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Nolan Craner Elite Prospects ↗

Position: Forward DOB: 1986-08-28 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 Toledo IceDiggers NAHL 26 4 3 7 0.269 0.0989 0.1029 0.2841 0.2956
2005-06 Alpena IceDiggers NAHL 58 9 23 32 0.552 0.2027 0.2009 0.5823 0.5770
2006-07 Alpena IceDiggers NAHL 59 25 40 65 1.102 0.4048 0.3812 1.1628 1.0950
■ 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-River Falls D3 BigTen SR 14 0 2 2 0.143
2009-10 Wisconsin-River Falls D3 BigTen JR 27 2 4 6 0.222
2008-09 Wisconsin-River Falls D3 BigTen SO 27 5 8 13 0.481
2007-08 Wisconsin-River Falls D3 BigTen FR 27 9 11 20 0.741
Pre-College Projection vs. Actual Freshman Year
Projected PPG
0.26
before college
→
Actual FR PPG
0.74
2007-08 · Wisconsin-River Falls
+179.9% vs. projection

NCAAe Rankings

#16364
Forward overall
#559
Forward born in 1986
#852
in NAHL

D1 Comparables

Jonathan Davis
NAHL · 2012-13 · 1.03 PPG
→ Nebraska Omaha (0.06 D1 FR PPG)
0.36 Developing
NCAAe PPG
A.J. Reid
NAHL · 2012-13 · 1.18 PPG
→ Air Force (0.26 D1 FR PPG)
0.41 Developing
NCAAe PPG
Emil Romig
NAHL · 2012-13 · 1.00 PPG
→ Denver (0.31 D1 FR PPG)
0.35 Developing
NCAAe PPG
Sean Gaffney
NAHL · 2012-13 · 1.14 PPG
→ UConn (0.18 D1 FR PPG)
0.40 Developing
NCAAe PPG
Jared VanWormer
NAHL · 2012-13 · 1.27 PPG
→ Ferris State (0.19 D1 FR PPG)
0.44 Developing
NCAAe PPG

D2/3 Comparables

Jon Gaffney
Utica · 2008-09
0.920 Strong
actual D2/3 PPG
Gregg Burmaster
Utica · 2014-15
1.000 Elite
actual D2/3 PPG
Nikita Kozyrev
Buffalo State · 2018-19
1.231 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.