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Dakota Zarudny Elite Prospects ↗

Position: Defense DOB: 2001-04-09 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
2018-19 Caledon Admirals OJHL 34 3 9 12 0.353 0.0865 0.0917 0.2430 0.2576
2019-20 Caledon Admirals OJHL 53 16 26 42 0.792 0.1942 0.1942 0.5456 0.5456
2020-21 Minnesota Wilderness NAHL 3 0 1 1 0.333 0.1225 0.1225 0.3518 0.3518
2021-22 Jersey Hitmen NCDC 49 15 26 41 0.837 0.3411 0.3194 — —
■ 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
2025-26 SUNY Geneseo D3 SUNYAC SR 27 5 15 20 0.741
2024-25 SUNY Geneseo D3 SUNYAC JR 25 3 16 19 0.760
2023-24 SUNY Geneseo D3 SUNYAC SO 25 5 13 18 0.720
2022-23 SUNY Geneseo D3 SUNYAC FR 22 3 13 16 0.727
Pre-College Projection vs. Actual Freshman Year
Projected PPG
0.22
before college
→
Actual FR PPG
0.73
2022-23 · SUNY Geneseo
+237.5% vs. projection

College Pathway Likelihood (based on 40 comparables)

32%
NCAA D2/D3
0%
Club / ACHA
0%
Other

NCAAe Rankings

#2659
Defenseman overall
#627
Defenseman born in 2001
#361
in OJHL

D1 Comparables

Dominic Racobaldo
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.33 PPG
→ American International (0.12 D1 FR PPG)
0.18 Developing D
NCAAe PPG
Benjamin Gallacher
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.45 PPG
→ Ohio State (0.50 D1 FR PPG)
0.24 Elite D
NCAAe PPG
Paul LaDue
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.79 PPG
→ North Dakota (0.51 D1 FR PPG)
0.43 Elite D
NCAAe PPG
Nolan Valleau
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.41 PPG
→ Bowling Green
0.22 No data
NCAAe PPG
Brandon Kirk
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.32 PPG
→ Dartmouth
0.17 No data
NCAAe PPG

D2/3 Comparables

Mason Richey
Marian · 2017-18
0.778 Strong
actual D2/3 PPG
Akhmed Malsagov
Lawrence · 2017-18
0.231 Developing
actual D2/3 PPG
Matej Palfy
St. Scholastica · 2018-19
0.000 No data
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.