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Nick Kulas Elite Prospects ↗

Position: Forward DOB: 1986-04-10 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 Texarkana Bandits NAHL 35 2 6 8 0.229 0.0840 0.0858 0.2413 0.2464
2005-06 North Bay Skyhawks NOJHL 47 21 20 41 0.872 0.1457 0.1421 0.3631 0.3542
2006-07 North Bay Skyhawks NOJHL 27 15 21 36 1.333 0.2227 0.2068 0.5551 0.5153
■ 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 SUNY Morrisville D3 SUNYAC — 25 2 6 8 0.320
2009-10 SUNY Morrisville D3 SUNYAC — 13 4 5 9 0.692
2008-09 Utica D3 UCHC — 18 4 6 10 0.556
2007-08 Utica D3 UCHC — 23 10 8 18 0.783
Pre-College Projection vs. Actual Freshman Year
Projected PPG
0.15
before college
→
Actual FR PPG
0.78
2007-08 · Utica
+405.2% vs. projection

NCAAe Rankings

#23396
Forward overall
#792
Forward born in 1986
#1774
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
Davey Middleton
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.50 PPG
→ Brown (0.10 D1 FR PPG)
0.27 Developing
NCAAe PPG
Jordan Nelson
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.59 PPG
→ Minnesota State (0.22 D1 FR PPG)
0.31 Developing
NCAAe PPG
Eli Lichtenwald
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.36 PPG
→ Union (0.68 D1 FR PPG)
0.19 Strong
NCAAe PPG

D2/3 Comparables

Curtis Hammond
St. Norbert · 2021-22
0.577 Average
actual D2/3 PPG
Taylor Vince
SUNY Morrisville · 2009-10
0.708 Strong
actual D2/3 PPG
Carter Cowlthorp
Norwich · 2016-17
0.577 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.