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Ben Saurbaugh Elite Prospects ↗

Position: Forward DOB: 2003-07-20 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 Bay State Bobcats NA3HL 29 6 6 12 0.414 0.0527 0.0527 0.1309 0.1309
2020-21 Elmira Impact USPHL-Premier 35 8 6 14 0.400 0.0525 0.0525 0.1358 0.1358
2021-22 Palm Beach Typhoon USPHL-Premier 41 17 18 35 0.854 0.1120 0.1168 0.2898 0.3022
2022-23 Express Hockey Club EHL 37 16 13 29 0.784 0.1811 0.1852 0.3834 0.3920
■ 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 4 0 0 0 0.000
2024-25 SUNY Brockport D3 SUNYAC SO 18 2 2 4 0.222
2023-24 SUNY Brockport D3 SUNYAC FR 12 3 2 5 0.417
Pre-College Projection vs. Actual Freshman Year
Projected PPG
0.14
before college
→
Actual FR PPG
0.42
2023-24 · SUNY Brockport
+208.4% vs. projection

College Pathway Likelihood (based on 40 comparables)

35%
NCAA D2/D3
0%
Club / ACHA
18%
Other

NCAAe Rankings

#22709
Forward overall
#1215
Forward born in 2003

D1 Comparables

Zach Saar
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.33 PPG
→ Penn State (0.33 D1 FR PPG)
0.19 Developing
NCAAe PPG
Josh Erickson
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.21 PPG
→ Alaska Fairbanks (0.14 D1 FR PPG)
0.12 Developing
NCAAe PPG
Jake Wood
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.43 PPG
→ RPI (0.24 D1 FR PPG)
0.25 Developing
NCAAe PPG
Matt Pohlkamp
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.33 PPG
→ Bowling Green (0.41 D1 FR PPG)
0.19 Average
NCAAe PPG
Alfred Larsson
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.39 PPG
→ Merrimack (0.20 D1 FR PPG)
0.22 Developing
NCAAe PPG

D2/3 Comparables

Chris Hughes
Concordia · 2010-11
0.667 Strong
actual D2/3 PPG
Matt Bessing
SUNY Plattsburgh · 2007-08
0.500 Average
actual D2/3 PPG
Kit Sitterley
UMass Boston · 2010-11
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.