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Niall Foster Elite Prospects ↗

Position: Forward DOB: 1996-05-20 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 Express Hockey Club EHL 31 5 9 14 0.452 0.0661 0.0663 0.2212 0.2218
2016-17 Express Hockey Club EHL 45 7 19 26 0.578 0.0846 0.0810 0.2830 0.2709
■ 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 St. Michael's College D1 — JR 16 3 10 13 0.812
2019-20 St. Michael's College D2 — JR 16 3 10 13 0.812
2018-19 St. Michael's College D1 — SO 27 5 9 14 0.518
2018-19 St. Michael's College D2 — SO 27 5 9 14 0.518
2017-18 St. Michael's College D2 — FR 23 1 4 5 0.217
Pre-College Projection vs. Actual Freshman Year
Projected PPG
0.06
before college
→
Actual FR PPG
0.22
2017-18 · St. Michael's College
+238.1% vs. projection

NCAAe Rankings

#30646
Forward overall
#1291
Forward born in 1996
#987
in EHL

D1 Comparables

Eli Lichtenwald
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.36 PPG
→ Union (0.68 D1 FR PPG)
0.19 Strong
NCAAe PPG
Ali Thomas
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.34 PPG
→ Notre Dame (0.18 D1 FR PPG)
0.18 Developing
NCAAe PPG
Yasin Cissé
QMJHL · 2012-13 · 0.52 PPG
→ Boston University
0.23 No data
NCAAe PPG
Cullen Hurley
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.38 PPG
→ Wisconsin
0.21 No data
NCAAe PPG
Tayler Munson
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.31 PPG
→ Alaska Fairbanks (0.35 D1 FR PPG)
0.17 Average
NCAAe PPG

D2/3 Comparables

Gregg Amato
SUNY Brockport · 2007-08
0.556 Average
actual D2/3 PPG
Shigenobu Kakudate
Finlandia · 2011-12
0.680 Strong
actual D2/3 PPG
Tony DeVito
SUNY Cortland · 2015-16
0.632 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.