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Nolan Sawchuk Elite Prospects ↗

Position: Defense DOB: 1997-09-25 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 Burnsville High USHS-MN 25 4 8 12 0.480 0.0608 0.0594 0.1166 0.1140
2016-17 Minot Minotauros NAHL 56 4 28 32 0.571 0.2099 0.2109 0.6031 0.6061
2017-18 Minot Minotauros NAHL 57 2 28 30 0.526 0.1934 0.1848 0.5555 0.5308
■ 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 St. Thomas D1 CCHA — 36 1 9 10 0.278
2020-21 UMass Lowell D1 HockeyEast JR 15 1 2 3 0.200
2019-20 UMass Lowell D1 HockeyEast SO 23 0 3 3 0.130
2018-19 UMass Lowell D1 HockeyEast FR 23 0 2 2 0.087
Pre-College Projection vs. Actual Freshman Year
Projected PPG
0.18
before college
→
Actual FR PPG
0.09
2018-19 · UMass Lowell
-52.8% vs. projection

College Pathway Likelihood (based on 40 comparables)

48%
NCAA D1
12%
NCAA D2/D3
40%
Age-Out / Club
0%
Pro / Other

NCAAe Rankings

#6930
Defenseman overall
#1313
Defenseman born in 1997

D1 Comparables

Benjamin Gallacher
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.45 PPG
→ Ohio State (0.50 D1 FR PPG)
0.24 Elite D
NCAAe PPG
Nolan Valleau
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.41 PPG
→ Bowling Green
0.22 No data
NCAAe PPG
Patrick Koudys
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.23 PPG
→ RPI (0.10 D1 FR PPG)
0.13 Developing D
NCAAe PPG
Brandon Kirk
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.32 PPG
→ Dartmouth
0.17 No data
NCAAe PPG
William Eiserman
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.15 PPG
→ UMass Lowell (0.14 D1 FR PPG)
0.08 Developing D
NCAAe PPG

D2/3 Comparables

Noah Strawn
Endicott · 2018-19
0.518 Average
actual D2/3 PPG
Rob Whidden
Wisconsin-Superior · 2000-01
0.719 Strong
actual D2/3 PPG
Andrew Love
Neumann · 2008-09
0.650 Strong
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.