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Nick Swaney Elite Prospects ↗

Position: Forward DOB: 1997-09-09 Country: USA
2017 · Round 7, Pick #209  ·  Minnesota Wild Minnesota Wild
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 0.1475 0.1650 0.7509 0.8399
2014-15 Waterloo Black Hawks USHL 15 9 4 13 0.867 0.5113 0.5467 2.6030 2.7834
2015-16 Waterloo Black Hawks USHL 54 30 20 50 0.926 0.5462 0.5587 2.7808 2.8444
2016-17 Waterloo Black Hawks USHL 47 26 25 51 1.085 0.6401 0.6221 3.2590 3.1672
■ 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
0.56
before college
→
Actual FR PPG
0.63
2017-18 · Minnesota Duluth
+13.2% vs. projection

NCAAe Rankings

D1 Comparables

Frank DiChiara
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.94 PPG
→ Yale (0.41 D1 FR PPG)
0.53 Average
NCAAe PPG
J.T. Stenglein
USHL · 2012-13 · 1.04 PPG
→ Michigan (0.07 D1 FR PPG)
0.59 Developing
NCAAe PPG
Sam Anas
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.98 PPG
→ Quinnipiac (1.07 D1 FR PPG)
0.55 Elite
NCAAe PPG
Luc Gerdes
USHL · 2012-13 · 1.00 PPG
→ Colorado College (0.25 D1 FR PPG)
0.56 Developing
NCAAe PPG
Alex Iafallo
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.86 PPG
→ Minnesota Duluth (0.61 D1 FR PPG)
0.50 Strong
NCAAe PPG

D2/3 Comparables

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