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Matthew Craig Elite Prospects ↗

Position: Defense DOB: 1983-11-08 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
2000-01 Bramalea Blues OJHL 45 4 23 27 0.600 0.1802 0.1900 0.4107 0.4330
2001-02 Bramalea Blues OJHL 26 1 15 16 0.615 0.1849 0.1854 0.4212 0.4223
■ 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
2005-06 Yale D1 ECAC SR 28 1 8 9 0.321
2004-05 Quinnipiac D1 — SR 37 18 18 36 0.973
2004-05 Yale D1 ECAC JR 32 2 3 5 0.156
2003-04 Quinnipiac D1 — JR 31 13 12 25 0.806
2003-04 Yale D1 ECAC SO 24 1 1 2 0.083
2002-03 Quinnipiac D1 — SO 36 18 23 41 1.139
2002-03 Yale D1 ECAC FR 25 0 2 2 0.080
2001-02 Quinnipiac D1 — FR 36 11 20 31 0.861
Pre-College Projection vs. Actual Freshman Year
Projected PPG
0.18
before college
→
Actual FR PPG
0.86
2001-02 · Quinnipiac
+380.0% vs. projection

NCAAe Rankings

#7767
Defenseman overall
#870
Defenseman born in 1983
#2039
in OJHL

D1 Comparables

Ruslan Pedan
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.33 PPG
→ Bemidji State (0.34 D1 FR PPG)
0.21 Strong D
NCAAe PPG
Gustav Olofsson
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.37 PPG
→ Colorado College (0.27 D1 FR PPG)
0.23 Average D
NCAAe PPG
Kyle Mackey
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.16 PPG
→ Air Force (0.21 D1 FR PPG)
0.10 Average D
NCAAe PPG
Garrett Cecere
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.28 PPG
→ Colorado College (0.09 D1 FR PPG)
0.17 Developing D
NCAAe PPG
Clint Lewis
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.30 PPG
→ Cornell (0.06 D1 FR PPG)
0.19 Developing D
NCAAe PPG

D2/3 Comparables

Nathan Dingmann
Wisconsin-Eau Claire · 2014-15
0.458 Average
actual D2/3 PPG
Mitchell Herlihey
SUNY Oswego · 2011-12
1.080 Elite
actual D2/3 PPG
Ben Payne
Concordia · 2006-07
0.480 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.