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Cooper Cleaves Elite Prospects ↗

Position: Defense DOB: 2006-01-05 Country: USA
2026 · Round 3, Pick #93  ·  Montréal 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 Brunswick NE-Prep 22 2 1 3 0.136 0.0270 0.0270 0.0621 0.0621
2022-23 Brunswick NE-Prep 29 0 1 1 0.035 0.0068 0.0068 0.0157 0.0157
2023-24 Vernon Vipers BCHL 10 1 0 1 0.100 0.0385 0.0408 0.1455 0.1543
2024-25 Green Bay Gamblers USHL 38 2 9 11 0.289 0.1708 0.1680 0.8695 0.8551
■ 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 Dartmouth D1 ECAC FR 30 4 6 10 0.333
Pre-College Projection vs. Actual Freshman Year
Projected PPG
0.11
before college
→
Actual FR PPG
0.33
2025-26 · Dartmouth
+201.4% vs. projection

College Pathway Likelihood (based on 40 comparables)

60%
NCAA D1
5%
NCAA D2/D3
18%
Age-Out / Club
18%
Pro / Other

NCAAe Rankings

#9805
Defenseman overall
#1962
Defenseman born in 2006

D1 Comparables

Vince Pedrie
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.32 PPG
→ Penn State (0.69 D1 FR PPG)
0.19 Elite D
NCAAe PPG
Eric Sweetman
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.29 PPG
→ St. Lawrence (0.39 D1 FR PPG)
0.17 Strong D
NCAAe PPG
Eric Schurhamer
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.24 PPG
→ Maine (0.37 D1 FR PPG)
0.14 Strong D
NCAAe PPG
Johnny Wingels
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.29 PPG
→ Miami
0.17 No data
NCAAe PPG
Dakota Mermis
OHL · 2012-13 · 0.41 PPG
→ Denver (0.21 D1 FR PPG)
0.23 Average D
NCAAe PPG

D2/3 Comparables

Zach Heintz
Adrian · 2017-18
1.179 Elite
actual D2/3 PPG
Ryan Stratton
Skidmore · 2023-24
0.577 Average
actual D2/3 PPG
Dom Murphy
University of New England · 2019-20
0.826 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.