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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 0.0476 0.0506 0.1290 0.1372
2001-02 Smiths Falls Bears CCHL 55 21 41 62 1.127 0.3217 0.3271 0.8726 0.8873
2002-03 Pembroke Lumber Kings CCHL 53 19 20 39 0.736 0.2100 0.2039 0.5696 0.5530
2003-04 Smiths Falls Bears CCHL 55 23 34 57 1.036 0.2958 0.2724 0.8023 0.7388
■ 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 Saint Michael's D2 — SR 25 6 18 24 0.960
2006-07 Saint Michael's D2 — JR 19 4 7 11 0.579
2005-06 Saint Michael's D2 — SO 27 3 12 15 0.556
2004-05 Saint Michael's D2 — FR 25 13 19 32 1.280
Pre-College Projection vs. Actual Freshman Year
Projected PPG
0.21
before college
→
Actual FR PPG
1.28
2004-05 · Saint Michael's
+510.4% vs. projection

NCAAe Rankings

#12402
Forward overall
#469
Forward born in 1983
#248
in CCHL

D1 Comparables

Ryan Doucet
NAHL · 2012-13 · 0.73 PPG
→ Air Force (0.10 D1 FR PPG)
0.26 Developing
NCAAe PPG
Emil Romig
NAHL · 2012-13 · 1.00 PPG
→ Denver (0.31 D1 FR PPG)
0.35 Developing
NCAAe PPG
Ian Miller
NAHL · 2012-13 · 0.57 PPG
→ Lake Superior State (0.30 D1 FR PPG)
0.20 Developing
NCAAe PPG
Woody Hudson
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.43 PPG
→ St. Lawrence (0.30 D1 FR PPG)
0.25 Developing
NCAAe PPG
Beau Walker
NAHL · 2012-13 · 1.00 PPG
→ Sacred Heart (0.40 D1 FR PPG)
0.35 Average
NCAAe PPG

D2/3 Comparables

Braedyn Aubin
Norwich · 2018-19
0.542 Average
actual D2/3 PPG
Omar Mullan
Milwaukee School of Engineering · 2013-14
1.286 Elite
actual D2/3 PPG
Gavin Simopoulos
Southern Maine · 2023-24
0.560 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.