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Nick Nielsen Elite Prospects ↗

Position: Forward DOB: 1992-08-13 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
2011-12 Sioux Falls Stampede USHL 23 5 3 8 0.348 0.2052 0.1980 1.0247 0.9886
■ 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
2015-16 St. Thomas D3 — SR 26 3 9 12 0.462
2014-15 St. Thomas D3 — JR 25 7 4 11 0.440
2013-14 St. Thomas D3 — SO 28 7 17 24 0.857
2012-13 St. Thomas D3 — FR 23 4 9 13 0.565
Pre-College Projection vs. Actual Freshman Year
Projected PPG
0.17
before college
→
Actual FR PPG
0.57
2012-13 · St. Thomas
+233.5% vs. projection

NCAAe Rankings

#26066
Forward overall
#960
Forward born in 1992
#2532
in USHL

D1 Comparables

Jake Wood
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.43 PPG
→ RPI (0.24 D1 FR PPG)
0.26 Developing
NCAAe PPG
Josh Erickson
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.21 PPG
→ Alaska Fairbanks (0.14 D1 FR PPG)
0.12 Developing
NCAAe PPG
Zach Saar
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.33 PPG
→ Penn State (0.33 D1 FR PPG)
0.20 Developing
NCAAe PPG
Conor Andrle
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.20 PPG
→ Army (0.53 D1 FR PPG)
0.12 Average
NCAAe PPG
C.J. Reuschlein
NAHL · 2012-13 · 0.80 PPG
→ Army (0.67 D1 FR PPG)
0.32 Strong
NCAAe PPG

D2/3 Comparables

Mitch Stephens
SUNY Geneseo · 2001-02
1.077 Elite
actual D2/3 PPG
Michael Soik
Milwaukee School of Engineering · 2005-06
1.346 Elite
actual D2/3 PPG
Omar Mullan
Milwaukee School of Engineering · 2012-13
1.286 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.