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Lucas Hefty Elite Prospects ↗

Position: Defense DOB: 1998-12-26 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 Wisconsin Whalers NA3HL 23 0 1 1 0.043 0.0052 0.0055 0.0137 0.0145
2017-18 Wisconsin Whalers NA3HL 46 2 25 27 0.587 0.0707 0.0713 0.1854 0.1870
2018-19 Wisconsin Whalers NA3HL 47 8 41 49 1.043 0.1256 0.1200 0.3294 0.3148
■ 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 Concordia D3 MIAC GR 15 0 1 1 0.067
2021-22 Concordia Wisconsin D3 NCHA JR 15 0 1 1 0.067
2020-21 Concordia D3 MIAC SR 20 0 0 0 0.000
2020-21 Concordia Wisconsin D3 — SO 20 0 0 0 0.000
2019-20 Concordia D3 MIAC JR 25 0 5 5 0.200
2019-20 Concordia Wisconsin D3 — FR 25 0 5 5 0.200
Pre-College Projection vs. Actual Freshman Year
Projected PPG
0.09
before college
→
Actual FR PPG
0.20
2019-20 · Concordia
+110.7% vs. projection

College Pathway Likelihood (based on 40 comparables)

38%
NCAA D2/D3
0%
Club / ACHA
18%
Other

NCAAe Rankings

#15242
Defenseman overall
#2036
Defenseman born in 1998
#1732
in NA3HL

D1 Comparables

Garret Peterson
NAHL · 2012-13 · 0.35 PPG
→ Army (0.07 D1 FR PPG)
0.13 Developing D
NCAAe PPG
Taki Pantziris
OHL · 2012-13 · 0.29 PPG
→ Brown
0.16 No data
NCAAe PPG
Kyle McKenzie
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.14 PPG
→ Providence (0.15 D1 FR PPG)
0.08 Average D
NCAAe PPG
Patrick Koudys
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.23 PPG
→ RPI (0.10 D1 FR PPG)
0.14 Developing D
NCAAe PPG
Brandon Kirk
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.32 PPG
→ Dartmouth
0.19 No data
NCAAe PPG

D2/3 Comparables

Nick Techel
Wisconsin-Eau Claire · 2018-19
0.480 Average
actual D2/3 PPG
Galloway Carroll
Manhattanville · 2000-01
0.375 Average
actual D2/3 PPG
Matthew Wolf
Skidmore · 2015-16
0.423 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.