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Zach Heintz Elite Prospects ↗

Position: Forward DOB: 1998-11-18 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
2016-17 Odessa Jackalopes NAHL 54 12 14 26 0.481 0.1769 0.1879 0.5082 0.5399
2017-18 Odessa Jackalopes NAHL 58 12 30 42 0.724 0.2660 0.2694 0.7643 0.7742
2018-19 — NAHL 58 17 27 44 0.759 0.2787 0.2698 0.8007 0.7752
■ 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
2023-24 Adrian D3 NCHA — 28 18 22 40 1.429
2022-23 Adrian D3 NCHA — 27 8 21 29 1.074
2021-22 Adrian D3 NCHA — 26 8 19 27 1.038
2019-20 Adrian D3 NCHA — 28 14 19 33 1.179
Pre-College Projection vs. Actual Freshman Year
Projected PPG
0.23
before college
→
Actual FR PPG
1.18
2019-20 · Adrian
+410.7% vs. projection

College Pathway Likelihood (based on 40 comparables)

52%
NCAA D1
8%
NCAA D2/D3
40%
Age-Out / Club
0%
Pro / Other

NCAAe Rankings

#18503
Forward overall
#876
Forward born in 1998
#1120
in NAHL

D1 Comparables

Tyler Deresky
NAHL · 2012-13 · 0.79 PPG
→ Bentley (0.19 D1 FR PPG)
0.28 Developing
NCAAe PPG
Max Birkinbine
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.46 PPG
→ Air Force (0.14 D1 FR PPG)
0.25 Developing
NCAAe PPG
Joseph-Matthew Manno
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.63 PPG
→ Northeastern (0.22 D1 FR PPG)
0.34 Developing
NCAAe PPG
Cullen Hurley
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.38 PPG
→ Wisconsin
0.21 No data
NCAAe PPG
Emil Romig
NAHL · 2012-13 · 1.00 PPG
→ Denver (0.31 D1 FR PPG)
0.35 Developing
NCAAe PPG

D2/3 Comparables

Andy Nelson
Bowdoin · 2002-03
0.714 Strong
actual D2/3 PPG
Vincent Dekumbis
Lawrence · 2017-18
0.652 Strong
actual D2/3 PPG
Mike Kneeland
Lake Forest · 2003-04
1.429 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.