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Zach Rizzo Elite Prospects ↗

Position: Defense DOB: 2004-08-07 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
2021-22 Cushing Academy NE-Prep 27 3 14 17 0.630 0.1266 0.1266 0.2879 0.2879
2022-23 Cushing Academy NE-Prep 31 3 19 22 0.710 0.1427 0.1427 0.3245 0.3245
2023-24 Lone Star Brahmas NAHL 28 2 2 4 0.143 0.0525 0.0530 0.1510 0.1524
2024-25 Lone Star Brahmas NAHL 36 0 7 7 0.194 0.0714 0.0683 0.2055 0.1966
■ 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 Tufts D3 NESCAC FR 14 1 2 3 0.214
Pre-College Projection vs. Actual Freshman Year
Projected PPG
0.06
before college
→
Actual FR PPG
0.21
2025-26 · Tufts
+265.1% vs. projection

College Pathway Likelihood (based on 40 comparables)

20%
NCAA D1
20%
NCAA D2/D3
50%
Age-Out / Club
10%
Pro / Other

NCAAe Rankings

#23044
Defenseman overall
#3809
Defenseman born in 2004

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

Ryan Glazer
Morrisville · 2021-22
0.176 Developing
actual D2/3 PPG
AJ Marcinek
Endicott · 2014-15
0.429 Average
actual D2/3 PPG
Steven MacIver
St. Olaf · 2015-16
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.