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Brendan Less Elite Prospects ↗

Position: Defense DOB: 1998-04-24 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
2016-17 Jersey Hitmen USPHL-Premier-Classic 43 3 24 27 0.628 0.1763 0.1859 0.5162 0.5444
■ 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
2021-22 Quinnipiac D1 ECAC — 39 4 16 20 0.513
2020-21 Dartmouth D1 ECAC — 0 0 0 0 0.000
2019-20 Dartmouth D1 ECAC JR 31 1 8 9 0.290
2018-19 Dartmouth D1 ECAC SO 22 1 0 1 0.045
2017-18 Dartmouth D1 ECAC FR 33 0 6 6 0.182
Pre-College Projection vs. Actual Freshman Year
Projected PPG
0.18
before college
→
Actual FR PPG
0.18
2017-18 · Dartmouth
+3.6% vs. projection

NCAAe Rankings

#8594
Defenseman overall
#1641
Defenseman born in 1998
#115
in USPHL-Premier-Classic

D1 Comparables

Scott Moldenhauer
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.21 PPG
→ Western Michigan (0.11 D1 FR PPG)
0.12 Developing D
NCAAe PPG
Tim Davison
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.23 PPG
→ Wisconsin
0.13 No data
NCAAe PPG
Dane Cooper
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.17 PPG
→ Brown (0.05 D1 FR PPG)
0.10 Developing D
NCAAe PPG
Justin Wade
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.17 PPG
→ Notre Dame
0.10 No data
NCAAe PPG
Zach Frye
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.19 PPG
→ Alaska Fairbanks (0.28 D1 FR PPG)
0.11 Average D
NCAAe PPG

D2/3 Comparables

Shane Baker
Skidmore · 2022-23
0.704 Strong
actual D2/3 PPG
Dennis Davidson
Tufts · 2024-25
0.522 Average
actual D2/3 PPG
Connor Powell
Elmira · 2014-15
1.080 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.