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Ben Lau Elite Prospects ↗

Position: Defense DOB: 1996-03-11 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 Cleveland Jr. Lumberjacks NA3HL 37 7 9 16 0.432 0.0478 0.0510 0.1370 0.1463
2014-15 Valley Jr. Warriors EHL 19 0 2 2 0.105 0.0154 0.0160 0.0516 0.0535
2015-16 Vermont Lumberjacks EHL 37 4 5 9 0.243 0.0356 0.0353 0.1192 0.1184
2016-17 Vermont Lumberjacks EHL 46 1 20 21 0.457 0.0668 0.0633 0.2238 0.2121
■ 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 Trine D1 — SR 8 0 2 2 0.250
2020-21 Trine D3 NCHA SR 8 0 2 2 0.250
2019-20 Trine D1 — JR 7 0 2 2 0.286
2019-20 Trine D3 NCHA JR 7 0 2 2 0.286
2018-19 Trine D1 — SO 23 0 2 2 0.087
2018-19 Trine D3 NCHA SO 23 0 2 2 0.087
2017-18 Trine D3 NCHA FR 20 1 1 2 0.100
Pre-College Projection vs. Actual Freshman Year
Projected PPG
0.05
before college
→
Actual FR PPG
0.10
2017-18 · Trine
+103.3% vs. projection

NCAAe Rankings

#15650
Defenseman overall
#2025
Defenseman born in 1996

D1 Comparables

Carter Foguth
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.08 PPG
→ Minnesota State (0.06 D1 FR PPG)
0.04 Developing D
NCAAe PPG
Michael Holland
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.18 PPG
→ RIT (0.05 D1 FR PPG)
0.09 Developing D
NCAAe PPG
Marc-Antoine Carrier
QMJHL · 2012-13 · 0.37 PPG
→ Brown (0.04 D1 FR PPG)
0.16 Developing D
NCAAe PPG
Brandon Carlson
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.24 PPG
→ Alabama-Huntsville (0.11 D1 FR PPG)
0.13 Developing D
NCAAe PPG
Dominic Racobaldo
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.33 PPG
→ American International (0.12 D1 FR PPG)
0.18 Developing D
NCAAe PPG

D2/3 Comparables

Nicholas Palumbo
SUNY Brockport · 2014-15
0.526 Average
actual D2/3 PPG
Drake Longaker
Plymouth State · 2015-16
0.333 Developing
actual D2/3 PPG
Sam Larkin
Framingham State · 2021-22
0.348 Developing
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.