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Nathan Birch Elite Prospects ↗

Position: Defense DOB: 2008-03-06 Country: Canada
Northeastern
HockeyEast D1

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
2025-26 Québec Remparts QMJHL 11 1 0 1 0.091 0.0447 0.0469 0.2427 0.2546
■ Blue = NCAAe (D1 anchor)   ■ Green = D3e (D3 anchor)   COVID-flagged seasons highlighted in yellow

College Pathway Likelihood (based on 40 comparables)

5%
NCAA D1
10%
NCAA D2/D3
12%
Age-Out / Club
70%
Pro / Other

NCAAe Rankings

#27131
Defenseman overall
#1385
Defenseman born in 2008
#2010
in QMJHL

D1 Comparables

Christian Wolanin
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.15 PPG
→ North Dakota (0.47 D1 FR PPG)
0.09 Strong D
NCAAe PPG
Trevor Hamilton
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.17 PPG
→ Miami (0.17 D1 FR PPG)
0.11 Average D
NCAAe PPG
Steven Santini
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.20 PPG
→ Boston College (0.31 D1 FR PPG)
0.12 Strong D
NCAAe PPG
Scott Savage
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.15 PPG
→ Boston College (0.51 D1 FR PPG)
0.09 Elite D
NCAAe PPG
Alex Smith
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.17 PPG
→ Michigan Tech (0.47 D1 FR PPG)
0.10 Strong D
NCAAe PPG

Northeastern Alumni similar profiles who attended this school

Kyle Furey
NE-Prep 2018-19
0.00
actual FR PPG at Northeastern
Michael Fisher
NE-Prep 2019-20
0.07
actual FR PPG at Northeastern
Jackson Dorrington
NE-Prep 2018-19
0.17
actual FR PPG at Northeastern
Nolan Hayes
NE-Prep 2018-19
0.14
actual FR PPG at Northeastern

D2/3 Comparables

Trace Jablin
Endicott · 2011-12
0.300 Developing
actual D2/3 PPG
Dakota Zarudny
SUNY Geneseo · 2018-19
0.727 Strong
actual D2/3 PPG
Cole Pickup
Concordia · 2013-14
0.625 Average
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.