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Nick Klaren Elite Prospects ↗

Position: Defense DOB: 1984-06-12 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
2002-03 Tri-City Storm USHL 40 3 6 9 0.225 0.1327 0.1354 0.6758 0.6896
2003-04 Wichita Falls Wildcats NAHL 53 5 15 20 0.377 0.1387 0.1359 0.3983 0.3902
2004-05 Wichita Falls Wildcats NAHL 53 8 17 25 0.472 0.1733 0.1612 0.4979 0.4630
■ 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
2008-09 Wisconsin-Stout D3 WIAC SR 28 8 19 27 0.964
2007-08 Wisconsin-Stout D3 WIAC JR 30 7 14 21 0.700
2006-07 Wisconsin-Stout D3 WIAC SO 24 5 6 11 0.458
2005-06 Wisconsin-Stout D3 WIAC FR 26 3 5 8 0.308
Pre-College Projection vs. Actual Freshman Year
Projected PPG
0.14
before college
→
Actual FR PPG
0.31
2005-06 · Wisconsin-Stout
+115.8% vs. projection

NCAAe Rankings

#9305
Defenseman overall
#979
Defenseman born in 1984

D1 Comparables

Dominic Racobaldo
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.33 PPG
→ American International (0.12 D1 FR PPG)
0.18 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
Matt Krug
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.21 PPG
→ Union (0.11 D1 FR PPG)
0.11 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
Marc-Antoine Carrier
QMJHL · 2012-13 · 0.37 PPG
→ Brown (0.04 D1 FR PPG)
0.16 Developing D
NCAAe PPG

D2/3 Comparables

Blake Huppert
Wisconsin-River Falls · 2010-11
0.556 Average
actual D2/3 PPG
Jake Nelson
St. Scholastica · 2004-05
0.800 Strong
actual D2/3 PPG
Manny Sanchez
SUNY Brockport · 2021-22
0.565 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.