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Ben Merrill Elite Prospects ↗

Position: Forward DOB: 2005-11-04 Country: USA
2024 · Round 6, Pick #166  ·  Montreal Canadiens Montreal Canadiens
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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
2021-22 St. Sebastian’s NE-Prep 23 1 1 2 0.087 0.0172 0.0172 0.0396 0.0396
2022-23 St. Sebastian’s NE-Prep 24 7 7 14 0.583 0.1156 0.1156 0.2658 0.2658
2023-24 St. Sebastian’s NE-Prep 28 12 13 25 0.893 0.1769 0.1769 — —
2024-25 — BCHL 50 15 8 23 0.460 0.1772 0.1775 0.6694 0.6706
■ 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 Boston University D1 HockeyEast FR 33 7 7 14 0.424
Pre-College Projection vs. Actual Freshman Year
Projected PPG
0.15
before college
→
Actual FR PPG
0.42
2025-26 · Boston University
+179.6% vs. projection

College Pathway Likelihood (based on 40 comparables)

20%
NCAA D1
5%
NCAA D2/D3
28%
Age-Out / Club
45%
Pro / Other

NCAAe Rankings

#28791
Forward overall
#1691
Forward born in 2005

D1 Comparables

Dylan Gareau
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.34 PPG
→ Clarkson (0.14 D1 FR PPG)
0.20 Developing
NCAAe PPG
Tyler Hynes
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.28 PPG
→ Union (0.19 D1 FR PPG)
0.16 Developing
NCAAe PPG
Landon Smith
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.39 PPG
→ Quinnipiac (0.79 D1 FR PPG)
0.22 Strong
NCAAe PPG
Kenny Gillespie
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.37 PPG
→ RPI (0.20 D1 FR PPG)
0.21 Developing
NCAAe PPG
Sebastian Weberg
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.23 PPG
→ Colgate
0.13 No data
NCAAe PPG

D2/3 Comparables

Brent Jones
Trine · 2016-17
0.524 Average
actual D2/3 PPG
Hunter Wendt
Adrian · 2016-17
1.034 Elite
actual D2/3 PPG
Connor Galloway
SUNY Brockport · 2018-19
1.074 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.