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Jakub Vanecek Elite Prospects ↗

Position: Defense DOB: 2008-02-25 Country: Czechia
2026 · Round 2, Pick #59  ·  Dallas Stars Dallas Stars
Western Michigan
NCHC D1

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 Bili Tygri Liberec U20 USHL-Style-Czech 5 0 0 0 0.000 — — — —
2024-25 Bili Tygri Liberec U20 USHL-Style-Czech 31 0 4 4 0.129 0.0398 0.0435 0.1377 0.1504
2025-26 Tri-City Americans WHL 59 14 21 35 0.593 0.2886 0.3000 1.4490 1.5063
2026-27 Tri-City Americans WHL 4 0 2 2 0.500 0.2432 0.2432 1.2213 1.2213
■ Blue = NCAAe (D1 anchor)   ■ Green = D3e (D3 anchor)   COVID-flagged seasons highlighted in yellow

College Pathway Likelihood (based on 40 comparables)

32%
NCAA D1
2%
NCAA D2/D3
12%
Age-Out / Club
52%
Pro / Other

NCAAe Rankings

#7821
Defenseman overall
#559
Defenseman born in 2008

D1 Comparables

Clay Anderson
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.38 PPG
→ Harvard (0.21 D1 FR PPG)
0.22 Average D
NCAAe PPG
Nolan Gluchowski
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.40 PPG
→ St. Lawrence (0.55 D1 FR PPG)
0.23 Elite D
NCAAe PPG
Justin Woods
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.32 PPG
→ Alaska Fairbanks (0.18 D1 FR PPG)
0.18 Average D
NCAAe PPG
Johnny Wingels
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.29 PPG
→ Miami
0.17 No data
NCAAe PPG
Garret Cockerill
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.26 PPG
→ Northeastern (0.41 D1 FR PPG)
0.15 Strong D
NCAAe PPG

Western Michigan Alumni similar profiles who attended this school

Edison Engle
OHL 2025-26
0.00
actual FR PPG at Western Michigan
Aidan Fulp
USHL 2018-19
0.44
actual FR PPG at Western Michigan
Luke Witkowski
SHL 2025-26
0.19
actual FR PPG at Western Michigan
Jacob Bauer
USHL 2020-21
0.00
actual FR PPG at Western Michigan

D2/3 Comparables

Sam Ciappa
St. John Fisher · 2023-24
0.913 Strong
actual D2/3 PPG
Bayley Marshall
Aurora · 2015-16
0.308 Developing
actual D2/3 PPG
Brendan Bottem
Marian · 2021-22
0.667 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.