1 FR PPG)
0.35 Developing
NCAAe PPG
Emil Romig
NAHL · 2012-13 · 1.00 PPG
→ Denver (0.31 D1 FR PPG)
0.34 Developing
NCAAe PPG
Woody Hudson
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.43 PPG
→ St. Lawrence (0.30 D1 FR PPG)
0.23 Developing
NCAAe PPG
A.J. Reid
NAHL · 2012-13 · 1.18 PPG
→ Air Force (0.26 D1 FR PPG)
0.40 Developing
NCAAe PPG
Sean Gaffney
NAHL · 2012-13 · 1.14 PPG
→ UConn (0.18 D1 FR PPG)
0.39 Developing
NCAAe PPG

D2/3 Comparables

Tyson Gilmour
SUNY Geneseo · 2018-19
0.762 Strong
actual D2/3 PPG
Mitch Fritz
Saint John's · 2014-15
1.071 Elite
actual D2/3 PPG
Blake Frost
Nazareth · 2021-22
0.893 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.