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Cole Mickel Elite Prospects ↗

Position: Defense DOB: 2002-05-03 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
2020-21 Minot Minotauros NAHL 46 2 17 19 0.413 0.1467 0.1467 0.4336 0.4336
2021-22 Minot Minotauros NAHL 53 11 19 30 0.566 0.2010 0.1996 0.5942 0.5901
2022-23 Wisconsin Windigo NAHL 58 2 26 28 0.483 0.1715 0.1619 0.5069 0.4785
■ 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
2025-26 Saint Mary's (MN) D3 MIAC JR 26 3 25 28 1.077
2024-25 Saint Mary's (MN) D3 MIAC SO 23 3 13 16 0.696
2023-24 Niagara D1 AHA — 28 2 3 5 0.179
Pre-College Projection vs. Actual Freshman Year
Projected PPG
0.17
before college
→
Actual FR PPG
0.18
2023-24 · Niagara
+6.9% vs. projection

College Pathway Likelihood (based on 40 comparables)

32%
NCAA D1
18%
NCAA D2/D3
45%
Age-Out / Club
5%
Pro / Other

NCAAe Rankings

#6922
Defenseman overall
#1684
Defenseman born in 2002
#2499
in NAHL

D1 Comparables

Marc-Antoine Carrier
QMJHL · 2012-13 · 0.37 PPG
→ Brown (0.04 D1 FR PPG)
0.16 Developing D
NCAAe PPG
Dominic Racobaldo
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.33 PPG
→ American International (0.12 D1 FR PPG)
0.18 Developing D
NCAAe PPG
Brandon Carlson
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.24 PPG
→ Alabama-Huntsville (0.11 D1 FR PPG)
0.13 Developing D
NCAAe PPG
Matt Krug
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.21 PPG
→ Union (0.11 D1 FR PPG)
0.11 Developing D
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

Brett Mecrones
New England · 2016-17
0.480 Average
actual D2/3 PPG
Matt Beer
SUNY Morrisville · 2010-11
0.458 Average
actual D2/3 PPG
Casper Dyrssen
Manhattanville · 2014-15
0.500 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.