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Dans Locmelis Elite Prospects ↗

Position: Forward DOB: 2004-01-21 Country: Latvia
2022 NHL Draft Round 4, Pick #119  ·  Boston Bruins Boston Bruins
Signed Professionally
SHL

Set Commitment

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
2020-21 — SuperElit 9 3 0 3 0.333 0.1306 0.1306 0.4094 0.4094
2021-22 — SuperElit 44 18 16 34 0.773 0.3027 0.3116 0.9491 0.9769
2022-23 — SuperElit 44 25 34 59 1.341 0.5254 0.5205 1.6470 1.6317
■ 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
2024-25 UMass D1 HockeyEast — 40 8 25 33 0.825
2024-25 UMass Lowell D1 HockeyEast — 40 8 25 33 0.825
2023-24 UMass D1 HockeyEast — 30 7 7 14 0.467
2023-24 UMass Lowell D1 HockeyEast — 30 7 7 14 0.467
Pre-College Projection vs. Actual Freshman Year
Projected PPG
0.37
before college
→
Actual FR PPG
0.47
2023-24 · UMass
+24.8% vs. projection

College Pathway Likelihood (based on 40 comparables)

35%
NCAA D1
0%
NCAA D2/D3
10%
Age-Out / Club
55%
Pro / Other

NCAAe Rankings

D1 Comparables

Zeb Knutson
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.82 PPG
→ Minnesota (0.33 D1 FR PPG)
0.50 Developing
NCAAe PPG
Nathan Walker
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.93 PPG
→ Marian (0.21 D1 FR PPG)
0.56 Developing
NCAAe PPG
Alex Iafallo
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.86 PPG
→ Minnesota Duluth (0.61 D1 FR PPG)
0.52 Strong
NCAAe PPG
Adam Gilmour
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.73 PPG
→ Boston College (0.50 D1 FR PPG)
0.44 Average
NCAAe PPG
Dave Gust
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.77 PPG
→ Ohio State (0.38 D1 FR PPG)
0.46 Average
NCAAe PPG

D2/3 Comparables

John Moncovich
Utica · 2016-17
0.864 Strong
actual D2/3 PPG
Jon Whitelaw
SUNY Oswego · 2007-08
1.357 Elite
actual D2/3 PPG
Pat Egan
SUNY Plattsburgh · 2013-14
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.