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Brett Backman Elite Prospects ↗

Position: Forward DOB: 1996-01-02 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
2015-16 Connecticut Jr. Rangers USPHL-Premier-Classic 34 6 5 11 0.324 0.0971 0.0959 0.2665 0.2633
2016-17 Connecticut RoughRiders EHL 45 18 22 40 0.889 0.1908 0.1790 0.4353 0.4084
■ 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
2020-21 Plymouth State D3 LittleEast SR 7 0 1 1 0.143
2019-20 Plymouth State D3 LittleEast JR 26 7 14 21 0.808
2018-19 Plymouth State D3 LittleEast SO 16 1 3 4 0.250
2017-18 Plymouth State D3 LittleEast FR 24 2 9 11 0.458
Pre-College Projection vs. Actual Freshman Year
Projected PPG
0.12
before college
→
Actual FR PPG
0.46
2017-18 · Plymouth State
+267.2% vs. projection

NCAAe Rankings

#27281
Forward overall
#1168
Forward born in 1996

D1 Comparables

Aidan Cavallini
NAHL · 2012-13 · 0.65 PPG
→ Wisconsin
0.22 No data
NCAAe PPG
Will Suter
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.47 PPG
→ Bentley (0.10 D1 FR PPG)
0.27 Developing
NCAAe PPG
Ricky DeRosa
NAHL · 2012-13 · 0.71 PPG
→ Penn State (0.38 D1 FR PPG)
0.24 Average
NCAAe PPG
Ali Thomas
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.34 PPG
→ Notre Dame (0.18 D1 FR PPG)
0.19 Developing
NCAAe PPG
Bradley Duwe
NAHL · 2012-13 · 0.65 PPG
→ Alaska Anchorage (0.30 D1 FR PPG)
0.23 Developing
NCAAe PPG

D2/3 Comparables

Shane Bernhardson
Concordia · 2017-18
0.000 No data
actual D2/3 PPG
Justin Ross
Lake Forest · 2021-22
0.720 Strong
actual D2/3 PPG
Adam Kudynski
Lebanon Valley · 2004-05
0.909 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.