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Nicholas Bernardo Elite Prospects ↗

Position: Defense DOB: 2003-05-13 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 P.A.L. Junior Islanders NCDC 2 0 0 0 0.000 — — — —
2021-22 Maine Nordiques NAHL 59 6 31 37 0.627 0.2485 0.2595 0.6584 0.6877
2022-23 Maine Nordiques NAHL 54 9 29 38 0.704 0.2788 0.2775 0.7388 0.7353
2023-24 Maine Nordiques NAHL 57 6 26 32 0.561 0.2224 0.2107 0.5894 0.5585
■ 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 Long Island Univ. D1 AHA — 30 8 9 17 0.567
2024-25 Long Island Univ. D1 AHA — 25 2 6 8 0.320
Pre-College Projection vs. Actual Freshman Year
Projected PPG
0.22
before college
→
Actual FR PPG
0.32
2024-25 · Long Island Univ.
+42.8% vs. projection

College Pathway Likelihood (based on 40 comparables)

40%
NCAA D1
2%
NCAA D2/D3
57%
Age-Out / Club
0%
Pro / Other

NCAAe Rankings

#4498
Defenseman overall
#1132
Defenseman born in 2003

D1 Comparables

Dominic Racobaldo
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.33 PPG
→ American International (0.12 D1 FR PPG)
0.18 Developing D
NCAAe PPG
Marc-Antoine Carrier
QMJHL · 2012-13 · 0.37 PPG
→ Brown (0.04 D1 FR PPG)
0.16 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)
0.12 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

Anthony Starzi
Stevenson · 2018-19
0.000 No data
actual D2/3 PPG
Josh Adkins
Concordia (WI) · 2015-16
0.640 Average
actual D2/3 PPG
Kevin Balas
Adrian · 2010-11
0.444 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.