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Zachary Aben Elite Prospects ↗

Position: Forward DOB: 2003-12-12 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
2022-23 Johnstown Tomahawks NAHL 35 12 12 24 0.686 0.2519 0.2581 0.7238 0.7415
2023-24 Johnstown Tomahawks NAHL 54 20 33 53 0.982 0.3606 0.3522 1.0360 1.0118
■ 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
2024-25 Stonehill D1 AHA — 30 4 7 11 0.367
Pre-College Projection vs. Actual Freshman Year
Projected PPG
0.27
before college
→
Actual FR PPG
0.37
2024-25 · Stonehill
+36.2% vs. projection

College Pathway Likelihood (based on 40 comparables)

52%
NCAA D1
10%
NCAA D2/D3
20%
Age-Out / Club
18%
Pro / Other

NCAAe Rankings

#12384
Forward overall
#576
Forward born in 2003
#431
in NAHL

D1 Comparables

Joseph-Matthew Manno
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.63 PPG
→ Northeastern (0.22 D1 FR PPG)
0.34 Developing
NCAAe PPG
Gerald Mayhew
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.75 PPG
→ Ferris State (0.56 D1 FR PPG)
0.41 Strong
NCAAe PPG
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
Ryan Siiro
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.52 PPG
→ Princeton (0.38 D1 FR PPG)
0.29 Average
NCAAe PPG

D2/3 Comparables

Lucas Romero
Westfield State · 2008-09
1.044 Elite
actual D2/3 PPG
Jake Russell
Assumption · 2023-24
1.067 Elite
actual D2/3 PPG
Michael Guzzo
Curry · 2006-07
0.852 Strong
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.