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Zach Giuttari Elite Prospects ↗

Position: Defense DOB: 1996-04-17 Country: USA
Signed Professionally
Växjö Lakers HC · SHL

Set Commitment

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
2015-16 Chilliwack Chiefs BCHL 54 8 9 17 0.315 0.1213 0.1180 0.4581 0.4458
2023-24 Växjö Lakers HC SHL 51 3 13 16 0.314 0.7842 0.7548 4.0933 3.9400
2024-25 Växjö Lakers HC SHL 52 2 6 8 0.154 0.3845 0.3476 2.0069 1.8142
2025-26 Växjö Lakers HC SHL 38 0 4 4 0.105 0.2632 0.2632 1.3740 1.3740
■ 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
2019-20 Brown D1 ECAC SR 31 4 11 15 0.484
2018-19 Brown D1 ECAC JR 34 7 13 20 0.588
2017-18 Brown D1 ECAC SO 31 5 11 16 0.516
2016-17 Brown D1 ECAC FR 25 0 3 3 0.120
Pre-College Projection vs. Actual Freshman Year
Projected PPG
0.11
before college
→
Actual FR PPG
0.12
2016-17 · Brown
+7.7% vs. projection

College Pathway Likelihood (based on 40 comparables)

30%
NCAA D1
0%
NCAA D2/D3
8%
Age-Out / Club
62%
Pro / Other

NCAAe Rankings

#1660
Defenseman overall
#363
Defenseman born in 1996

D1 Comparables

Michael Kapla
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.49 PPG
→ UMass Lowell (0.41 D1 FR PPG)
0.29 Strong D
NCAAe PPG
Ruslan Pedan
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.33 PPG
→ Bemidji State (0.34 D1 FR PPG)
0.20 Strong D
NCAAe PPG
Gustav Olofsson
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.37 PPG
→ Colorado College (0.27 D1 FR PPG)
0.22 Average D
NCAAe PPG
Cutler Martin
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.27 PPG
→ Michigan (0.47 D1 FR PPG)
0.16 Strong D
NCAAe PPG
Will Butcher
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.50 PPG
→ Denver (0.42 D1 FR PPG)
0.30 Strong D
NCAAe PPG

D2/3 Comparables

Mickey Gilchrist
Middlebury · 2002-03
1.000 Elite
actual D2/3 PPG
Joshua Burke
Amherst · 2018-19
0.692 Strong
actual D2/3 PPG
Blake Ulve
St. Norbert · 2020-21
0.552 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.