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Nic Polaski Elite Prospects ↗

Position: Forward DOB: 1986-02-14 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
2004-05 Central Texas Marshals NAHL 52 13 16 29 0.558 0.1982 0.2009 0.5883 0.5964
2005-06 Texarkana Bandits NAHL 55 13 20 33 0.600 0.2132 0.2056 0.6329 0.6102
2006-07 St. Louis Bandits NAHL 55 8 13 21 0.382 0.1357 0.1242 0.4027 0.3685
■ 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
2010-11 Wisconsin-Stevens Point D3 WIAC SR 28 6 5 11 0.393
2009-10 Wisconsin-Stevens Point D3 WIAC JR 27 5 5 10 0.370
2008-09 Wisconsin-Stevens Point D3 WIAC SO 23 3 1 4 0.174
2007-08 Wisconsin-Stevens Point D3 WIAC FR 23 5 1 6 0.261
Pre-College Projection vs. Actual Freshman Year
Projected PPG
0.13
before college
→
Actual FR PPG
0.26
2007-08 · Wisconsin-Stevens Point
+94.4% vs. projection

NCAAe Rankings

#29108
Forward overall
#963
Forward born in 1986
#2521
in NAHL

D1 Comparables

Ali Thomas
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.34 PPG
→ Notre Dame (0.18 D1 FR PPG)
0.18 Developing
NCAAe PPG
Yasin Cissé
QMJHL · 2012-13 · 0.52 PPG
→ Boston University
0.23 No data
NCAAe PPG
Will Suter
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.47 PPG
→ Bentley (0.10 D1 FR PPG)
0.25 Developing
NCAAe PPG
Eli Lichtenwald
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.36 PPG
→ Union (0.68 D1 FR PPG)
0.19 Strong
NCAAe PPG
Davey Middleton
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.50 PPG
→ Brown (0.10 D1 FR PPG)
0.27 Developing
NCAAe PPG

D2/3 Comparables

Andrew Kangas
St. Thomas · 2018-19
0.474 Average
actual D2/3 PPG
Brad Reitter
Canton · 2015-16
0.000 No data
actual D2/3 PPG
Luke Dietsch
Augsburg · 2014-15
0.593 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.