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Nicolas Ardanaz Elite Prospects ↗

Position: Defense DOB: 2002-05-30 Country: Canada
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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 Vernon Vipers BCHL 3 0 0 0 0.000 — — — —
2019-20 West Kelowna Warriors BCHL 58 4 28 32 0.552 0.2126 0.2126 0.8029 0.8029
2020-21 West Kelowna Warriors BCHL 20 1 9 10 0.500 0.1926 0.1926 0.7277 0.7277
2021-22 West Kelowna Warriors BCHL 53 4 31 35 0.660 0.2545 0.2482 0.9611 0.9373
■ 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 Northern Michigan D1 CCHA SR 31 0 1 1 0.032
2024-25 Northern Michigan D1 CCHA — 26 0 3 3 0.115
2023-24 RPI D1 ECAC — 18 1 2 3 0.167
2022-23 RPI D1 ECAC — 20 0 3 3 0.150
Pre-College Projection vs. Actual Freshman Year
Projected PPG
0.23
before college
→
Actual FR PPG
0.15
2022-23 · RPI
-36.0% vs. projection

College Pathway Likelihood (based on 40 comparables)

50%
NCAA D1
5%
NCAA D2/D3
5%
Age-Out / Club
40%
Pro / Other

NCAAe Rankings

#5913
Defenseman overall
#1442
Defenseman born in 2002
#1366
in BCHL

D1 Comparables

Tucker Poolman
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.44 PPG
→ North Dakota (0.45 D1 FR PPG)
0.25 Strong D
NCAAe PPG
Christopher Dienes
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.45 PPG
→ Western Michigan (0.15 D1 FR PPG)
0.25 Average D
NCAAe PPG
Jared Kolquist
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.47 PPG
→ Merrimack (0.14 D1 FR PPG)
0.26 Developing D
NCAAe PPG
Niklas Nevalainen
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.55 PPG
→ St. Cloud State (0.23 D1 FR PPG)
0.31 Average D
NCAAe PPG
Victor Björkung
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.37 PPG
→ Ohio State (0.18 D1 FR PPG)
0.20 Average D
NCAAe PPG

D2/3 Comparables

Ryan Dunner
Fredonia · 2015-16
0.545 Average
actual D2/3 PPG
Chris Berry
Wisconsin-Superior · 2004-05
1.111 Elite
actual D2/3 PPG
Travis Quigley
Southern New Hampshire · 2016-17
0.333 Developing
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.