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Talan Plante Elite Prospects ↗

Position: Defense DOB: 2005-12-20 Country: USA
⚠️ Aging Out 2025-26: Turns 20 before Dec 31, 2025 — final eligible junior season.
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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 Marshall USHS-MN 19 4 14 18 0.947 0.1167 0.1167 0.2301 0.2301
2021-22 Marshall USHS-MN 26 10 21 31 1.192 0.1469 0.1469 0.2896 0.2896
2022-23 Marshall USHS-MN 26 11 28 39 1.500 0.1848 0.1848 0.3644 0.3644
2023-24 Marshall USHS-MN 28 24 30 54 1.929 0.2376 0.2376 0.4685 0.4685
■ 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 Concordia D3 MIAC — 20 1 4 5 0.250
2024-25 Concordia D3 MIAC — 1 0 0 0 0.000

College Pathway Likelihood (based on 40 comparables)

15%
NCAA D2/D3
5%
Club / ACHA
48%
Other

NCAAe Rankings

#1497
Defenseman overall
#269
Defenseman born in 2005

D1 Comparables

Michael Kapla
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.49 PPG
→ UMass Lowell (0.41 D1 FR PPG)
0.29 Strong D
NCAAe PPG
Ruslan Pedan
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.33 PPG
→ Bemidji State (0.34 D1 FR PPG)
0.20 Strong D
NCAAe PPG
Gustav Olofsson
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.37 PPG
→ Colorado College (0.27 D1 FR PPG)
0.22 Average D
NCAAe PPG
Kyle Mackey
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.16 PPG
→ Air Force (0.21 D1 FR PPG)
0.09 Average D
NCAAe PPG
Cutler Martin
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.27 PPG
→ Michigan (0.47 D1 FR PPG)
0.16 Strong D
NCAAe PPG

D2/3 Comparables

Josh Jacobs
Neumann · 2003-04
0.500 Average
actual D2/3 PPG
Mac Balson
Buffalo State · 2009-10
0.560 Average
actual D2/3 PPG
C.J. Shugart
Williams · 2012-13
0.591 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.