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Joseph Nikac Elite Prospects ↗

Position: Forward DOB: 2003-05-16 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
2020-21 Burlington Cougars OJHL 0 0 0 0 0.000 — — — —
2021-22 Burlington Cougars OJHL 47 5 10 15 0.319 0.0892 0.0909 0.2202 0.2245
2022-23 Burlington Cougars OJHL 47 18 13 31 0.660 0.1843 0.1785 0.4552 0.4408
2023-24 — OJHL 54 11 29 40 0.741 0.2070 0.1897 0.5112 0.4685
■ 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 SUNY Brockport D3 — FR 23 3 9 12 0.522
Pre-College Projection vs. Actual Freshman Year
Projected PPG
0.16
before college
→
Actual FR PPG
0.52
2024-25 · SUNY Brockport
+229.1% vs. projection

College Pathway Likelihood (based on 40 comparables)

12%
NCAA D1
30%
NCAA D2/D3
57%
Age-Out / Club
0%
Pro / Other

NCAAe Rankings

#23938
Forward overall
#1033
Forward born in 2003
#1955
in OJHL

D1 Comparables

Bob Kinne
NAHL · 2012-13 · 0.48 PPG
→ Bemidji State (0.12 D1 FR PPG)
0.17 Developing
NCAAe PPG
Bradley Duwe
NAHL · 2012-13 · 0.65 PPG
→ Alaska Anchorage (0.30 D1 FR PPG)
0.23 Developing
NCAAe PPG
Eli Lichtenwald
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.36 PPG
→ Union (0.68 D1 FR PPG)
0.21 Strong
NCAAe PPG
Clint Carlisle
NAHL · 2012-13 · 0.78 PPG
→ Army (0.52 D1 FR PPG)
0.27 Average
NCAAe PPG
Davey Middleton
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.50 PPG
→ Brown (0.10 D1 FR PPG)
0.29 Developing
NCAAe PPG

D2/3 Comparables

James Pelton
UMass Dartmouth · 2017-18
0.615 Average
actual D2/3 PPG
Max Brainin
St. Norbert · 2018-19
0.464 Average
actual D2/3 PPG
C.J. Valerian
New England College · 2015-16
0.667 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.