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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 0.2003 0.2149 0.4564 0.4896
2002-03 Markham Waxers OJHL 37 27 17 44 1.189 0.3572 0.3684 0.8140 0.8396
2003-04 Markham Waxers OJHL 43 43 52 95 2.209 0.6637 0.6547 1.5123 1.4918
■ 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
0.50
before college
→
Actual FR PPG
0.97
2004-05 · Mercyhurst
+93.2% vs. projection

NCAAe Rankings

#6534
Forward overall
#215
Forward born in 1985
#55
in OJHL

D1 Comparables

Dennis Kravchenko
USHL · 2012-13 · 1.11 PPG
→ UMass (0.92 D1 FR PPG)
0.68 Elite
NCAAe PPG
Dominic Toninato
USHL · 2012-13 · 1.09 PPG
→ Minnesota Duluth (0.43 D1 FR PPG)
0.67 Average
NCAAe PPG
Peter Quenneville
USHL · 2012-13 · 1.11 PPG
→ Quinnipiac (0.80 D1 FR PPG)
0.68 Elite
NCAAe PPG
Frank Vatrano
USHL · 2012-13 · 1.00 PPG
→ UMass
0.61 No data
NCAAe PPG
C.J. Suess
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.95 PPG
→ Minnesota (0.76 D1 FR PPG)
0.58 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
Myles Abbate
Plymouth State · 2018-19
1.037 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.