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Zach Peller Elite Prospects ↗

Position: Defense DOB: 2004-07-31 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 Amarillo Wranglers NAHL 3 0 1 1 0.333 0.1184 0.1251 0.3499 0.3696
2023-24 — NAHL 47 2 2 4 0.085 0.0302 0.0305 0.0893 0.0901
2024-25 Springfield Jr. Blues NAHL 54 2 7 9 0.167 0.0592 0.0566 0.1750 0.1673
■ 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 Buffalo State D3 SUNYAC FR 23 0 2 2 0.087
Pre-College Projection vs. Actual Freshman Year
Projected PPG
0.04
before college
→
Actual FR PPG
0.09
2025-26 · Buffalo State
+99.5% vs. projection

College Pathway Likelihood (based on 40 comparables)

20%
NCAA D1
12%
NCAA D2/D3
65%
Age-Out / Club
2%
Pro / Other

NCAAe Rankings

#25506
Defenseman overall
#4071
Defenseman born in 2004
#6574
in NAHL

D1 Comparables

William Eiserman
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.15 PPG
→ UMass Lowell (0.14 D1 FR PPG)
0.08 Developing D
NCAAe PPG
Matt Krug
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.21 PPG
→ Union (0.11 D1 FR PPG)
0.11 Developing D
NCAAe PPG
Brandon Carlson
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.24 PPG
→ Alabama-Huntsville (0.11 D1 FR PPG)
0.13 Developing D
NCAAe PPG
Dominic Racobaldo
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.33 PPG
→ American International (0.12 D1 FR PPG)
0.18 Developing D
NCAAe PPG
Patrick Koudys
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.23 PPG
→ RPI (0.10 D1 FR PPG)
0.13 Developing D
NCAAe PPG

D2/3 Comparables

Emerson Mish
SUNY Cortland · 2002-03
1.000 Elite
actual D2/3 PPG
John Musella Jr.
Stevenson · 2021-22
0.538 Average
actual D2/3 PPG
Dustin Partacz
Concordia (WI) · 2008-09
0.455 Average
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.