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Nico Sturm Elite Prospects ↗

Position: Forward DOB: 1995-05-03 Country: Germany
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
2012-13 — DNL 33 11 22 33 1.000 0.1542 0.1574 0.6470 0.6605
2013-14 — NAHL 21 1 2 3 0.143 0.0566 0.0586 0.1500 0.1554
2014-15 — NAHL 53 11 30 41 0.774 0.3065 0.3015 0.8122 0.7989
2015-16 — USHL 57 14 25 39 0.684 0.4206 0.3807 2.0158 1.8246
■ 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
2018-19 Clarkson D1 ECAC JR 39 14 31 45 1.154
2017-18 Clarkson D1 ECAC SO 40 14 23 37 0.925
2016-17 Clarkson D1 ECAC FR 39 8 13 21 0.538
Pre-College Projection vs. Actual Freshman Year
Projected PPG
0.30
before college
→
Actual FR PPG
0.54
2016-17 · Clarkson
+80.2% vs. projection

NCAAe Rankings

D1 Comparables

Todd Skirving
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.80 PPG
→ RIT (0.65 D1 FR PPG)
0.44 Strong
NCAAe PPG
Jordan Nelson
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.59 PPG
→ Minnesota (0.22 D1 FR PPG)
0.32 Developing
NCAAe PPG
Carlos Amestoy
OHL · 2012-13 · 0.75 PPG
→ Maine
0.39 No data
NCAAe PPG
Davey Middleton
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.50 PPG
→ Brown (0.10 D1 FR PPG)
0.28 Developing
NCAAe PPG
David Goodwin
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.67 PPG
→ Penn State (0.53 D1 FR PPG)
0.37 Average
NCAAe PPG

D2/3 Comparables

Quinn Waller
Adrian · 2006-07
1.586 Elite
actual D2/3 PPG
Michael Padgeon
Anna Maria · 2018-19
0.706 Strong
actual D2/3 PPG
Alex Botten
SUNY Oswego · 2012-13
1.133 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.