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Nick Zilka Elite Prospects ↗

Position: Forward DOB: 1986-10-27 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
2005-06 Blind River Beavers NOJHL 9 1 4 5 0.556 0.0928 0.0931 0.2313 0.2320
2006-07 Soo Indians NOJHL 44 18 22 40 0.909 0.1518 0.1451 0.3785 0.3617
■ 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
2009-10 Hamline D3 MIAC JR 4 0 0 0 0.000
2008-09 Hamline D3 MIAC SO 16 2 4 6 0.375
2007-08 Hamline D3 MIAC FR 25 6 13 19 0.760
Pre-College Projection vs. Actual Freshman Year
Projected PPG
0.11
before college
→
Actual FR PPG
0.76
2007-08 · Hamline
+614.3% vs. projection

NCAAe Rankings

#26011
Forward overall
#874
Forward born in 1986
#216
in NOJHL

D1 Comparables

Cullen Hurley
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.38 PPG
→ Wisconsin
0.21 No data
NCAAe PPG
Tyler Deresky
NAHL · 2012-13 · 0.79 PPG
→ Bentley (0.19 D1 FR PPG)
0.28 Developing
NCAAe PPG
Woody Hudson
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.43 PPG
→ St. Lawrence (0.30 D1 FR PPG)
0.23 Developing
NCAAe PPG
Max Birkinbine
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.46 PPG
→ Air Force (0.14 D1 FR PPG)
0.25 Developing
NCAAe PPG
Tayler Munson
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.31 PPG
→ Alaska Fairbanks (0.35 D1 FR PPG)
0.17 Average
NCAAe PPG

D2/3 Comparables

Ryder Many Grey Horses
Aurora · 2024-25
0.625 Average
actual D2/3 PPG
Mathis Bédard
Aurora · 2023-24
0.600 Average
actual D2/3 PPG
Jack Bartfield
Skidmore · 2024-25
0.500 Average
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.