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Ben Cottreau Elite Prospects ↗

Position: Forward DOB: 1985-04-04 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
2001-02 Markham Waxers OJHL 48 18 14 32 0.667 0.1634 0.1753 0.4590 0.4924
2002-03 Markham Waxers OJHL 37 27 17 44 1.189 0.2915 0.3007 0.8188 0.8445
2003-04 Markham Waxers OJHL 43 43 52 95 2.209 0.5415 0.5342 1.5211 1.5005
■ 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
2007-08 Mercyhurst D1 AHA SR 34 13 23 36 1.059
2006-07 Mercyhurst D1 AHA JR 28 14 21 35 1.250
2005-06 Mercyhurst D1 AHA SO 35 17 34 51 1.457
2004-05 Mercyhurst D1 AHA FR 35 17 17 34 0.971
Pre-College Projection vs. Actual Freshman Year
Projected PPG
0.38
before college
→
Actual FR PPG
0.97
2004-05 · Mercyhurst
+157.5% vs. projection

NCAAe Rankings

#6919
Forward overall
#226
Forward born in 1985
#51
in OJHL

D1 Comparables

Austin Ortega
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.91 PPG
→ Nebraska Omaha (0.54 D1 FR PPG)
0.53 Average
NCAAe PPG
Sheldon Dries
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.91 PPG
→ Western Michigan (0.18 D1 FR PPG)
0.53 Developing
NCAAe PPG
C.J. Suess
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.95 PPG
→ Minnesota (0.76 D1 FR PPG)
0.56 Strong
NCAAe PPG
Frank Vatrano
NTDP-U18 · 2012-13 · 0.80 PPG
→ UMass
0.55 No data
NCAAe PPG
John Stevens
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.81 PPG
→ Northeastern (0.59 D1 FR PPG)
0.48 Strong
NCAAe PPG

D2/3 Comparables

Nolan Redler
UMass Boston · 2014-15
1.125 Elite
actual D2/3 PPG
Mike Bickley
Wisconsin-Superior · 2000-01
1.231 Elite
actual D2/3 PPG
Patrick Stillar
SUNY Morrisville · 2009-10
1.154 Elite
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.