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Ryan Nause Elite Prospects ↗

Position: Defense DOB: 2001-08-27 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
2019-20 Lloydminster Bobcats AJHL 48 0 5 5 0.104 0.0346 0.0346 0.0966 0.0966
2020-21 Alberni Valley Bulldogs BCHL 20 2 12 14 0.700 0.2607 0.2607 1.0200 1.0200
2021-22 Alberni Valley Bulldogs BCHL 39 2 17 19 0.487 0.1815 0.1701 0.7099 0.6655
■ 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 Bentley D1 AHA SR 2 0 0 0 0.000
2024-25 Bentley D1 AHA JR 19 0 0 0 0.000
2023-24 Bentley D1 AHA SO 23 1 6 7 0.304
2022-23 Bentley D1 AHA FR 24 2 5 7 0.292
Pre-College Projection vs. Actual Freshman Year
Projected PPG
0.16
before college
→
Actual FR PPG
0.29
2022-23 · Bentley
+81.6% vs. projection

College Pathway Likelihood (based on 40 comparables)

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

NCAAe Rankings

#8533
Defenseman overall
#1737
Defenseman born in 2001

D1 Comparables

Benjamin Gallacher
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.45 PPG
→ Ohio State (0.50 D1 FR PPG)
0.25 Elite 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
Brandon Carlson
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.24 PPG
→ Alabama-Huntsville (0.11 D1 FR PPG)
0.13 Developing D
NCAAe PPG
Patrick Koudys
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.23 PPG
→ RPI (0.10 D1 FR PPG)
0.13 Developing D
NCAAe PPG

D2/3 Comparables

Colin Kingston
Utica · 2004-05
0.889 Strong
actual D2/3 PPG
Steve Culbertson
Castleton · 2005-06
1.111 Elite
actual D2/3 PPG
Cory Mozak
Wisconsin-Stout · 2004-05
0.640 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.