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Nate Hansen Elite Prospects ↗

Position: Forward DOB: 1981-09-29 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
2000-01 Rochester Mustangs USHL 51 9 8 17 0.333 0.2049 0.2043 0.9820 0.9792
2001-02 — USHL 59 6 16 22 0.373 0.2292 0.2171 1.0986 1.0408
■ 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
2005-06 Wisconsin-River Falls D3 — SR 24 1 4 5 0.208
2004-05 Wisconsin-River Falls D3 — JR 28 2 1 3 0.107
2003-04 Wisconsin-River Falls D3 — SO 29 2 6 8 0.276
2002-03 Wisconsin-River Falls D3 — FR 24 5 2 7 0.292
Pre-College Projection vs. Actual Freshman Year
Projected PPG
0.18
before college
→
Actual FR PPG
0.29
2002-03 · Wisconsin-River Falls
+60.7% vs. projection

NCAAe Rankings

#25351
Forward overall
#621
Forward born in 1981
#2490
in USHL

D1 Comparables

Woody Hudson
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.43 PPG
→ St. Lawrence (0.30 D1 FR PPG)
0.24 Developing
NCAAe PPG
Cullen Hurley
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.38 PPG
→ Wisconsin
0.22 No data
NCAAe PPG
Max Birkinbine
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.46 PPG
→ Air Force (0.14 D1 FR PPG)
0.26 Developing
NCAAe PPG
Joseph-Matthew Manno
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.63 PPG
→ Northeastern (0.22 D1 FR PPG)
0.36 Developing
NCAAe PPG
Eli Lichtenwald
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.36 PPG
→ Union (0.68 D1 FR PPG)
0.20 Strong
NCAAe PPG

D2/3 Comparables

Richard Manley
SUNY Geneseo · 2009-10
1.150 Elite
actual D2/3 PPG
Riley Klugerman
Concordia (WI) · 2022-23
0.913 Strong
actual D2/3 PPG
Austin Morgan
New England · 2017-18
0.714 Strong
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.