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Nate Chickering Elite Prospects ↗

Position: Forward DOB: 2001-02-27 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 Proctor Academy NE-Prep 32 7 11 18 0.562 0.1085 0.1085 0.2574 0.2574
2019-20 Proctor Academy NE-Prep 25 6 9 15 0.600 0.1157 0.1157 0.2746 0.2746
2020-21 Thunder Hockey Club NCDC 26 2 7 9 0.346 0.0800 0.0800 0.2799 0.2799
2021-22 Thunder Hockey Club NCDC 47 17 17 34 0.723 0.1672 0.1556 0.5849 0.5444
■ 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 New England D3 — — 28 14 16 30 1.071
2024-25 New England D3 — — 27 10 6 16 0.593
2023-24 New England D3 — — 26 6 6 12 0.462
Pre-College Projection vs. Actual Freshman Year
Projected PPG
0.12
before college
→
Actual FR PPG
0.46
2023-24 · New England
+286.2% vs. projection

College Pathway Likelihood (based on 40 comparables)

20%
NCAA D2/D3
0%
Club / ACHA
0%
Other

NCAAe Rankings

#17285
Forward overall
#794
Forward born in 2001

D1 Comparables

Ali Thomas
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.34 PPG
→ Notre Dame (0.18 D1 FR PPG)
0.18 Developing
NCAAe PPG
Yasin Cissé
QMJHL · 2012-13 · 0.52 PPG
→ Boston University
0.23 No data
NCAAe PPG
Will Suter
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.47 PPG
→ Bentley (0.10 D1 FR PPG)
0.25 Developing
NCAAe PPG
Davey Middleton
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.50 PPG
→ Brown (0.10 D1 FR PPG)
0.27 Developing
NCAAe PPG
Eli Lichtenwald
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.36 PPG
→ Union (0.68 D1 FR PPG)
0.19 Strong
NCAAe PPG

D2/3 Comparables

Kris Boyce
St. Scholastica · 2005-06
0.600 Average
actual D2/3 PPG
Taylor Burden
Wisconsin-River Falls · 2012-13
0.667 Strong
actual D2/3 PPG
Jack Mortson
UMass Boston · 2022-23
0.467 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.