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Mac Balson Elite Prospects ↗

Position: Forward DOB: 1991-08-12 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
2006-07 Peterborough Liftlock Stars OJHL 1 0 1 1 1.000 0.2451 0.2860 0.6885 0.8033
2007-08 Peterborough Liftlock Stars OJHL 9 0 1 1 0.111 0.0272 0.0305 0.0765 0.0858
2008-09 Peterborough Liftlock Stars OJHL 45 23 21 44 0.978 0.2397 0.2565 0.6732 0.7205
2009-10 Peterborough Liftlock Stars OJHL 50 14 28 42 0.840 0.2059 0.2096 0.5783 0.5886
■ 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
2013-14 Buffalo State D3 SUNYAC SR 12 1 3 4 0.333
2012-13 Buffalo State D3 SUNYAC JR 26 6 4 10 0.385
2011-12 Buffalo State D3 SUNYAC SO 18 3 4 7 0.389
2010-11 Buffalo State D3 SUNYAC FR 25 6 8 14 0.560
Pre-College Projection vs. Actual Freshman Year
Projected PPG
0.20
before college
→
Actual FR PPG
0.56
2010-11 · Buffalo State
+186.4% vs. projection

NCAAe Rankings

#19297
Forward overall
#711
Forward born in 1991
#719
in OJHL

D1 Comparables

Zach Aston-Reese
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.50 PPG
→ Northeastern (0.54 D1 FR PPG)
0.30 Average
NCAAe PPG
Nate Arentz
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.41 PPG
→ Bemidji State (0.35 D1 FR PPG)
0.24 Developing
NCAAe PPG
Max Shuart
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.43 PPG
→ Michigan
0.25 No data
NCAAe PPG
Adam Johnson
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.33 PPG
→ Minnesota Duluth (0.46 D1 FR PPG)
0.20 Average
NCAAe PPG
Gage Torrel
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.31 PPG
→ Lake Superior State (0.50 D1 FR PPG)
0.18 Average
NCAAe PPG

D2/3 Comparables

Steve Schroeder
Norwich · 2006-07
0.742 Strong
actual D2/3 PPG
Justin Ryan
SUNY Oswego · 2021-22
0.591 Average
actual D2/3 PPG
Richard McCartney
SUNY Plattsburgh · 2014-15
0.923 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.