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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 0.1257 0.1300 0.3531 0.3651
2006-07 Collingwood Blues OJHL 38 9 12 21 0.553 0.1354 0.1332 0.3805 0.3744
2007-08 Couchiching Terriers OJHL 47 31 49 80 1.702 0.4172 0.3916 1.1719 1.1000
■ 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 UCHC SR 25 4 7 11 0.440
2010-11 Elmira D3 UCHC JR 22 6 9 15 0.682
2009-10 Elmira D3 UCHC SO 29 9 9 18 0.621
2008-09 Elmira D3 UCHC FR 26 6 10 16 0.615
Pre-College Projection vs. Actual Freshman Year
Projected PPG
0.25
before college
→
Actual FR PPG
0.62
2008-09 · Elmira
+149.5% vs. projection

NCAAe Rankings

#14388
Forward overall
#494
Forward born in 1987
#426
in OJHL

D1 Comparables

Gerald Mayhew
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.75 PPG
→ Ferris State (0.56 D1 FR PPG)
0.41 Strong
NCAAe PPG
Joseph-Matthew Manno
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.63 PPG
→ Northeastern (0.22 D1 FR PPG)
0.34 Developing
NCAAe PPG
Tyler Deresky
NAHL · 2012-13 · 0.79 PPG
→ Bentley (0.19 D1 FR PPG)
0.28 Developing
NCAAe PPG
Max Birkinbine
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.46 PPG
→ Air Force (0.14 D1 FR PPG)
0.25 Developing
NCAAe PPG
Chad McDonald
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.79 PPG
→ Ferris State (0.48 D1 FR PPG)
0.44 Average
NCAAe PPG

D2/3 Comparables

Gregg Burmaster
Utica · 2014-15
1.000 Elite
actual D2/3 PPG
Bryce Grandbois
Worcester State · 2024-25
0.769 Strong
actual D2/3 PPG
Simon Boyko
Aurora · 2018-19
1.037 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.