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Rick Acorn Elite Prospects ↗

Position: Forward DOB: 1987-12-15 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
2005-06 — OJHL 39 9 11 20 0.513 0.1433 0.1482 0.3539 0.3659
2006-07 Collingwood Blues OJHL 38 9 12 21 0.553 0.1544 0.1519 0.3813 0.3751
2007-08 Couchiching Terriers OJHL 47 31 49 80 1.702 0.4756 0.4464 1.1746 1.1025
■ 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
2011-12 Elmira D3 — SR 25 4 7 11 0.440
2010-11 Elmira D3 — JR 22 6 9 15 0.682
2009-10 Elmira D3 — SO 29 9 9 18 0.621
2008-09 Elmira D3 — FR 26 6 10 16 0.615
Pre-College Projection vs. Actual Freshman Year
Projected PPG
0.28
before college
→
Actual FR PPG
0.62
2008-09 · Elmira
+118.8% vs. projection

NCAAe Rankings

#10614
Forward overall
#448
Forward born in 1987
#496
in OJHL

D1 Comparables

Gerald Mayhew
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.75 PPG
→ Ferris State (0.56 D1 FR PPG)
0.44 Strong
NCAAe PPG
Chad McDonald
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.79 PPG
→ Ferris State (0.48 D1 FR PPG)
0.47 Average
NCAAe PPG
Sean Gaffney
NAHL · 2012-13 · 1.14 PPG
→ UConn (0.18 D1 FR PPG)
0.40 Developing
NCAAe PPG
Ryan Siiro
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.52 PPG
→ Princeton (0.38 D1 FR PPG)
0.31 Average
NCAAe PPG
Michael Vecchione
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.95 PPG
→ Union (0.89 D1 FR PPG)
0.57 Elite
NCAAe PPG

D2/3 Comparables

Ross Olsson
Endicott · 2014-15
1.364 Elite
actual D2/3 PPG
Nick Marinac
SUNY Brockport · 2011-12
0.905 Strong
actual D2/3 PPG
Kerry Barchan
Buffalo State · 2006-07
0.731 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.