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Nick Ahern Elite Prospects ↗

Position: Forward DOB: 2002-12-02 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
2018-19 Islanders Hockey Club NCDC 10 1 1 2 0.200 0.0462 0.0538 0.1617 0.1883
2020-21 — NCDC 27 18 17 35 1.296 0.2996 0.2996 1.0482 1.0482
2021-22 Waterloo Black Hawks USHL 5 1 0 1 0.200 0.1180 0.1158 0.5892 0.5783
2022-23 Johnstown Tomahawks NAHL 35 18 17 35 1.000 0.3552 0.3457 1.0499 1.0217
■ 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 Utica D3 UCHC JR 29 11 17 28 0.966
2024-25 Vermont D1 HockeyEast — 3 0 1 1 0.333
2023-24 Vermont D1 HockeyEast — 14 1 5 6 0.429
Pre-College Projection vs. Actual Freshman Year
Projected PPG
0.22
before college
→
Actual FR PPG
0.43
2023-24 · Vermont
+97.3% vs. projection

College Pathway Likelihood (based on 40 comparables)

52%
NCAA D1
5%
NCAA D2/D3
35%
Age-Out / Club
8%
Pro / Other

NCAAe Rankings

#6513
Forward overall
#302
Forward born in 2002

D1 Comparables

Joseph-Matthew Manno
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.63 PPG
→ Northeastern (0.22 D1 FR PPG)
0.34 Developing
NCAAe PPG
Tyler Deresky
NAHL · 2012-13 · 0.79 PPG
→ Bentley (0.19 D1 FR PPG)
0.27 Developing
NCAAe PPG
Gerald Mayhew
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.75 PPG
→ Ferris State (0.56 D1 FR PPG)
0.41 Strong
NCAAe PPG
Max Birkinbine
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.46 PPG
→ Air Force (0.14 D1 FR PPG)
0.25 Developing
NCAAe PPG
Sean Gaffney
NAHL · 2012-13 · 1.14 PPG
→ UConn (0.18 D1 FR PPG)
0.39 Developing
NCAAe PPG

D2/3 Comparables

Michael Guzzo
Curry · 2006-07
0.852 Strong
actual D2/3 PPG
Connor Sleeth
SUNY Oswego · 2018-19
0.880 Strong
actual D2/3 PPG
Lucas Romero
Westfield State · 2008-09
1.044 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.