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Position: Defense DOB: 2003-08-04 Country: England
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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
2022-23 New Hampshire Avalanche EHL 20 1 4 5 0.250 0.0366 0.0375 0.1226 0.1256
■ 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 Salem State D3 MASCAC — 26 3 12 15 0.577
2024-25 Salem State D3 MASCAC — 22 0 5 5 0.227
2023-24 Western New England D3 CNE — 2 0 0 0 0.000

College Pathway Likelihood (based on 40 comparables)

12%
NCAA D2/D3
2%
Club / ACHA
48%
Other

NCAAe Rankings

#18965
Defenseman overall
#3294
Defenseman born in 2003

D1 Comparables

Joe Schuldt
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.08 PPG
→ Michigan Tech
0.05 No data
NCAAe PPG
Neal Goff
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.18 PPG
→ Western Michigan (0.14 D1 FR PPG)
0.10 Developing D
NCAAe PPG
James Roll
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.22 PPG
→ Lake Superior State (0.30 D1 FR PPG)
0.12 Average D
NCAAe PPG
Christian Neumann
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.29 PPG
→ UConn (0.10 D1 FR PPG)
0.16 Developing D
NCAAe PPG
Mike Preston
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.07 PPG
→ Army (0.16 D1 FR PPG)
0.04 Average D
NCAAe PPG

D2/3 Comparables

Matt Becker
Lebanon Valley · 2005-06
0.360 Average
actual D2/3 PPG
Casey Dion
Wisconsin-Superior · 2007-08
0.280 Developing
actual D2/3 PPG
Scott Phelps
Utica · 2004-05
0.421 Average
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.