Mike Benning

D · 24.7 years old · AHL 26-27

Drafted 2020 · round 4, 95 overall, FLA

He does not play in the NHL yet, so this page carries what he has actually done rather than what we project. No forecast, no category value and no draft ranking: we model NHL seasons, and putting a number on a AHL season we do not model would look like analysis and be a guess.

This season · 26-27

AHL

League

1.00

P/GP

0.44

NHL-equiv. P/GP

24.7

Age

Trajectory · NHL-equivalent points per game

Each season's points per game times its league's translation factor (for example SHL 0.59, Liiga 0.54, AHL 0.44, Allsvenskan 0.38, CHL 0.28, J20 0.18): what a league's scoring has historically been worth in the NHL. A scoring translation, not a rating. A short current season is drawn lighter.

Players with a similar profile

Drafted players from 2005 to 2019 (3,192 of them, including the ones who never made it) whose season at his age looked most like his 25-26: NHL, 18 GP, 0.33 NHL-equivalent at 23.7. Also matched on draft slot, height, playing against adults. Then their NHL careers.

Player	Drafted	Ht	At his age	GP	P	NHLe	NHL GP	NHL P	P/GP	Best NHL season
Chris Wideman D	#100, 2009	5'10"	13-14 AHL	73	51	0.31	291	78	0.27	27 P in 64 GP, 21-22
Jordan Spence D	#95, 2019	5'10"	24-25 NHL	79	28	0.35	253	92	0.36	31 P in 73 GP, 25-26
Devon Toews D	#108, 2014	5'11"	17-18 AHL	30	22	0.32	542	304	0.56	57 P in 66 GP, 21-22
Mac Hollowell D	#118, 2018	5'9"	22-23 NHL + AHL	24	15	0.32	6	2	0.33	2 P in 6 GP, 22-23
Matt Donovan D	#96, 2008	6'0"	13-14 NHL + AHL	79	37	0.32	69	20	0.29	16 P in 52 GP, 13-14

3 of 5 played 200 or more NHL games. How players like this turned out, not a forecast for him.

Season by season

Season	League	GP	G	A	P	P/GP	PIM
26-27	AHL	2	1	1	2	1	0
22-23	NCAA	39	13	21	34	0.87	38
21-22	NCAA	41	15	23	38	0.93	14
20-21	NCAA	21	3	8	11	0.52	8

AHL game log

Date		Opp	G	A	P	PIM	SOG	+/-
2026-10-03	vs	ABB	0	1	1	0	2	+2
2026-10-02	vs	ABB	1	0	1	0	1	+2