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Position: Defense DOB: 2004-09-28 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
2022-23 Connecticut Jr. Rangers USPHL-Premier 42 5 13 18 0.429 0.0483 0.0509 0.1458 0.1535
2023-24 Connecticut Jr. Rangers NCDC 13 0 1 1 0.077 0.0178 0.0180 0.0622 0.0629
2024-25 Connecticut Jr. Rangers USPHL-Premier 40 4 24 28 0.700 0.0790 0.0748 0.2381 0.2253
■ 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 Post D2 NE10 — 27 1 5 6 0.222
Pre-College Projection vs. Actual Freshman Year
Projected PPG
0.05
before college
→
Actual FR PPG
0.22
2025-26 · Post
+351.6% vs. projection

College Pathway Likelihood (based on 40 comparables)

12%
NCAA D2/D3
5%
Club / ACHA
2%
Other

NCAAe Rankings

#10567
Defenseman overall
#2260
Defenseman born in 2004
#3215
in USPHL-Premier

D1 Comparables

Patrick Koudys
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.23 PPG
→ RPI (0.10 D1 FR PPG)
0.13 Developing D
NCAAe PPG
William Eiserman
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.15 PPG
→ UMass Lowell (0.14 D1 FR PPG)
0.08 Developing D
NCAAe PPG
Brandon Kirk
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.32 PPG
→ Dartmouth
0.17 No data
NCAAe PPG
Matt Krug
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.21 PPG
→ Union (0.11 D1 FR PPG)
0.11 Developing D
NCAAe PPG
Nolan Valleau
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.41 PPG
→ Bowling Green
0.22 No data
NCAAe PPG

D2/3 Comparables

Michael Thomas
Colby · 2017-18
0.417 Average
actual D2/3 PPG
Ryan Gorbett
Franklin Pierce · 2017-18
0.304 Developing
actual D2/3 PPG
Morris Schneider
Stevenson · 2024-25
0.158 Developing
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.