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Position: Defense DOB: 1997-02-09 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 Elliot Lake Vikings NOJHL 52 4 15 19 0.365 0.0520 0.0525 0.1522 0.1538
2016-17 Elliot Lake Vikings NOJHL 56 1 22 23 0.411 0.0585 0.0563 0.1710 0.1645
■ 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
2021-22 Buffalo State D3 SUNYAC GR 21 1 3 4 0.191
2020-21 Buffalo State D3 SUNYAC SR 0 0 0 0 0.000
2019-20 Buffalo State D1 SUNYAC JR 22 0 3 3 0.136
2019-20 Buffalo State D3 SUNYAC JR 22 0 3 3 0.136
2018-19 Buffalo State D1 SUNYAC SO 23 1 4 5 0.217
2018-19 Buffalo State D3 SUNYAC SO 23 1 4 5 0.217
2017-18 Buffalo State D3 SUNYAC FR 12 0 1 1 0.083
Pre-College Projection vs. Actual Freshman Year
Projected PPG
0.05
before college
→
Actual FR PPG
0.08
2017-18 · Buffalo State
+61.1% vs. projection

NCAAe Rankings

#18178
Defenseman overall
#2441
Defenseman born in 1997
#1087
in NOJHL

D1 Comparables

Matt Fuller
OHL · 2012-13 · 0.11 PPG
→ Southern Maine (0.17 D1 FR PPG)
0.06 Average D
NCAAe PPG
Kyle McKenzie
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.14 PPG
→ Providence (0.15 D1 FR PPG)
0.08 Average D
NCAAe PPG
Brandon Parker
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.20 PPG
→ Alabama-Huntsville (0.38 D1 FR PPG)
0.11 Strong D
NCAAe PPG
Joseph Fiala
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.22 PPG
→ Quinnipiac (0.05 D1 FR PPG)
0.12 Developing D
NCAAe PPG
Aleksi Rossi
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.15 PPG
→ Brown
0.08 No data
NCAAe PPG

D2/3 Comparables

Shane Auger
St. Scholastica · 2003-04
0.214 Developing
actual D2/3 PPG
Dylan Cooper
Tufts · 2006-07
0.478 Average
actual D2/3 PPG
Vince Guiducci
Wentworth · 2000-01
0.462 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.