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Eric Nilson Elite Prospects ↗

Position: Forward DOB: 2007-05-11 Country: Sweden
2025 · Round 2, Pick #45  ·  Anaheim Ducks Anaheim Ducks
Signed Professionally
Allsvenskan

Set Commitment

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
2023-24 — SuperElit 29 6 9 15 0.517 0.2041 0.2240 0.7024 0.7707
2024-25 — SuperElit 37 12 26 38 1.027 0.4053 0.4243 1.3948 1.4602
■ 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 Michigan State D1 BigTen FR 35 3 8 11 0.314
Pre-College Projection vs. Actual Freshman Year
Projected PPG
0.29
before college
→
Actual FR PPG
0.31
2025-26 · Michigan State
+6.7% vs. projection

College Pathway Likelihood (based on 40 comparables)

28%
NCAA D1
2%
NCAA D2/D3
8%
Age-Out / Club
60%
Pro / Other

NCAAe Rankings

#7176
Forward overall
#134
Forward born in 2007

D1 Comparables

Matthew Weis
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.71 PPG
→ Ohio State (0.67 D1 FR PPG)
0.44 Strong
NCAAe PPG
Sean Malone
NTDP-U18 · 2012-13 · 0.66 PPG
→ Harvard (0.65 D1 FR PPG)
0.48 Strong
NCAAe PPG
Scott Conway
NAHL · 2012-13 · 0.95 PPG
→ Penn State (0.76 D1 FR PPG)
0.38 Strong
NCAAe PPG
Gabe Guertler
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.85 PPG
→ Minnesota (0.21 D1 FR PPG)
0.53 Developing
NCAAe PPG
Frederik Tiffels
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.50 PPG
→ Western Michigan (0.66 D1 FR PPG)
0.31 Strong
NCAAe PPG

D2/3 Comparables

Erik Caron
St. Michael's College · 2001-02
1.280 Elite
actual D2/3 PPG
Connor Armour
Adrian · 2011-12
1.357 Elite
actual D2/3 PPG
Myles Abbate
Plymouth State · 2018-19
1.037 Elite
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.