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Riese Zmolek Elite Prospects ↗

Position: Defense DOB: 1996-09-12 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
2014-15 Austin Bruins NAHL 12 0 0 0 0.000 — — — —
2015-16 Cedar Rapids RoughRiders USHL 56 3 8 11 0.196 0.1159 0.1128 0.5899 0.5742
2016-17 Cedar Rapids RoughRiders USHL 45 4 12 16 0.356 0.2098 0.1935 1.0680 0.9850
■ 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
2020-21 Minnesota State D1 WCHA SR 24 1 12 13 0.542
2019-20 Minnesota State D1 WCHA JR 37 3 8 11 0.297
2018-19 Minnesota State D1 WCHA SO 39 1 8 9 0.231
2017-18 Minnesota State D1 WCHA FR 35 2 5 7 0.200
Pre-College Projection vs. Actual Freshman Year
Projected PPG
0.15
before college
→
Actual FR PPG
0.20
2017-18 · Minnesota State
+31.4% vs. projection

NCAAe Rankings

#12131
Defenseman overall
#1711
Defenseman born in 1996

D1 Comparables

Benjamin Gallacher
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.45 PPG
→ Ohio State (0.50 D1 FR PPG)
0.24 Elite D
NCAAe PPG
Nolan Valleau
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.41 PPG
→ Bowling Green
0.22 No data
NCAAe PPG
Patrick Koudys
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.23 PPG
→ RPI (0.10 D1 FR PPG)
0.13 Developing D
NCAAe PPG
Brandon Kirk
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.32 PPG
→ Dartmouth
0.17 No data
NCAAe PPG
Matt Krug
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.21 PPG
→ Union (0.11 D1 FR PPG)
0.11 Developing D
NCAAe PPG

D2/3 Comparables

Trever Hertz
Utica · 2009-10
0.808 Strong
actual D2/3 PPG
George Kolovos
Wentworth · 2023-24
0.824 Strong
actual D2/3 PPG
Jack Campion
Saint Mary's (MN) · 2021-22
0.480 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.