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Luke Gaffney Elite Prospects ↗

Position: Forward DOB: 2003-07-09 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
2021-22 Hudson Havoc USPHL-Premier 38 9 14 23 0.605 0.0792 0.0825 0.2054 0.2139
2022-23 Hudson Havoc USPHL-Premier 22 7 5 12 0.545 0.0714 0.0708 0.1851 0.1836
2023-24 Metro Jets USPHL-Premier 43 22 45 67 1.558 0.2038 0.1923 0.5288 0.4990
■ 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 Johnson & Wales D3 CNE SO 22 0 0 0 0.000
2024-25 Johnson & Wales D3 CNE — 25 3 3 6 0.240
Pre-College Projection vs. Actual Freshman Year
Projected PPG
0.12
before college
→
Actual FR PPG
0.24
2024-25 · Johnson & Wales
+95.1% vs. projection

College Pathway Likelihood (based on 40 comparables)

30%
NCAA D2/D3
5%
Club / ACHA
0%
Other

NCAAe Rankings

#13130
Forward overall
#620
Forward born in 2003
#697
in USPHL-Premier

D1 Comparables

Eli Lichtenwald
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.36 PPG
→ Union (0.68 D1 FR PPG)
0.19 Strong
NCAAe PPG
Woody Hudson
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.43 PPG
→ St. Lawrence (0.30 D1 FR PPG)
0.23 Developing
NCAAe PPG
Davey Middleton
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.50 PPG
→ Brown (0.10 D1 FR PPG)
0.27 Developing
NCAAe PPG
Justin Parizek
NAHL · 2012-13 · 0.93 PPG
→ Nebraska Omaha (0.22 D1 FR PPG)
0.32 Developing
NCAAe PPG
Jordan Nelson
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.59 PPG
→ Minnesota State (0.22 D1 FR PPG)
0.31 Developing
NCAAe PPG

D2/3 Comparables

Drew Gannon
UMass Boston · 2014-15
0.414 Average
actual D2/3 PPG
Joe Caveney
Fitchburg State · 2008-09
1.400 Elite
actual D2/3 PPG
Joonas Linnavuori
Buffalo State · 2023-24
0.500 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.