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Nick Swaney Elite Prospects ↗

Position: Forward DOB: 1997-09-09 Country: USA
Signed Professionally

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
2013-14 Waterloo Black Hawks USHL 4 1 0 1 0.250 0.1592 0.1781 0.7492 0.8380
2014-15 Waterloo Black Hawks USHL 15 9 4 13 0.867 0.5519 0.5902 2.5972 2.7772
2015-16 Waterloo Black Hawks USHL 54 30 20 50 0.926 0.5896 0.6031 2.7746 2.8380
2016-17 Waterloo Black Hawks USHL 47 26 25 51 1.085 0.6910 0.6715 3.2517 3.1601
■ 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
2020-21 Minnesota Duluth D1 NCHC SR 28 13 15 28 1.000
2019-20 Minnesota Duluth D1 NCHC JR 31 12 14 26 0.839
2018-19 Minnesota Duluth D1 NCHC SO 40 15 10 25 0.625
2017-18 Minnesota Duluth D1 NCHC FR 35 6 16 22 0.629
Pre-College Projection vs. Actual Freshman Year
Projected PPG
0.60
before college
→
Actual FR PPG
0.63
2017-18 · Minnesota Duluth
+4.8% vs. projection

NCAAe Rankings

D1 Comparables

Sam Anas
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.98 PPG
→ Quinnipiac (1.07 D1 FR PPG)
0.60 Elite
NCAAe PPG
Tyler Spezia
NAHL · 2012-13 · 1.43 PPG
→ Bowling Green (0.25 D1 FR PPG)
0.53 Developing
NCAAe PPG
Alex Iafallo
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.86 PPG
→ Minnesota Duluth (0.61 D1 FR PPG)
0.54 Strong
NCAAe PPG
Dominik Shine
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.90 PPG
→ Northern Michigan (0.45 D1 FR PPG)
0.54 Average
NCAAe PPG
Dominic Toninato
USHL · 2012-13 · 1.09 PPG
→ Minnesota Duluth (0.43 D1 FR PPG)
0.69 Average
NCAAe PPG

D2/3 Comparables

Filimon Ledenkov
St. Scholastica · 2018-19
1.636 Elite
actual D2/3 PPG
Brandon Osmundson
Utica · 2018-19
1.448 Elite
actual D2/3 PPG
Arkhip Ledenkov
St. Scholastica · 2018-19
1.636 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.