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Zach Sanford Elite Prospects ↗

Position: Forward DOB: 1994-11-09 Country: USA
2013 · Round 2, Pick #61  ·  Washington Capitals Washington Capitals
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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
2013-14 Waterloo Black Hawks USHL 52 17 18 35 0.673 0.3971 0.3879 2.0216 1.9747
■ 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
2015-16 Boston College D1 HockeyEast — 41 13 26 39 0.951
2014-15 Boston College D1 HockeyEast — 38 7 17 24 0.632
Pre-College Projection vs. Actual Freshman Year
Projected PPG
0.33
before college
→
Actual FR PPG
0.63
2014-15 · Boston College
+90.2% vs. projection

NCAAe Rankings

#8623
Forward overall
#400
Forward born in 1994
#682
in USHL

D1 Comparables

Villiam Haag
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.64 PPG
→ Michigan State (0.37 D1 FR PPG)
0.37 Average
NCAAe PPG
Robbie Baillargeon
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.75 PPG
→ Boston University (0.77 D1 FR PPG)
0.43 Strong
NCAAe PPG
Grant Opperman
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.56 PPG
→ Dartmouth (0.61 D1 FR PPG)
0.32 Strong
NCAAe PPG
Joe Gambardella
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.75 PPG
→ UMass Lowell (0.24 D1 FR PPG)
0.43 Developing
NCAAe PPG
Trevor Olson
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.79 PPG
→ North Dakota (0.16 D1 FR PPG)
0.46 Developing
NCAAe PPG

D2/3 Comparables

Justin Fox
Salem State · 2005-06
1.429 Elite
actual D2/3 PPG
Logan DiScanio
University of New England · 2017-18
1.000 Elite
actual D2/3 PPG
Bryce Grandbois
Worcester State · 2023-24
0.769 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.