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Nicholas Van Tassell Elite Prospects ↗

Position: Forward DOB: 2004-04-18 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 — USHL 58 11 7 18 0.310 0.1830 0.1922 0.9320 0.9789
2022-23 — USHL 62 19 18 37 0.597 0.3521 0.3515 1.7924 1.7894
■ 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
2024-25 UMass D1 HockeyEast — 37 2 2 4 0.108
2023-24 UMass D1 HockeyEast — 24 1 1 2 0.083
Pre-College Projection vs. Actual Freshman Year
Projected PPG
0.25
before college
→
Actual FR PPG
0.08
2023-24 · UMass
-66.2% vs. projection

College Pathway Likelihood (based on 40 comparables)

90%
NCAA D1
0%
NCAA D2/D3
10%
Pro / Other

NCAAe Rankings

#16645
Forward overall
#813
Forward born in 2004
#1618
in USHL

D1 Comparables

Brandon Hawkins
NAHL · 2012-13 · 0.97 PPG
→ Bowling Green (0.77 D1 FR PPG)
0.37 Strong
NCAAe PPG
Ray Pigozzi
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.64 PPG
→ UMass (0.55 D1 FR PPG)
0.38 Average
NCAAe PPG
Jack Rowe
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.53 PPG
→ Arizona State (0.21 D1 FR PPG)
0.31 Developing
NCAAe PPG
Christian Heil
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.62 PPG
→ Colorado College (0.04 D1 FR PPG)
0.36 Developing
NCAAe PPG
Kyle Schmidt
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.57 PPG
→ Bentley (0.30 D1 FR PPG)
0.33 Developing
NCAAe PPG

D2/3 Comparables

Paul Rodrigues
SUNY Oswego · 2007-08
0.893 Strong
actual D2/3 PPG
Craig Kennedy
Hamilton · 2000-01
1.353 Elite
actual D2/3 PPG
Colin Bella
Lake Forest · 2021-22
0.963 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.