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Nicholas Zabaneh Elite Prospects ↗

Position: Forward DOB: 2001-03-27 Country: Canada
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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
2017-18 St. Michael's Buzzers OJHL 44 14 20 34 0.773 0.1894 0.2097 0.5320 0.5891
2018-19 Green Bay Gamblers USHL 54 12 12 24 0.444 0.2622 0.2748 1.3347 1.3986
2019-20 Green Bay Gamblers USHL 48 13 21 34 0.708 0.4178 0.4178 2.1273 2.1273
■ 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 Boston University D1 HockeyEast SR 40 8 8 16 0.400
2022-23 Boston University D1 HockeyEast JR 35 8 4 12 0.343
2021-22 Boston University D1 HockeyEast SO 30 1 9 10 0.333
2020-21 Boston University D1 HockeyEast — 16 0 7 7 0.438
Pre-College Projection vs. Actual Freshman Year
Projected PPG
0.21
before college
→
Actual FR PPG
0.44
2020-21 · Boston University
+105.5% vs. projection

College Pathway Likelihood (based on 40 comparables)

68%
NCAA D1
0%
NCAA D2/D3
32%
Pro / Other

NCAAe Rankings

#13025
Forward overall
#602
Forward born in 2001

D1 Comparables

Luke Stork
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.47 PPG
→ Ohio State (0.33 D1 FR PPG)
0.29 Developing
NCAAe PPG
Patrick Polino
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.40 PPG
→ RPI (0.30 D1 FR PPG)
0.25 Developing
NCAAe PPG
Garrett Gamez
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.39 PPG
→ Providence (0.25 D1 FR PPG)
0.24 Developing
NCAAe PPG
Mike Marnell
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.49 PPG
→ St. Lawrence (0.53 D1 FR PPG)
0.30 Average
NCAAe PPG
Scott Conway
NAHL · 2012-13 · 0.95 PPG
→ Penn State (0.76 D1 FR PPG)
0.38 Strong
NCAAe PPG

D2/3 Comparables

Connor Armour
Adrian · 2011-12
1.357 Elite
actual D2/3 PPG
Joshua Burke
Amherst · 2018-19
0.692 Strong
actual D2/3 PPG
Mickey Gilchrist
Middlebury · 2002-03
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.