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Paden Hicks Elite Prospects ↗

Position: Forward DOB: 2002-09-26 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
2018-19 Winchendon NE-Prep 28 3 5 8 0.286 0.0551 0.0551 0.1307 0.1307
2019-20 Winchendon NE-Prep 26 5 15 20 0.769 0.1484 0.1484 0.3520 0.3520
2020-21 New Mexico Ice Wolves NAHL 4 0 0 0 0.000 — — — —
2021-22 Northern Cyclones NCDC 39 10 12 22 0.564 0.1304 0.1316 — —
2022-23 Northern Cyclones NCDC 50 28 20 48 0.960 0.2219 0.2147 0.7763 0.7512
■ 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 7 14 21 0.808
2024-25 Albertus Magnus D3 UCHC — 24 8 11 19 0.792
2023-24 Albertus Magnus D3 UCHC — 17 5 1 6 0.353
Pre-College Projection vs. Actual Freshman Year
Projected PPG
0.16
before college
→
Actual FR PPG
0.35
2023-24 · Albertus Magnus
+127.2% vs. projection

College Pathway Likelihood (based on 40 comparables)

35%
NCAA D2/D3
0%
Club / ACHA
0%
Other

NCAAe Rankings

#9140
Forward overall
#426
Forward born in 2002

D1 Comparables

Woody Hudson
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.43 PPG
→ St. Lawrence (0.30 D1 FR PPG)
0.23 Developing
NCAAe PPG
Emil Romig
NAHL · 2012-13 · 1.00 PPG
→ Denver (0.31 D1 FR PPG)
0.34 Developing
NCAAe PPG
Jonathan Davis
NAHL · 2012-13 · 1.03 PPG
→ Nebraska Omaha (0.06 D1 FR PPG)
0.35 Developing
NCAAe PPG
Tyler Deresky
NAHL · 2012-13 · 0.79 PPG
→ Bentley (0.19 D1 FR PPG)
0.27 Developing
NCAAe PPG
Cullen Hurley
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.38 PPG
→ Wisconsin
0.21 No data
NCAAe PPG

D2/3 Comparables

Cayden Cahill
Wisconsin-River Falls · 2016-17
0.862 Strong
actual D2/3 PPG
Ryan McKenna
Connecticut College · 2024-25
0.792 Strong
actual D2/3 PPG
Blake Kashark
UMass Dartmouth · 2023-24
0.400 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.