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Jesse Kestenbaum Elite Prospects ↗

Position: Defense DOB: 1997-04-19 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
2015-16 Brockville Braves CCHL 16 0 2 2 0.125 0.0271 0.0276 0.0967 0.0985
2016-17 Navan Grads CCHL 14 0 1 1 0.071 0.0155 0.0150 0.0552 0.0533
2017-18 Wellington Dukes OJHL 10 0 2 2 0.200 0.0490 0.0446 0.1377 0.1254
■ 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
2019-20 Southern Maine D1 HockeyEast SO 15 0 1 1 0.067
2019-20 Southern Maine D3 HockeyEast SO 15 0 1 1 0.067
2018-19 Southern Maine D1 HockeyEast FR 15 0 0 0 0.000
2018-19 Southern Maine D3 HockeyEast FR 15 0 0 0 0.000

College Pathway Likelihood (based on 40 comparables)

25%
NCAA D1
8%
NCAA D2/D3
68%
Age-Out / Club
0%
Pro / Other

NCAAe Rankings

#27315
Defenseman overall
#3176
Defenseman born in 1997

D1 Comparables

Marc-Antoine Carrier
QMJHL · 2012-13 · 0.37 PPG
→ Brown (0.04 D1 FR PPG)
0.16 Developing D
NCAAe PPG
Carter Foguth
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.08 PPG
→ Minnesota State (0.06 D1 FR PPG)
0.04 Developing D
NCAAe PPG
Brandon Carlson
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.24 PPG
→ Alabama-Huntsville (0.11 D1 FR PPG)
0.13 Developing D
NCAAe PPG
Michael Holland
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.18 PPG
→ RIT (0.05 D1 FR PPG)
0.09 Developing D
NCAAe PPG
Dominic Racobaldo
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.33 PPG
→ American International (0.12 D1 FR PPG)
0.18 Developing D
NCAAe PPG

D2/3 Comparables

Braden King
UMass Dartmouth · 2018-19
0.000 No data
actual D2/3 PPG
Derek Paige
Wisconsin-Superior · 2003-04
0.250 Developing
actual D2/3 PPG
Ben Parent
Saint Mary's (MN) · 2024-25
0.167 Developing
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.