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Hayden Nichol Elite Prospects ↗

Position: Forward DOB: 2003-06-30 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
2021-22 Shreveport Mudbugs NAHL 47 2 9 11 0.234 0.0927 0.0974 0.2457 0.2582
2022-23 Shreveport Mudbugs NAHL 58 11 22 33 0.569 0.2254 0.2258 0.5974 0.5985
2023-24 Shreveport Mudbugs NAHL 52 24 27 51 0.981 0.3886 0.3707 1.0297 0.9824
■ 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 Air Force D1 AHA FR 24 2 2 4 0.167
Pre-College Projection vs. Actual Freshman Year
Projected PPG
0.27
before college
→
Actual FR PPG
0.17
2025-26 · Air Force
-37.7% vs. projection

College Pathway Likelihood (based on 40 comparables)

52%
NCAA D1
10%
NCAA D2/D3
28%
Age-Out / Club
10%
Pro / Other

NCAAe Rankings

#18839
Forward overall
#962
Forward born in 2003
#1170
in NAHL

D1 Comparables

Davey Middleton
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.50 PPG
→ Brown (0.10 D1 FR PPG)
0.28 Developing
NCAAe PPG
Brandon Wahlin
NAHL · 2012-13 · 1.33 PPG
→ UMass (0.13 D1 FR PPG)
0.50 Developing
NCAAe PPG
Michael Huntebrinker
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.91 PPG
→ Minnesota (0.15 D1 FR PPG)
0.51 Developing
NCAAe PPG
Todd Skirving
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.80 PPG
→ RIT (0.65 D1 FR PPG)
0.44 Strong
NCAAe PPG
Jonathan Davis
NAHL · 2012-13 · 1.03 PPG
→ Nebraska Omaha (0.06 D1 FR PPG)
0.39 Developing
NCAAe PPG

D2/3 Comparables

Cole Gibson
Milwaukee School of Engineering · 2010-11
1.038 Elite
actual D2/3 PPG
Connor Treacy
SUNY Potsdam · 2005-06
0.960 Strong
actual D2/3 PPG
Tommy Besinger
Endicott · 2014-15
1.143 Elite
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.