Career Totals (2024-25):
Games Played: 27
Points: 3
Goals: 1
Assists: 2
Season Personal-Bests:
Games: 37 (2024-25)
Points: 3 (2024-25)
Goals: 1 (2024-25)
Assists: 2 (2024-25)
SOG: 27 (2024-25)
Single-Game Personal-Bests:
Points: 1 (3x, Most Recent: Feb. 15, 2025 at Lindenwood)
Goals: 1 (Feb. 15, 2025 at Lindenwood)
Assists: 1 (2x, Most Recent: Nov. 15, 2024 at Alaska Anchorage)
Plus/Minus: +2 (Feb. 8, 2025 vs. Alaska Anchorage)
SOG: 3 (3x, Most Recent: Nov. 15, 2024 at Alaska Anchorage)
#NookNotes
- Alaska Airlines Governor's Cup Champion (2025)
2024-25 | Freshman
Skated in 27 games for the Nanooks in 2024-25 ... Scored one goal and assisted two more for three points ... Posted 27 shots-on-goal ... Tallied assists in a 6-4 win at Union on Nov. 9, 2024 and in a 3-2 overtime victory at Alaska Anchorage on Nov. 15, 2024 ... Scored his first collegiate goal on Feb. 15, 2025 at Lindenwood ... Blocked seven shots-on-goal during the season ... Finished the season with a plus/minus of +3 ... Was called for 10 penalties and spent 20 minutes in the box ... Alaska Airlines Governor's Cup Champion.
Prior to Alaska
Anchorage Wolverines (NAHL)
In two seasons in the NAHL, Nikolayenya scored 103 points in 108 games on 43 goals and 60 assists. He recorded one assist/point with the Corpus Christi IceRays in 22-23 before skating in 47 games for Anchorage a season ago. In that time, he posted 16 goals and 22 assists for 38 points. In 2023-24 he posted 64 points in 58 games on 27 goals and 37 assists helping Anchorage reach the Robertson Cup Final Four. In the postseason run, he skated in nine games and scored seven points, all on assists.
Des Moines (USHL)
Prior to the NAHL, he played one season in the USHL, skating in 35 games for the Des Moines Buccaneers, scoring two goals and five helpers for seven total points. He recorded one assist/point with the IceRays in 22-23 before skating in 47 games for Anchorage a season ago.
Personal
Son of Vadzim Nikalayenia and Tasiana Prauko ... Two siblings, Dmitrii and Eva ... His dad was a professional boxer in Belarus ... Won the Belarusian Junior League with National U17 team ... Studying general business
