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Cade Helmer Elite Prospects ↗

Position: Forward DOB: 2001-05-03 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
2019-20 Smiths Falls Bears CCHL 57 6 22 28 0.491 0.1065 0.1065 0.3800 0.3800
2020-21 Smiths Falls Bears CCHL 0 0 0 0 0.000 — — — —
2021-22 Boston Advantage NCDC 48 19 21 40 0.833 0.3397 0.3192 0.6698 0.6294
■ 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 Lebanon Valley D3 MAC SR 23 6 17 23 1.000
2024-25 Lebanon Valley D3 MAC — 22 5 13 18 0.818
2022-23 University of New England D3 CNE — 5 0 2 2 0.400
Pre-College Projection vs. Actual Freshman Year
Projected PPG
0.27
before college
→
Actual FR PPG
0.40
2022-23 · University of New England
+46.4% vs. projection

College Pathway Likelihood (based on 40 comparables)

20%
NCAA D2/D3
0%
Club / ACHA
0%
Other

NCAAe Rankings

#11229
Forward overall
#514
Forward born in 2001

D1 Comparables

Jordan Nelson
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.59 PPG
→ Minnesota State (0.22 D1 FR PPG)
0.31 Developing
NCAAe PPG
Justin Parizek
NAHL · 2012-13 · 0.93 PPG
→ Nebraska Omaha (0.22 D1 FR PPG)
0.32 Developing
NCAAe PPG
Davey Middleton
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.50 PPG
→ Brown (0.10 D1 FR PPG)
0.27 Developing
NCAAe PPG
T.J. Sarcona
NAHL · 2012-13 · 1.06 PPG
→ Niagara (0.58 D1 FR PPG)
0.36 Strong
NCAAe PPG
Carlos Amestoy
OHL · 2012-13 · 0.75 PPG
→ Maine
0.39 No data
NCAAe PPG

D2/3 Comparables

Eric Brenk
Augsburg · 2014-15
0.560 Average
actual D2/3 PPG
Luke Festa
Keene State · 2023-24
0.579 Average
actual D2/3 PPG
Kyle Klatt
Fitchburg State · 2017-18
0.286 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.