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Position: Defense DOB: 2006-05-25 Country: USA
⚠️ Aging Out 2026-27: Turns 20 before Dec 31, 2026 — final eligible junior season.
Minnesota Duluth
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
2021-22 Cloquet/Esko/Carlton USHS-MN 26 3 10 13 0.500 0.0633 0.0633 0.1214 0.1214
2022-23 Cloquet/Esko/Carlton USHS-MN 19 2 11 13 0.684 0.0866 0.0866 0.1661 0.1661
2023-24 Cloquet/Esko/Carlton USHS-MN 27 7 17 24 0.889 0.1125 0.1125 0.2158 0.2158
2024-25 Minnesota Wilderness NAHL 26 3 6 9 0.346 0.1272 0.1331 0.3659 0.3830
2025-26 Cedar Rapids RoughRiders USHL 41 4 15 19 0.463 0.2734 0.2609 1.3905 1.3270
2026-27 Fargo Force USHL 6 0 2 2 0.333 0.1966 0.1966 1.0001 1.0001
■ Blue = NCAAe (D1 anchor)   ■ Green = D3e (D3 anchor)   COVID-flagged seasons highlighted in yellow

College Pathway Likelihood (based on 40 comparables)

52%
NCAA D1
18%
NCAA D2/D3
15%
Age-Out / Club
15%
Pro / Other

NCAAe Rankings

#4485
Defenseman overall
#956
Defenseman born in 2006

D1 Comparables

Dominic Racobaldo
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.33 PPG
→ American International (0.12 D1 FR PPG)
0.18 Developing D
NCAAe PPG
Brandon Carlson
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.24 PPG
→ Alabama-Huntsville (0.11 D1 FR PPG)
0.13 Developing D
NCAAe PPG
Marc-Antoine Carrier
QMJHL · 2012-13 · 0.37 PPG
→ Brown (0.04 D1 FR PPG)
0.16 Developing D
NCAAe PPG
Matt Krug
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.21 PPG
→ Union (0.11 D1 FR PPG)
0.11 Developing D
NCAAe PPG
William Eiserman
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.15 PPG
→ UMass Lowell (0.14 D1 FR PPG)
0.08 Developing D
NCAAe PPG

Minnesota Duluth Alumni similar profiles who attended this school

Ty Hanson
USHS-MN 2021-22
0.39
actual FR PPG at Minnesota Duluth
Wyatt Kaiser
USHS-MN 2019-20
0.36
actual FR PPG at Minnesota Duluth
Aaron Pionk
USHS-MN 2019-20
0.54
actual FR PPG at Minnesota Duluth
Riley Bodnarchuk
AJHL 2021-22
0.00
actual FR PPG at Minnesota Duluth

D2/3 Comparables

Jared Goudreau
Southern New Hampshire · 2015-16
0.833 Strong
actual D2/3 PPG
Tommy Besinger
Endicott · 2014-15
1.143 Elite
actual D2/3 PPG
Francis Rose
Western Connecticut · 2024-25
0.708 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.