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John O'Brien Elite Prospects ↗

Position: Defense DOB: 1997-05-22 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 New York Bobcats EHL 29 1 6 7 0.241 0.0353 0.0372 0.1182 0.1244
2016-17 — EHL 44 6 13 19 0.432 0.0632 0.0637 0.2115 0.2131
■ 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 Western New England D3 CNE SR 0 0 0 0 0.000
2019-20 Western New England D1 CNE JR 23 0 6 6 0.261
2019-20 Western New England D3 CNE JR 23 0 6 6 0.261
2018-19 Western New England D1 CNE SO 25 1 5 6 0.240
2018-19 Western New England D3 CNE SO 25 1 5 6 0.240
2017-18 Western New England D3 CNE FR 9 0 0 0 0.000

NCAAe Rankings

#13595
Defenseman overall
#2036
Defenseman born in 1997
#1728
in EHL

D1 Comparables

James Roll
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.22 PPG
→ Lake Superior State (0.30 D1 FR PPG)
0.12 Average D
NCAAe PPG
Dan Molenaar
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.24 PPG
→ Minnesota Duluth (0.18 D1 FR PPG)
0.13 Average D
NCAAe PPG
Cameron McDonald
QMJHL · 2012-13 · 0.11 PPG
→ Providence (0.18 D1 FR PPG)
0.05 Average D
NCAAe PPG
Aleksi Rossi
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.15 PPG
→ Brown
0.08 No data
NCAAe PPG
Johnny Hrabovsky
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.24 PPG
→ Air Force (0.26 D1 FR PPG)
0.13 Average D
NCAAe PPG

D2/3 Comparables

Alex Kolowrat
Suffolk · 2017-18
0.417 Average
actual D2/3 PPG
Troy Taylor
Castleton · 2014-15
0.762 Strong
actual D2/3 PPG
Jérémy Carignan
Saint Anselm · 2013-14
0.455 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.