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Simon Besner Elite Prospects ↗

Position: Defense DOB: 1997-02-11 Country: Canada
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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 Hawkesbury Hawks CCHL 9 0 1 1 0.111 0.0317 0.0350 0.0860 0.0949
2014-15 — CCHL 57 3 4 7 0.123 0.0350 0.0370 0.0951 0.1006
2015-16 Navan Grads CCHL 62 2 19 21 0.339 0.0967 0.0976 0.2622 0.2646
2016-17 Navan Grads CCHL 59 1 9 10 0.170 0.0484 0.0463 0.1312 0.1255
2017-18 — CCHL 57 6 24 30 0.526 0.1502 0.1360 0.4074 0.3688
■ 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 Plymouth State D3 LittleEast SR 24 1 16 17 0.708
2020-21 Plymouth State D3 LittleEast JR 4 1 4 5 1.250
2019-20 Plymouth State D3 LittleEast SO 25 3 6 9 0.360
2018-19 Plymouth State D3 — FR 18 1 3 4 0.222
2018-19 SUNY Brockport D3 — FR 7 0 0 0 0.000
Pre-College Projection vs. Actual Freshman Year
Projected PPG
0.09
before college
→
Actual FR PPG
0.22
2018-19 · Plymouth State
+135.1% vs. projection

College Pathway Likelihood (based on 40 comparables)

10%
NCAA D1
18%
NCAA D2/D3
70%
Age-Out / Club
2%
Pro / Other

NCAAe Rankings

#11533
Defenseman overall
#1714
Defenseman born in 1997
#1418
in CCHL

D1 Comparables

Michael Holland
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.18 PPG
→ RIT (0.05 D1 FR PPG)
0.10 Developing D
NCAAe PPG
Carter Foguth
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.08 PPG
→ Minnesota State (0.06 D1 FR PPG)
0.05 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
Drew Brevig
NAHL · 2012-13 · 0.64 PPG
→ Ohio State (0.50 D1 FR PPG)
0.22 Elite D
NCAAe PPG
Dominic Racobaldo
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.33 PPG
→ American International (0.12 D1 FR PPG)
0.19 Developing D
NCAAe PPG

D2/3 Comparables

Andrew Kangas
St. Thomas · 2018-19
0.474 Average
actual D2/3 PPG
Brad Reitter
Canton · 2015-16
0.000 No data
actual D2/3 PPG
Luke Dietsch
Augsburg · 2014-15
0.593 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.