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Dylan Zink Elite Prospects ↗

Position: Defense DOB: 1992-10-08 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
2011-12 St. Cloud Norsemen NAHL 50 6 16 22 0.440 0.1634 0.1647 0.4659 0.4697
2012-13 — NAHL 56 16 19 35 0.625 0.2321 0.2223 0.6617 0.6339
■ 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
2016-17 UMass Lowell D1 HockeyEast SR 41 10 26 36 0.878
2015-16 UMass Lowell D1 HockeyEast JR 39 11 13 24 0.615
2014-15 UMass Lowell D1 HockeyEast SO 37 10 16 26 0.703
2013-14 UMass Lowell D1 HockeyEast FR 26 0 1 1 0.038
Pre-College Projection vs. Actual Freshman Year
Projected PPG
0.19
before college
→
Actual FR PPG
0.04
2013-14 · UMass Lowell
-79.5% vs. projection

NCAAe Rankings

#3943
Defenseman overall
#854
Defenseman born in 1992
#1839
in NAHL

D1 Comparables

Benjamin Gallacher
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.45 PPG
→ Ohio State (0.50 D1 FR PPG)
0.26 Elite D
NCAAe PPG
Nolan Valleau
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.41 PPG
→ Bowling Green (0.49 D1 FR PPG)
0.24 Strong D
NCAAe PPG
Brandon Kirk
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.32 PPG
→ Dartmouth
0.19 No data
NCAAe PPG
Patrick Koudys
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.23 PPG
→ RPI (0.10 D1 FR PPG)
0.14 Developing D
NCAAe PPG
Jake Flynn
NAHL · 2012-13 · 0.39 PPG
→ UConn (0.30 D1 FR PPG)
0.14 Strong D
NCAAe PPG

D2/3 Comparables

Cam Owens
SUNY Plattsburgh · 2014-15
0.647 Average
actual D2/3 PPG
Alex Altenbernd
St. Thomas · 2010-11
0.615 Average
actual D2/3 PPG
Colin Larkin
UMass Boston · 2013-14
1.000 Elite
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.