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Nick Bailen Elite Prospects ↗

Position: Defense DOB: 1989-12-12 Country: USA
Signed Professionally
Kölner Haie · DEL

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
2005-06 Indiana Ice USHL 52 1 7 8 0.154 0.0907 0.1034 0.4604 0.5248
2006-07 Indiana Ice USHL 53 4 9 13 0.245 0.1447 0.1575 0.7344 0.7994
2007-08 Indiana Ice USHL 58 8 13 21 0.362 0.2136 0.2216 1.0841 1.1245
2009-10 Indiana Ice USHL 58 14 27 41 0.707 0.4170 0.3872 2.1163 1.9650
2013-14 Tappara Liiga 54 11 21 32 0.593 1.4815 1.7045 5.0906 5.8568
2014-15 Dinamo Minsk KHL 60 11 26 37 0.617 1.5417 1.7266 8.4918 9.5101
2015-16 Dinamo Minsk KHL 40 6 25 31 0.775 1.9375 2.0392 10.6716 11.2318
2016-17 Växjö Lakers HC SHL 20 4 10 14 0.700 1.7500 1.6426 9.1321 8.5716
2017-18 Traktor Chelyabinsk KHL 56 11 19 30 0.536 1.3392 1.2963 7.3765 7.1402
2018-19 Traktor Chelyabinsk KHL 62 7 17 24 0.387 0.9677 0.8939 5.3303 4.9236
2019-20 Traktor Chelyabinsk KHL 36 11 14 25 0.694 1.7360 1.7360 9.5617 9.5617
2020-21 Traktor Chelyabinsk KHL 51 13 22 35 0.686 1.7158 1.7158 9.4502 9.4502
2021-22 Traktor Chelyabinsk KHL 49 6 36 42 0.857 2.1427 1.6273 11.8021 8.9631
2022-23 Kölner Haie DEL 56 19 26 45 0.804 2.0090 1.5747 6.8128 5.3401
2023-24 Kölner Haie DEL 34 4 20 24 0.706 1.7647 1.2926 5.9845 4.3836
2024-25 Kölner Haie DEL 13 1 5 6 0.462 1.1538 0.7921 3.9126 2.6862
■ 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
2012-13 RPI D1 ECAC SR 35 12 19 31 0.886
2011-12 RPI D1 ECAC JR 39 7 15 22 0.564
2010-11 RPI D1 ECAC SO 38 8 28 36 0.947
2008-09 Bowling Green D1 CCHA FR 37 6 10 16 0.432
Pre-College Projection vs. Actual Freshman Year
Projected PPG
0.18
before college
→
Actual FR PPG
0.43
2008-09 · Bowling Green
+133.7% vs. projection

College Pathway Likelihood (based on 40 comparables)

8%
NCAA D1
0%
NCAA D2/D3
92%
Pro / Other

NCAAe Rankings

#662
Defenseman overall
#136
Defenseman born in 1989

D2/3 Comparables

Nicholas Cyprian
Chatham · 2021-22
0.880 Strong
actual D2/3 PPG
Niko Schoner
Canton · 2022-23
1.000 Elite
actual D2/3 PPG
Lee Stubbs
Manhattanville · 2000-01
1.115 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.