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Ben Casale Elite Prospects ↗

Position: Defense DOB: 1994-03-01 Country: USA
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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
2012-13 Buffalo Jr. Sabres OJHL 35 2 11 13 0.371 0.0910 0.0914 0.2557 0.2569
2013-14 Buffalo Jr. Sabres OJHL 50 2 13 15 0.300 0.0735 0.0701 0.2065 0.1969
2014-15 Buffalo Jr. Sabres OJHL 51 4 15 19 0.372 0.0913 0.0824 0.2565 0.2314
■ 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
2016-17 Fredonia D3 SUNYAC SO 26 2 7 9 0.346
2015-16 Fredonia D3 SUNYAC FR 16 0 5 5 0.312
Pre-College Projection vs. Actual Freshman Year
Projected PPG
0.07
before college
→
Actual FR PPG
0.31
2015-16 · Fredonia
+327.5% vs. projection

NCAAe Rankings

#16377
Defenseman overall
#1862
Defenseman born in 1994
#3255
in OJHL

D1 Comparables

Michael Holland
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.18 PPG
→ RIT (0.05 D1 FR PPG)
0.09 Developing D
NCAAe PPG
Carter Foguth
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.08 PPG
→ Minnesota State (0.06 D1 FR PPG)
0.04 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
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

D2/3 Comparables

Dylan Herold
Elmira · 2009-10
0.400 Average
actual D2/3 PPG
Evan Axell
Wisconsin-Superior · 2022-23
0.167 Developing
actual D2/3 PPG
Jake Coyle
Utica · 2007-08
0.542 Average
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.