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Jack Nickels Elite Prospects ↗

Position: Defense DOB: 1997-04-01 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
2014-15 Kenai River Brown Bears NAHL 45 1 8 9 0.200 0.0710 0.0766 0.2100 0.2267
2015-16 — NAHL 40 1 7 8 0.200 0.0710 0.0735 0.2100 0.2174
2016-17 — NAHL 55 3 21 24 0.436 0.1550 0.1520 0.4582 0.4494
2017-18 Springfield Jr. Blues NAHL 7 0 0 0 0.000 — — — —
■ 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
2021-22 Milwaukee School of Engineering D3 NCHA SR 27 4 8 12 0.444
2020-21 Milwaukee School of Engineering D1 — JR 19 2 10 12 0.632
2020-21 Milwaukee School of Engineering D3 — JR 19 2 10 12 0.632
2019-20 Milwaukee School of Engineering D1 — SO 22 2 9 11 0.500
2019-20 Milwaukee School of Engineering D3 — SO 22 2 9 11 0.500
2018-19 Milwaukee School of Engineering D1 — FR 24 1 4 5 0.208
2018-19 Milwaukee School of Engineering D3 — FR 24 1 4 5 0.208
Pre-College Projection vs. Actual Freshman Year
Projected PPG
0.11
before college
→
Actual FR PPG
0.21
2018-19 · Milwaukee School of Engineering
+83.0% vs. projection

NCAAe Rankings

#12117
Defenseman overall
#1914
Defenseman born in 1997
#4106
in NAHL

D1 Comparables

Johnny Hrabovsky
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.24 PPG
→ Air Force (0.26 D1 FR PPG)
0.13 Average D
NCAAe PPG
Vinny Muto
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.29 PPG
→ Niagara (0.51 D1 FR PPG)
0.16 Elite D
NCAAe PPG
Victor Björkung
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.37 PPG
→ Ohio State (0.18 D1 FR PPG)
0.20 Average D
NCAAe PPG
Dan Molenaar
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.24 PPG
→ Minnesota Duluth (0.18 D1 FR PPG)
0.13 Average D
NCAAe PPG
Aleksi Rossi
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.15 PPG
→ Brown
0.08 No data
NCAAe PPG

D2/3 Comparables

Lucas Signoretti
Buffalo State · 2023-24
1.120 Elite
actual D2/3 PPG
Matthew Monreal
Southern New Hampshire · 2017-18
0.450 Average
actual D2/3 PPG
Brett Corcoran
St. Scholastica · 2007-08
0.643 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.