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Austin Zemlak Elite Prospects ↗

Position: Defense DOB: 2005-02-26 Country: Canada
⚠️ Aging Out 2025-26: Turns 20 before Dec 31, 2025 — final eligible junior season.
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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
2020-21 Victoria Royals WHL 3 0 0 0 0.000 — — — —
2021-22 Victoria Royals WHL 38 1 2 3 0.079 0.0384 0.0417 0.1933 0.2098
2022-23 Victoria Royals WHL 56 3 5 8 0.143 0.0695 0.0722 0.3501 0.3637
2023-24 Victoria Royals WHL 50 6 16 22 0.440 0.2141 0.2118 1.0781 1.0667
2024-25 Tri-City Americans WHL 56 5 20 25 0.446 0.2172 0.2033 1.0938 1.0238
2025-26 Edmonton Oil Kings WHL 31 2 7 9 0.290 0.1412 0.1256 0.7113 0.6329
■ 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 Arizona State D1 NCHC FR 5 0 0 0 0.000

College Pathway Likelihood (based on 40 comparables)

25%
NCAA D1
18%
NCAA D2/D3
52%
Age-Out / Club
2%
Pro / Other

NCAAe Rankings

#7844
Defenseman overall
#1843
Defenseman born in 2005
#1573
in WHL

D1 Comparables

Michael Holland
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.18 PPG
→ RIT (0.05 D1 FR PPG)
0.10 Developing D
NCAAe PPG
Carter Foguth
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.08 PPG
→ Minnesota (0.06 D1 FR PPG)
0.05 Developing D
NCAAe PPG
Marc-Antoine Carrier
QMJHL · 2012-13 · 0.37 PPG
→ Brown (0.04 D1 FR PPG)
0.16 Developing D
NCAAe PPG
Dominic Racobaldo
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.33 PPG
→ American International (0.12 D1 FR PPG)
0.18 Developing D
NCAAe PPG
Brandon Carlson
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.24 PPG
→ Alabama-Huntsville (0.11 D1 FR PPG)
0.13 Developing D
NCAAe PPG

D2/3 Comparables

Zach Felser
SUNY Cortland · 2014-15
0.462 Average
actual D2/3 PPG
Greg Whittle
Elmira · 2011-12
0.731 Strong
actual D2/3 PPG
Ryan Singer
Wentworth · 2002-03
0.897 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.