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Zachary Vierling Elite Prospects ↗

Position: Forward DOB: 1990-03-03 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
2008-09 Owatonna Express NAHL 57 14 25 39 0.684 0.2514 0.2561 0.7222 0.7356
2009-10 Owatonna Express NAHL 57 13 23 36 0.632 0.2320 0.2270 0.6667 0.6523
2010-11 Fairbanks Ice Dogs NAHL 55 16 36 52 0.946 0.3474 0.3222 0.9980 0.9256
■ 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
2013-14 Wisconsin-Stout D3 BigTen JR 26 9 11 20 0.769
2012-13 Wisconsin-Stout D3 WIAC SO 27 8 8 16 0.593
2011-12 Wisconsin-Stout D3 WIAC FR 26 3 7 10 0.385
Pre-College Projection vs. Actual Freshman Year
Projected PPG
0.24
before college
→
Actual FR PPG
0.38
2011-12 · Wisconsin-Stout
+58.1% vs. projection

NCAAe Rankings

#14630
Forward overall
#591
Forward born in 1990
#666
in NAHL

D1 Comparables

David Goodwin
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.67 PPG
→ Penn State (0.53 D1 FR PPG)
0.35 Average
NCAAe PPG
Dylan Walchuk
WHL · 2012-13 · 0.86 PPG
→ Northern Michigan (0.42 D1 FR PPG)
0.37 Average
NCAAe PPG
Carlos Amestoy
OHL · 2012-13 · 0.75 PPG
→ Maine
0.39 No data
NCAAe PPG
Jordan Nelson
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.59 PPG
→ Minnesota State (0.22 D1 FR PPG)
0.31 Developing
NCAAe PPG
Yasin Cissé
QMJHL · 2012-13 · 0.52 PPG
→ Boston University
0.23 No data
NCAAe PPG

D2/3 Comparables

Eric Bolden
Elmira · 2016-17
1.000 Elite
actual D2/3 PPG
Travis Broughman
SUNY Oswego · 2017-18
0.852 Strong
actual D2/3 PPG
Hunter Schneider
Wisconsin-River Falls · 2015-16
0.600 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.