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Ian Nichols Elite Prospects ↗

Position: Forward DOB: 1994-01-23 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
2010-11 Collingwood Blues OJHL 5 0 0 0 0.000 — — — —
2011-12 Caledon Admirals OJHL 40 1 6 7 0.175 0.0429 0.0450 0.1205 0.1265
2012-13 Caledon Admirals OJHL 48 7 5 12 0.250 0.0613 0.0613 0.1721 0.1720
2013-14 Caledon Admirals OJHL 43 9 7 16 0.372 0.0912 0.0865 0.2562 0.2430
2014-15 Caledon Admirals OJHL 45 18 26 44 0.978 0.2397 0.2150 0.6732 0.6038
■ 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
2018-19 Hamilton D1 NESCAC SR 25 3 3 6 0.240
2018-19 Hamilton D3 NESCAC SR 25 3 3 6 0.240
2017-18 Hamilton D3 NESCAC JR 23 1 4 5 0.217
2016-17 Hamilton D3 NESCAC SO 27 2 4 6 0.222
2015-16 Hamilton D3 NESCAC FR 9 1 2 3 0.333
Pre-College Projection vs. Actual Freshman Year
Projected PPG
0.14
before college
→
Actual FR PPG
0.33
2015-16 · Hamilton
+138.1% vs. projection

NCAAe Rankings

#30607
Forward overall
#1173
Forward born in 1994
#1620
in OJHL

D1 Comparables

Will Suter
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.47 PPG
→ Bentley (0.10 D1 FR PPG)
0.25 Developing
NCAAe PPG
Yasin Cissé
QMJHL · 2012-13 · 0.52 PPG
→ Boston University
0.23 No data
NCAAe PPG
Ali Thomas
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.34 PPG
→ Notre Dame (0.18 D1 FR PPG)
0.18 Developing
NCAAe PPG
David Goodwin
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.67 PPG
→ Penn State (0.53 D1 FR PPG)
0.35 Average
NCAAe PPG
Jordan Nelson
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.59 PPG
→ Minnesota State (0.22 D1 FR PPG)
0.31 Developing
NCAAe PPG

D2/3 Comparables

Justin Holliday
Suffolk · 2014-15
0.625 Average
actual D2/3 PPG
Shaun Patry
Salve Regina · 2014-15
0.630 Average
actual D2/3 PPG
Frank Tafelski
Adrian · 2023-24
0.750 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.