Josh Rieger Elite Prospects ↗

Position: Defense DOB: 1996-04-02 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
2013-14	Estevan Bruins	SJHL	3	0	0	0	0.000	—	—	—	—
2014-15	Estevan Bruins	SJHL	56	6	5	11	0.196	0.0503	0.0518	0.1478	0.1522
2015-16	Estevan Bruins	SJHL	58	9	23	32	0.552	0.1413	0.1385	0.4151	0.4069
2016-17	Estevan Bruins	SJHL	53	13	28	41	0.774	0.1982	0.1844	0.5821	0.5417
2021-22	Univ. of Calgary	USports-M	20	6	5	11	0.550	0.2902	0.2534	1.6122	1.4079

■ 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
2020-21	North Dakota	D1	NCHC	SR	16	1	1	2	0.125
2019-20	North Dakota	D1	NCHC	JR	9	1	0	1	0.111
2018-19	North Dakota	D1	NCHC	SO	6	0	0	0	0.000
2017-18	North Dakota	D1	NCHC	FR	17	0	3	3	0.176

Pre-College Projection vs. Actual Freshman Year

Projected PPG

0.16

before college

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Actual FR PPG

0.18

2017-18 · North Dakota

+12.6% vs. projection

College Pathway Likelihood (based on 40 comparables)

NCAA D1

NCAA D2/D3

95%

Pro / Other

NCAAe Rankings

#4524

Defenseman overall

#847

Defenseman born in 1996

D2/3 Comparables

Ryan Bloom

New England · 2017-18

1.654 Elite

actual D2/3 PPG

Alex Ochterbeck

Curry · 2017-18

0.654 Strong

actual D2/3 PPG

Nicholas Belger

SUNY Plattsburgh · 2014-15

0.905 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.