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Hayden Smith Elite Prospects ↗

Position: Forward DOB: 1996-05-07 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 Springfield Jr. Pics USPHL-Premier-Classic 44 6 13 19 0.432 0.1212 0.1218 0.3556 0.3575
2016-17 Springfield Jr. Pics USPHL-Premier-Classic 45 15 25 40 0.889 0.2495 0.2386 0.7321 0.7003
■ 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 Tufts D3 NESCAC SR 0 0 0 0 0.000
2019-20 Tufts D3 NESCAC JR 20 1 1 2 0.100
2018-19 Tufts D3 NESCAC SO 16 3 3 6 0.375
2017-18 Tufts D3 NESCAC FR 22 3 2 5 0.227
Pre-College Projection vs. Actual Freshman Year
Projected PPG
0.16
before college
→
Actual FR PPG
0.23
2017-18 · Tufts
+38.4% vs. projection

NCAAe Rankings

#28673
Forward overall
#1181
Forward born in 1996
#92
in USPHL-Premier-Classic

D1 Comparables

Davey Middleton
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.50 PPG
→ Brown (0.10 D1 FR PPG)
0.28 Developing
NCAAe PPG
Eli Lichtenwald
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.36 PPG
→ Union (0.68 D1 FR PPG)
0.20 Strong
NCAAe PPG
Jordan Nelson
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.59 PPG
→ Minnesota (0.22 D1 FR PPG)
0.32 Developing
NCAAe PPG
Yasin Cissé
QMJHL · 2012-13 · 0.52 PPG
→ Boston University
0.23 No data
NCAAe PPG
Ali Thomas
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.34 PPG
→ Notre Dame (0.18 D1 FR PPG)
0.19 Developing
NCAAe PPG

D2/3 Comparables

Colton Alexander
Canton · 2024-25
0.720 Strong
actual D2/3 PPG
Matt McCann
Norwich · 2008-09
0.632 Average
actual D2/3 PPG
Rob Sgarbossa
SUNY Morrisville · 2006-07
0.880 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.