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Jacob Ratcliffe Elite Prospects ↗

Position: Forward DOB: 1997-09-03 Country: New Zealand
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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 South Shore Kings USPHL-Elite 15 1 1 2 0.133 0.0123 0.0130 0.0305 0.0321
2016-17 South Shore Kings USPHL-Elite 43 22 32 54 1.256 0.1159 0.1155 0.2876 0.2865
2017-18 South Shore Kings USPHL-Premier 39 20 38 58 1.487 0.1945 0.1846 0.5048 0.4790
■ 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 Westfield State D3 MASCAC — 27 7 11 18 0.667
2019-20 Westfield State D3 MASCAC — 27 11 11 22 0.815
2018-19 Westfield State D3 MASCAC — 26 12 10 22 0.846
Pre-College Projection vs. Actual Freshman Year
Projected PPG
0.13
before college
→
Actual FR PPG
0.85
2018-19 · Westfield State
+529.6% vs. projection

College Pathway Likelihood (based on 40 comparables)

20%
NCAA D2/D3
0%
Club / ACHA
0%
Other

NCAAe Rankings

#16243
Forward overall
#720
Forward born in 1997

D1 Comparables

Woody Hudson
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.43 PPG
→ St. Lawrence (0.30 D1 FR PPG)
0.23 Developing
NCAAe PPG
Eli Lichtenwald
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.36 PPG
→ Union (0.68 D1 FR PPG)
0.19 Strong
NCAAe PPG
Tyler Deresky
NAHL · 2012-13 · 0.79 PPG
→ Bentley (0.19 D1 FR PPG)
0.28 Developing
NCAAe PPG
Davey Middleton
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.50 PPG
→ Brown (0.10 D1 FR PPG)
0.27 Developing
NCAAe PPG
Justin Parizek
NAHL · 2012-13 · 0.93 PPG
→ Nebraska Omaha (0.22 D1 FR PPG)
0.32 Developing
NCAAe PPG

D2/3 Comparables

Ben Gamache
Hobart · 2011-12
0.560 Average
actual D2/3 PPG
Dimitri Voyatzis
Nichols · 2023-24
0.435 Average
actual D2/3 PPG
Logan Tobias
Nazareth · 2021-22
0.962 Strong
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.