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Cole Essig Elite Prospects ↗

Position: Defense DOB: 1996-07-03 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 Utica Jr. Comets USPHL-Premier-Classic 5 0 0 0 0.000 — — — —
2016-17 P.A.L. Junior Islanders USPHL-Premier-Classic 6 1 1 2 0.333 0.0936 0.0903 0.2745 0.2647
■ 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 Lawrence D1 ECAC SR 3 0 0 0 0.000
2020-21 Lawrence D3 NCHA SR 3 0 0 0 0.000
2019-20 Lawrence D1 ECAC JR 8 0 0 0 0.000
2019-20 Lawrence D3 NCHA JR 8 0 0 0 0.000
2018-19 Lawrence D1 ECAC SO 20 2 3 5 0.250
2018-19 Lawrence D3 NCHA SO 20 2 3 5 0.250
2017-18 Lawrence D3 NCHA FR 3 0 0 0 0.000

NCAAe Rankings

#20783
Defenseman overall
#2440
Defenseman born in 1996

D1 Comparables

Matt Krug
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.21 PPG
→ Union (0.11 D1 FR PPG)
0.11 Developing D
NCAAe PPG
William Eiserman
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.15 PPG
→ UMass Lowell (0.14 D1 FR PPG)
0.08 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
Marc-Antoine Carrier
QMJHL · 2012-13 · 0.37 PPG
→ Brown (0.04 D1 FR PPG)
0.16 Developing D
NCAAe PPG

D2/3 Comparables

Easton Powers
Utica · 2012-13
0.444 Average
actual D2/3 PPG
Casey Rogers
Neumann · 2011-12
0.200 Developing
actual D2/3 PPG
Dalton Roberto
Southern Maine · 2024-25
0.000 No data
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.