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Position: Forward DOB: 1995-08-23 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
2014-15 Vermont Lumberjacks EHL 40 5 13 18 0.450 0.0966 0.0975 0.2204 0.2225
2015-16 Vermont Lumberjacks EHL 36 15 19 34 0.944 0.2027 0.1957 0.4625 0.4465
■ 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
2019-20 Nazareth D3 UCHC SR 28 16 7 23 0.821
2018-19 Nazareth D3 UCHC JR 28 9 6 15 0.536
2017-18 Nazareth D3 UCHC SO 24 8 6 14 0.583
2016-17 Nazareth D3 UCHC FR 25 2 4 6 0.240
Pre-College Projection vs. Actual Freshman Year
Projected PPG
0.13
before college
→
Actual FR PPG
0.24
2016-17 · Nazareth
+79.2% vs. projection

NCAAe Rankings

#26160
Forward overall
#1062
Forward born in 1995
#400
in EHL

D1 Comparables

Woody Hudson
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.43 PPG
→ St. Lawrence (0.30 D1 FR PPG)
0.25 Developing
NCAAe PPG
Jayson Angus
NAHL · 2012-13 · 0.66 PPG
→ Lake Superior State (0.14 D1 FR PPG)
0.23 Developing
NCAAe PPG
Cody Marooney
NAHL · 2012-13 · 0.65 PPG
→ Alabama-Huntsville (0.11 D1 FR PPG)
0.23 Developing
NCAAe PPG
Ryan Doucet
NAHL · 2012-13 · 0.73 PPG
→ Air Force (0.10 D1 FR PPG)
0.26 Developing
NCAAe PPG
Eli Lichtenwald
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.36 PPG
→ Union (0.68 D1 FR PPG)
0.21 Strong
NCAAe PPG

D2/3 Comparables

Justin Wright
Bowdoin · 2021-22
0.000 No data
actual D2/3 PPG
Luca Esposito
SUNY Cortland · 2018-19
0.600 Average
actual D2/3 PPG
Cory Harder
St. Norbert · 2006-07
0.438 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.