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Jacob Gates Elite Prospects ↗

Position: Defense DOB: 2002-12-27 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 NCDC 1 0 0 0 0.000 — — — —
2021-22 New Hampshire Jr. Monarchs USPHL-Premier 40 5 20 25 0.625 0.0818 0.0830 0.2121 0.2152
2022-23 Protec Jr. Ducks EHL 46 12 23 35 0.761 0.1758 0.1748 0.3723 0.3702
■ 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 SUNY Brockport D3 SUNYAC JR 24 4 9 13 0.542
2024-25 SUNY Brockport D3 SUNYAC SO 22 2 11 13 0.591
2023-24 SUNY Brockport D3 SUNYAC FR 25 1 5 6 0.240
Pre-College Projection vs. Actual Freshman Year
Projected PPG
0.13
before college
→
Actual FR PPG
0.24
2023-24 · SUNY Brockport
+84.2% vs. projection

College Pathway Likelihood (based on 40 comparables)

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

NCAAe Rankings

#4898
Defenseman overall
#1231
Defenseman born in 2002

D1 Comparables

Taki Pantziris
OHL · 2012-13 · 0.29 PPG
→ Brown
0.15 No data
NCAAe PPG
Brandon Kirk
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.32 PPG
→ Dartmouth
0.17 No data
NCAAe PPG
Nolan Valleau
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.41 PPG
→ Bowling Green
0.22 No data
NCAAe PPG
Patrick Koudys
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.23 PPG
→ RPI (0.10 D1 FR PPG)
0.13 Developing D
NCAAe PPG
Matt Van Voorhis
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.47 PPG
→ Denver (0.10 D1 FR PPG)
0.26 Developing D
NCAAe PPG

D2/3 Comparables

Ethan Perrault
Buffalo State · 2022-23
0.370 Average
actual D2/3 PPG
Andrew White
Franklin Pierce · 2024-25
0.000 No data
actual D2/3 PPG
Matt Kochanowski
Bethel · 2022-23
0.000 No data
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.