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Ryan Zuhlsdorf Elite Prospects ↗

Position: Defense DOB: 1997-07-01 Country: USA
2015 · Round 5, Pick #150  ·  Tampa Bay Lightning Tampa Bay Lightning
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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
2014-15 Sioux City Musketeers USHL 56 3 19 22 0.393 0.2318 0.2457 1.1800 1.2505
2015-16 — USHL 46 0 28 28 0.609 0.3591 0.3639 1.8282 1.8524
■ 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
2019-20 Minnesota D1 BigTen SR 37 1 8 9 0.243
2018-19 Minnesota D1 BigTen JR 35 1 7 8 0.229
2017-18 Minnesota D1 BigTen SO 38 0 9 9 0.237
2016-17 Minnesota D1 BigTen FR 37 2 3 5 0.135
Pre-College Projection vs. Actual Freshman Year
Projected PPG
0.30
before college
→
Actual FR PPG
0.14
2016-17 · Minnesota
-54.8% vs. projection

NCAAe Rankings

#2871
Defenseman overall
#644
Defenseman born in 1997
#1373
in USHL

D1 Comparables

Ian Brady
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.53 PPG
→ Nebraska Omaha (0.64 D1 FR PPG)
0.32 Elite D
NCAAe PPG
Dan Renouf
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.49 PPG
→ Maine (0.32 D1 FR PPG)
0.29 Strong D
NCAAe PPG
Gavin Bayreuther
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.55 PPG
→ St. Lawrence (0.95 D1 FR PPG)
0.32 Elite D
NCAAe PPG
Matt Benning
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.46 PPG
→ Northeastern (0.39 D1 FR PPG)
0.27 Strong D
NCAAe PPG
Jaccob Slavin
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.53 PPG
→ Colorado College (0.78 D1 FR PPG)
0.31 Elite D
NCAAe PPG

D2/3 Comparables

Craig Kennedy
Hamilton · 2000-01
1.353 Elite
actual D2/3 PPG
Gus Katsuras
Hamilton · 2000-01
1.400 Elite
actual D2/3 PPG
Zach Tarantino
UMass Dartmouth · 2017-18
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.