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Kyle Heger Elite Prospects ↗

Position: Defense DOB: 2007-09-21 Country: USA
Western Michigan
NCHC D1

Set Commitment

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
2024-25 Muskegon Lumberjacks USHL 1 0 0 0 0.000 — — — —
2025-26 Medicine Hat Tigers WHL 64 11 24 35 0.547 0.2661 0.2709 1.3419 1.3661
■ Blue = NCAAe (D1 anchor)   ■ Green = D3e (D3 anchor)   COVID-flagged seasons highlighted in yellow

College Pathway Likelihood (based on 40 comparables)

40%
NCAA D1
0%
NCAA D2/D3
5%
Age-Out / Club
55%
Pro / Other

NCAAe Rankings

#4051
Defenseman overall
#588
Defenseman born in 2007

D1 Comparables

Michael Kapla
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.49 PPG
→ UMass Lowell (0.41 D1 FR PPG)
0.29 Strong D
NCAAe PPG
Ruslan Pedan
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.33 PPG
→ Bemidji State (0.34 D1 FR PPG)
0.20 Strong D
NCAAe PPG
Gustav Olofsson
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.37 PPG
→ Colorado College (0.27 D1 FR PPG)
0.22 Average D
NCAAe PPG
Cutler Martin
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.27 PPG
→ Michigan (0.47 D1 FR PPG)
0.16 Strong D
NCAAe PPG
Chris Leibinger
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.33 PPG
→ Michigan Tech (0.13 D1 FR PPG)
0.19 Developing D
NCAAe PPG

Western Michigan Alumni similar profiles who attended this school

Corey Schueneman
USHL 2013-14
0.37
actual FR PPG at Western Michigan
Luke Witkowski
SHL 2025-26
0.19
actual FR PPG at Western Michigan
Lucas Matta
BCHL 2020-21
0.00
actual FR PPG at Western Michigan
Joona Väisänen
SM-Liiga-Jr 2022-23
0.62
actual FR PPG at Western Michigan

D2/3 Comparables

Mickey Gilchrist
Middlebury · 2002-03
1.000 Elite
actual D2/3 PPG
Blake Ulve
St. Norbert · 2020-21
0.552 Average
actual D2/3 PPG
Robbie Murden
Hamilton · 2010-11
1.091 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.