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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 0.1620 0.1617 0.3109 0.3104
2015-16 Chicago Steel USHL 5 0 1 1 0.200 0.1180 0.1234 0.6007 0.6282
2016-17 Merritt Centennials BCHL 53 26 24 50 0.943 0.3635 0.3688 1.3729 1.3931
2017-18 Central Illinois Flying Aces USHL 19 2 3 5 0.263 0.1553 0.1468 0.7905 0.7471
■ 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 CCHA 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
+187.9% vs. projection

College Pathway Likelihood (based on 40 comparables)

30%
NCAA D1
8%
NCAA D2/D3
62%
Pro / Other

NCAAe Rankings

#19585
Forward overall
#929
Forward born in 1998

D1 Comparables

Tayler Munson
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.31 PPG
→ Alaska Fairbanks (0.35 D1 FR PPG)
0.17 Average
NCAAe PPG
Stanislav Dzakhov
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.27 PPG
→ Niagara (0.44 D1 FR PPG)
0.15 Average
NCAAe PPG
Alexander Dahl
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.38 PPG
→ St. Lawrence (0.30 D1 FR PPG)
0.21 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)
0.22 Developing
NCAAe PPG

D2/3 Comparables

Timothy Weinstein
Trinity · 2016-17
3.000 Elite
actual D2/3 PPG
Fraser Smith
SUNY Potsdam · 2006-07
0.654 Strong
actual D2/3 PPG
Robert Clerc
SUNY Potsdam · 2016-17
0.625 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.