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Zeke Nicholson Elite Prospects ↗

Position: Forward DOB: 2004-04-09 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
2021-22 Alberni Valley Bulldogs BCHL 31 3 3 6 0.194 0.0721 0.0770 0.2819 0.3012
2022-23 Alberni Valley Bulldogs BCHL 47 6 6 12 0.255 0.0951 0.0969 0.3720 0.3792
2023-24 Alberni Valley Bulldogs BCHL 52 11 15 26 0.500 0.1862 0.1813 0.7286 0.7093
2024-25 Alberni Valley Bulldogs BCHL 53 17 22 39 0.736 0.2741 0.2531 1.0721 0.9898
■ 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 Robert Morris D1 AHA FR 12 0 1 1 0.083
Pre-College Projection vs. Actual Freshman Year
Projected PPG
0.19
before college
→
Actual FR PPG
0.08
2025-26 · Robert Morris
-56.6% vs. projection

College Pathway Likelihood (based on 40 comparables)

32%
NCAA D1
10%
NCAA D2/D3
50%
Age-Out / Club
5%
Pro / Other

NCAAe Rankings

#27317
Forward overall
#1580
Forward born in 2004
#1667
in BCHL

D1 Comparables

Yasin Cissé
QMJHL · 2012-13 · 0.52 PPG
→ Boston University
0.23 No data
NCAAe PPG
Jordan Nelson
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.59 PPG
→ Minnesota (0.22 D1 FR PPG)
0.32 Developing
NCAAe PPG
Davey Middleton
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.50 PPG
→ Brown (0.10 D1 FR PPG)
0.28 Developing
NCAAe PPG
Ali Thomas
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.34 PPG
→ Notre Dame (0.18 D1 FR PPG)
0.19 Developing
NCAAe PPG
Eli Lichtenwald
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.36 PPG
→ Union (0.68 D1 FR PPG)
0.20 Strong
NCAAe PPG

D2/3 Comparables

Francis Rose
Western Connecticut · 2024-25
0.708 Strong
actual D2/3 PPG
Rick Varone
SUNY Oswego · 2003-04
0.652 Strong
actual D2/3 PPG
Connor Treacy
SUNY Potsdam · 2005-06
0.960 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.