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Zac Risteau Elite Prospects ↗

Position: Forward DOB: 1998-02-23 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 Benilde-St. Margaret's School USHS-MN 25 21 11 32 1.280 0.3446 0.3440 0.3109 0.3104
2015-16 Chicago Steel USHL 5 0 1 1 0.200 0.1229 0.1285 0.5892 0.6161
2016-17 Merritt Centennials BCHL 53 26 24 50 0.943 0.3514 0.3566 1.3746 1.3948
2017-18 Central Illinois Flying Aces USHL 19 2 3 5 0.263 0.1618 0.1529 0.7754 0.7328
■ 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 St. Thomas D3 — JR 7 2 0 2 0.286
2019-20 St. Lawrence D1 ECAC — 34 7 16 23 0.676
2018-19 St. Lawrence D1 ECAC — 31 7 11 18 0.581
Pre-College Projection vs. Actual Freshman Year
Projected PPG
0.20
before college
→
Actual FR PPG
0.58
2018-19 · St. Lawrence
+189.4% vs. projection

College Pathway Likelihood (based on 40 comparables)

30%
NCAA D1
2%
NCAA D2/D3
68%
Pro / Other

NCAAe Rankings

#19214
Forward overall
#901
Forward born in 1998

D1 Comparables

Tayler Munson
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.31 PPG
→ Alaska Fairbanks (0.35 D1 FR PPG)
0.18 Average
NCAAe PPG
Stanislav Dzakhov
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.27 PPG
→ Niagara (0.44 D1 FR PPG)
0.16 Average
NCAAe PPG
Alexander Dahl
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.38 PPG
→ St. Lawrence (0.30 D1 FR PPG)
0.22 Developing
NCAAe PPG
Ben Ostlie
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.23 PPG
→ Notre Dame
0.13 No data
NCAAe PPG
Gage Hough
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.39 PPG
→ UMass Lowell (0.12 D1 FR PPG)
0.23 Developing
NCAAe PPG

D2/3 Comparables

Caleb Serre
Wisconsin-Stout · 2018-19
0.600 Average
actual D2/3 PPG
Kevin MacLellan
SUNY Potsdam · 2005-06
0.647 Average
actual D2/3 PPG
Sean Farley
Utica · 2006-07
0.571 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.