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Derek Caruso Elite Prospects ↗

Position: Forward DOB: 1995-10-12 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
2013-14 New York Bobcats EHL 24 1 0 1 0.042 0.0089 0.0095 0.0204 0.0217
2014-15 New Jersey Rockets EHL 44 16 15 31 0.705 0.1512 0.1537 0.3450 0.3506
2015-16 P.A.L. Junior Islanders USPHL-Premier-Classic 36 11 12 23 0.639 0.1919 0.1874 0.5263 0.5140
■ 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 UMass Boston D3 HockeyEast SR 26 10 11 21 0.808
2018-19 UMass Boston D3 HockeyEast JR 6 0 0 0 0.000
2016-17 UMass Boston D3 HockeyEast FR 18 2 2 4 0.222
Pre-College Projection vs. Actual Freshman Year
Projected PPG
0.15
before college
→
Actual FR PPG
0.22
2016-17 · UMass Boston
+49.2% vs. projection

NCAAe Rankings

#30028
Forward overall
#1250
Forward born in 1995

D1 Comparables

Ian Miller
NAHL · 2012-13 · 0.57 PPG
→ Lake Superior State (0.30 D1 FR PPG)
0.20 Developing
NCAAe PPG
Ryan Doucet
NAHL · 2012-13 · 0.73 PPG
→ Air Force (0.10 D1 FR PPG)
0.26 Developing
NCAAe PPG
Woody Hudson
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.43 PPG
→ St. Lawrence (0.30 D1 FR PPG)
0.25 Developing
NCAAe PPG
Tyler Deresky
NAHL · 2012-13 · 0.79 PPG
→ Bentley (0.19 D1 FR PPG)
0.28 Developing
NCAAe PPG
Jayson Angus
NAHL · 2012-13 · 0.66 PPG
→ Lake Superior State (0.14 D1 FR PPG)
0.23 Developing
NCAAe PPG

D2/3 Comparables

Alexander Laseen
Curry · 2006-07
0.769 Strong
actual D2/3 PPG
Nick Ford
Elmira · 2015-16
0.800 Strong
actual D2/3 PPG
Sean Melso
SUNY Geneseo · 2022-23
0.500 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.