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Nico Gonzalez Elite Prospects ↗

Position: Forward DOB: 1995-06-07 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
2013-14 Buffalo Jr. Sabres OJHL 47 11 22 33 0.702 0.2109 0.2145 0.4806 0.4888
2014-15 — OJHL 54 11 16 27 0.500 0.1502 0.1450 0.3422 0.3304
2015-16 — OJHL 55 14 22 36 0.654 0.1966 0.1789 0.4480 0.4077
■ 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 Cortland D1 — JR 13 2 1 3 0.231
2018-19 SUNY Cortland D3 — JR 13 2 1 3 0.231
2017-18 SUNY Cortland D3 — SO 13 2 1 3 0.231
2016-17 SUNY Cortland D3 — FR 21 4 7 11 0.524
Pre-College Projection vs. Actual Freshman Year
Projected PPG
0.14
before college
→
Actual FR PPG
0.52
2016-17 · SUNY Cortland
+270.2% vs. projection

NCAAe Rankings

#30510
Forward overall
#1221
Forward born in 1995
#2003
in OJHL

D1 Comparables

Eli Lichtenwald
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.36 PPG
→ Union (0.68 D1 FR PPG)
0.20 Strong
NCAAe PPG
Davey Middleton
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.50 PPG
→ Brown (0.10 D1 FR PPG)
0.28 Developing
NCAAe PPG
Woody Hudson
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.43 PPG
→ St. Lawrence (0.30 D1 FR PPG)
0.24 Developing
NCAAe PPG
Ali Thomas
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.34 PPG
→ Notre Dame (0.18 D1 FR PPG)
0.19 Developing
NCAAe PPG
Jordan Nelson
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.59 PPG
→ Minnesota (0.22 D1 FR PPG)
0.32 Developing
NCAAe PPG

D2/3 Comparables

Taylor Gauld
Concordia (WI) · 2014-15
0.520 Average
actual D2/3 PPG
Brayden Sampson
Aurora · 2017-18
0.518 Average
actual D2/3 PPG
Derek Mecrones
New England · 2016-17
0.483 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.