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Erik Caron Elite Prospects ↗

Position: Forward DOB: 1983-10-05 Country: Canada
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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
2000-01 Navan Grads CCHL 6 1 0 1 0.167 0.0362 0.0385 0.1290 0.1372
2001-02 Smiths Falls Bears CCHL 55 21 41 62 1.127 0.2445 0.2486 0.8722 0.8868
2002-03 Pembroke Lumber Kings CCHL 53 19 20 39 0.736 0.1596 0.1549 0.5693 0.5527
2003-04 Smiths Falls Bears CCHL 55 23 34 57 1.036 0.2248 0.2070 0.8019 0.7384
■ 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
2007-08 St. Michael's College D2 — SR 25 6 18 24 0.960
2006-07 St. Michael's College D2 — JR 19 4 7 11 0.579
2005-06 St. Michael's College D2 — SO 27 3 12 15 0.556
2004-05 St. Michael's College D2 — FR 25 13 19 32 1.280
Pre-College Projection vs. Actual Freshman Year
Projected PPG
0.16
before college
→
Actual FR PPG
1.28
2004-05 · St. Michael's College
+703.0% vs. projection

NCAAe Rankings

#15480
Forward overall
#528
Forward born in 1983
#202
in CCHL

D1 Comparables

Woody Hudson
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.43 PPG
→ St. Lawrence (0.30 D1 FR PPG)
0.23 Developing
NCAAe PPG
Tyler Deresky
NAHL · 2012-13 · 0.79 PPG
→ Bentley (0.19 D1 FR PPG)
0.28 Developing
NCAAe PPG
Emil Romig
NAHL · 2012-13 · 1.00 PPG
→ Denver (0.31 D1 FR PPG)
0.35 Developing
NCAAe PPG
Cullen Hurley
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.38 PPG
→ Wisconsin
0.21 No data
NCAAe PPG
Max Birkinbine
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.46 PPG
→ Air Force (0.14 D1 FR PPG)
0.25 Developing
NCAAe PPG

D2/3 Comparables

Tanner Hartman
Hobart · 2021-22
0.655 Strong
actual D2/3 PPG
Lucas Bombardier
Trine · 2014-15
0.560 Average
actual D2/3 PPG
Zach Smith
Neumann · 2021-22
0.962 Strong
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.