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Zach Gruber Elite Prospects ↗

Position: Forward DOB: 2003-12-27 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 Rivers School NE-Prep 26 1 0 1 0.038 0.0076 0.0076 0.0175 0.0175
2021-22 Rivers School NE-Prep 23 3 3 6 0.261 0.0517 0.0517 0.1189 0.1189
2022-23 New Jersey 87's EHL 28 2 3 5 0.179 0.0413 0.0431 0.0874 0.0913
■ 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 Lehigh University ACHA_D1 — — 16 3 18 21 1.312
2024-25 Lehigh University ACHA_D1 — — 16 3 18 21 1.312
2023-24 Lehigh University ACHA_D1 — — 16 3 18 21 1.312
2022-23 Lehigh University ACHA_D1 — — 16 3 18 21 1.312
2021-22 Lehigh University ACHA_D1 — — 16 3 18 21 1.312
2020-21 Lehigh University ACHA_D1 — — 16 3 18 21 1.312
Pre-College Projection vs. Actual Freshman Year
Projected PPG
0.01
before college
→
Actual FR PPG
1.31
2020-21 · Lehigh University
+20092.3% vs. projection

College Pathway Likelihood (based on 40 comparables)

5%
NCAA D2/D3
0%
Club / ACHA
50%
Other

NCAAe Rankings

#56757
Forward overall
#3946
Forward born in 2003

D1 Comparables

Sebastian Weberg
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.23 PPG
→ Colgate
0.13 No data
NCAAe PPG
Tim Lappin
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.24 PPG
→ Brown (0.50 D1 FR PPG)
0.14 Average
NCAAe PPG
David Parrottino
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.14 PPG
→ Canisius
0.08 No data
NCAAe PPG
Seth Adams
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.26 PPG
→ Ferris State (0.14 D1 FR PPG)
0.15 Developing
NCAAe PPG
Canon Pieper
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.28 PPG
→ Quinnipiac (0.08 D1 FR PPG)
0.16 Developing
NCAAe PPG

D2/3 Comparables

Caden Connors
Assumption · 2022-23
0.200 Developing
actual D2/3 PPG
Andrew Trecroce
Finlandia · 2009-10
0.222 Developing
actual D2/3 PPG
Kyler Magus
Lake Forest · 2015-16
0.250 Developing
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.