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Carson Nickulas Elite Prospects ↗

Position: Defense DOB: 2004-11-22 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
2022-23 Dexter NE-Prep 31 0 1 1 0.032 0.0062 0.0062 0.0148 0.0148
2023-24 Dexter NE-Prep 30 1 6 7 0.233 0.0450 0.0450 0.1068 0.1068
2024-25 P.A.L. Junior Islanders NCDC 54 7 32 39 0.722 0.1669 0.1626 0.5840 0.5690
■ 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 Endicott D3 CNE — 8 1 8 9 1.125
Pre-College Projection vs. Actual Freshman Year
Projected PPG
0.11
before college
→
Actual FR PPG
1.12
2025-26 · Endicott
+931.2% vs. projection

College Pathway Likelihood (based on 40 comparables)

32%
NCAA D2/D3
0%
Club / ACHA
0%
Other

NCAAe Rankings

#6299
Defenseman overall
#1569
Defenseman born in 2004

D1 Comparables

Brandon Kirk
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.32 PPG
→ Dartmouth
0.17 No data
NCAAe PPG
Patrick Koudys
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.23 PPG
→ RPI (0.10 D1 FR PPG)
0.13 Developing D
NCAAe PPG
Nolan Valleau
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.41 PPG
→ Bowling Green
0.22 No data
NCAAe PPG
Taki Pantziris
OHL · 2012-13 · 0.29 PPG
→ Brown
0.15 No data
NCAAe PPG
Kyle McKenzie
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.14 PPG
→ Providence (0.15 D1 FR PPG)
0.08 Average D
NCAAe PPG

D2/3 Comparables

Dante Zapata
Utica · 2018-19
0.857 Strong
actual D2/3 PPG
Tucker Coborn
Concordia · 2011-12
0.692 Strong
actual D2/3 PPG
Joseph Harguindeguy
Concordia · 2021-22
0.846 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.