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Michael Houlihan Elite Prospects ↗

Position: Forward DOB: 1998-12-24 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
2017-18 Great Falls Americans NA3HL 38 17 13 30 0.789 0.0991 0.0999 0.2492 0.2512
2018-19 Philadelphia Jr. Flyers EHL 33 26 15 41 1.242 0.2870 0.2817 0.6079 0.5966
■ 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
2022-23 Nazareth D3 UCHC SR 7 0 0 0 0.000
2021-22 Nazareth D3 UCHC JR 15 1 2 3 0.200
2020-21 Nazareth D1 UCHC SO 9 2 2 4 0.444
2020-21 Nazareth D3 UCHC SO 9 2 2 4 0.444
2019-20 Nazareth D1 UCHC FR 24 2 2 4 0.167
2019-20 Nazareth D3 UCHC FR 24 2 2 4 0.167
Pre-College Projection vs. Actual Freshman Year
Projected PPG
0.18
before college
→
Actual FR PPG
0.17
2019-20 · Nazareth
-6.8% vs. projection

College Pathway Likelihood (based on 40 comparables)

28%
NCAA D2/D3
0%
Club / ACHA
12%
Other

NCAAe Rankings

#13589
Forward overall
#615
Forward born in 1998

D1 Comparables

Tyler Deresky
NAHL · 2012-13 · 0.79 PPG
→ Bentley (0.19 D1 FR PPG)
0.28 Developing
NCAAe PPG
Max Birkinbine
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.46 PPG
→ Air Force (0.14 D1 FR PPG)
0.25 Developing
NCAAe PPG
Joseph-Matthew Manno
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.63 PPG
→ Northeastern (0.22 D1 FR PPG)
0.34 Developing
NCAAe PPG
Cullen Hurley
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.38 PPG
→ Wisconsin
0.21 No data
NCAAe PPG
Ryan Siiro
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.52 PPG
→ Princeton (0.38 D1 FR PPG)
0.29 Average
NCAAe PPG

D2/3 Comparables

Nicholas Vassos
Bowdoin · 2010-11
0.500 Average
actual D2/3 PPG
Bradley Tierney
Milwaukee School of Engineering · 2008-09
0.963 Strong
actual D2/3 PPG
Dean Balsamo
Adrian · 2015-16
0.688 Strong
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.