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Kade Nielsen Elite Prospects ↗

Position: Forward DOB: 2002-08-06 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
2019-20 Burnsville USHS-MN 28 24 22 46 1.643 0.2080 0.2080 0.3991 0.3991
2020-21 Burnsville USHS-MN 20 30 20 50 2.500 0.3165 0.3165 0.6073 0.6073
2021-22 Cedar Rapids RoughRiders USHL 11 1 0 1 0.091 0.0536 0.0517 0.2730 0.2635
2022-23 Chippewa Steel NAHL 58 27 29 56 0.966 0.3547 0.3394 1.0191 0.9753
■ 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 Minnesota D1 BigTen — 4 0 0 0 0.000
2023-24 Minnesota D1 BigTen — 8 0 0 0 0.000

College Pathway Likelihood (based on 40 comparables)

52%
NCAA D1
2%
NCAA D2/D3
22%
Age-Out / Club
22%
Pro / Other

NCAAe Rankings

#20342
Forward overall
#1094
Forward born in 2002

D1 Comparables

Jonathan Davis
NAHL · 2012-13 · 1.03 PPG
→ Nebraska Omaha (0.06 D1 FR PPG)
0.36 Developing
NCAAe PPG
Emil Romig
NAHL · 2012-13 · 1.00 PPG
→ Denver (0.31 D1 FR PPG)
0.35 Developing
NCAAe PPG
A.J. Reid
NAHL · 2012-13 · 1.18 PPG
→ Air Force (0.26 D1 FR PPG)
0.41 Developing
NCAAe PPG
Woody Hudson
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.43 PPG
→ St. Lawrence (0.30 D1 FR PPG)
0.23 Developing
NCAAe PPG
Sean Gaffney
NAHL · 2012-13 · 1.14 PPG
→ UConn (0.18 D1 FR PPG)
0.40 Developing
NCAAe PPG

D2/3 Comparables

Cole Gibson
Milwaukee School of Engineering · 2010-11
1.038 Elite
actual D2/3 PPG
Lucas Culhane
Neumann · 2023-24
1.042 Elite
actual D2/3 PPG
Malcolm Arseneau
Fredonia · 2018-19
0.818 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.