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Position: Forward DOB: 1987-09-03 Country: Canada
2005 · Round 2, Pick #33  ·  Dallas Stars Dallas Stars
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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
2003-04 Plymouth Whalers OHL 9 2 4 6 0.667 0.3857 0.4306 1.7131 1.9123
2004-05 Plymouth Whalers OHL 67 18 26 44 0.657 0.3799 0.4043 1.6874 1.7959
2005-06 Plymouth Whalers OHL 66 21 37 58 0.879 0.5084 0.5157 2.2581 2.2903
2006-07 Plymouth Whalers OHL 45 27 38 65 1.444 0.8356 0.8029 3.7114 3.5660
■ 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
2011-12 UMass Dartmouth D3 ECAC SR 4 0 1 1 0.250
Pre-College Projection vs. Actual Freshman Year
Projected PPG
0.64
before college
→
Actual FR PPG
0.25
2011-12 · UMass Dartmouth
-61.0% vs. projection

NCAAe Rankings

#3683
Forward overall
#135
Forward born in 1987
#157
in OHL

D1 Comparables

Justin Kloos
USHL · 2012-13 · 1.61 PPG
→ Minnesota (0.78 D1 FR PPG)
0.93 Strong
NCAAe PPG
Zach Stepan
USHL · 2012-13 · 1.39 PPG
→ Minnesota State (0.60 D1 FR PPG)
0.81 Strong
NCAAe PPG
Vinnie Hinostroza
USHL · 2012-13 · 1.30 PPG
→ Notre Dame (0.94 D1 FR PPG)
0.76 Elite
NCAAe PPG
Nick Schilkey
USHL · 2012-13 · 1.20 PPG
→ Ohio State (0.70 D1 FR PPG)
0.71 Strong
NCAAe PPG
Kyle Novak
USHL · 2012-13 · 1.20 PPG
→ Western Michigan (0.19 D1 FR PPG)
0.65 Developing
NCAAe PPG

D2/3 Comparables

Arkhip Ledenkov
St. Scholastica · 2018-19
1.636 Elite
actual D2/3 PPG
Neil Trimm
Neumann · 2003-04
1.800 Elite
actual D2/3 PPG
Filimon Ledenkov
St. Scholastica · 2018-19
1.636 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.