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Position: Forward DOB: 1997-05-21 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
2016-17 Espanola Paper Kings NOJHL 48 1 4 5 0.104 0.0174 0.0170 0.0434 0.0423
2017-18 Seahawks Hockey EHL 38 3 8 11 0.289 0.0669 0.0637 0.1417 0.1349
■ 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 Milwaukee School of Engineering D3 NCHA JR 3 0 0 0 0.000
2020-21 Milwaukee School of Engineering D1 NCHA SO 1 0 0 0 0.000
2020-21 Milwaukee School of Engineering D3 NCHA SO 1 0 0 0 0.000
2019-20 Anna Maria D1 MASCAC SO 11 0 0 0 0.000
2019-20 Anna Maria D3 MASCAC — 11 0 0 0 0.000
2018-19 Anna Maria D1 MASCAC FR 18 1 1 2 0.111
2018-19 Anna Maria D3 MASCAC — 18 1 1 2 0.111
Pre-College Projection vs. Actual Freshman Year
Projected PPG
0.04
before college
→
Actual FR PPG
0.11
2018-19 · Anna Maria
+188.6% vs. projection

College Pathway Likelihood (based on 40 comparables)

18%
NCAA D2/D3
0%
Club / ACHA
0%
Other

NCAAe Rankings

#53533
Forward overall
#2783
Forward born in 1997

D1 Comparables

Eli Lichtenwald
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.36 PPG
→ Union (0.68 D1 FR PPG)
0.19 Strong
NCAAe PPG
Ali Thomas
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.34 PPG
→ Notre Dame (0.18 D1 FR PPG)
0.18 Developing
NCAAe PPG
Cullen Hurley
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.38 PPG
→ Wisconsin
0.21 No data
NCAAe PPG
Tayler Munson
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.31 PPG
→ Alaska Fairbanks (0.35 D1 FR PPG)
0.17 Average
NCAAe PPG
Alexander Dahl
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.38 PPG
→ St. Lawrence (0.30 D1 FR PPG)
0.21 Developing
NCAAe PPG

D2/3 Comparables

Mark Whiteley
Marian · 2013-14
0.462 Average
actual D2/3 PPG
Zach Simpson
Milwaukee School of Engineering · 2013-14
0.500 Average
actual D2/3 PPG
Pierre Ouellette
SUNY Oswego · 2014-15
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.