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Lane Ruffner Elite Prospects ↗

Position: Defense DOB: 2001-09-28 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
2020-21 New Hampshire Jr. Monarchs USPHL-Premier 15 3 9 12 0.800 0.2637 0.2637 0.2722 0.2722
2021-22 New Hampshire Jr. Monarchs NCDC 47 0 6 6 0.128 0.0712 0.0683 0.1033 0.0992
■ 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
2025-26 UMass Dartmouth D3 — SR 25 1 6 7 0.280
2024-25 UMass Dartmouth D3 — JR 17 3 4 7 0.412
2023-24 UMass Dartmouth D3 — SO 16 0 6 6 0.375
2022-23 UMass Dartmouth D3 — FR 23 0 5 5 0.217
Pre-College Projection vs. Actual Freshman Year
Projected PPG
0.06
before college
→
Actual FR PPG
0.22
2022-23 · UMass Dartmouth
+237.1% vs. projection

College Pathway Likelihood (based on 40 comparables)

5%
NCAA D2/D3
0%
Club / ACHA
0%
Other

NCAAe Rankings

#10605
Defenseman overall
#1986
Defenseman born in 2001

D1 Comparables

Patrick Koudys
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.23 PPG
→ RPI (0.10 D1 FR PPG)
0.13 Developing D
NCAAe PPG
William Eiserman
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.15 PPG
→ UMass Lowell (0.14 D1 FR PPG)
0.08 Developing D
NCAAe PPG
Brandon Kirk
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.32 PPG
→ Dartmouth
0.18 No data
NCAAe PPG
Matt Krug
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.21 PPG
→ Union (0.11 D1 FR PPG)
0.12 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

D2/3 Comparables

Jackson Hughes
Milwaukee School of Engineering · 2021-22
0.462 Average
actual D2/3 PPG
Nicolas Potvin
New England College · 2014-15
0.000 No data
actual D2/3 PPG
Adam Kleven
Wisconsin-Eau Claire · 2015-16
0.333 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.