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Zach Benson Elite Prospects ↗

Position: Defense DOB: 1997-06-29 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
2014-15 Spring Lake Park High USHS-MN 25 3 15 18 0.720 0.0887 0.0856 0.1749 0.1689
2016-17 Victoria Grizzlies BCHL 1 0 0 0 0.000 — — — —
■ 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
2018-19 Wisconsin-River Falls D3 BigTen SO 11 1 0 1 0.091
2017-18 Wisconsin-River Falls D3 BigTen FR 7 0 0 0 0.000

NCAAe Rankings

#7024
Defenseman overall
#1334
Defenseman born in 1997

D1 Comparables

Nash Worden
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.12 PPG
→ Army (0.17 D1 FR PPG)
0.07 Average D
NCAAe PPG
Teemu Kivihalme
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.25 PPG
→ Colorado College (0.31 D1 FR PPG)
0.16 Strong D
NCAAe PPG
Luke Shiplo
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.22 PPG
→ Quinnipiac (0.46 D1 FR PPG)
0.13 Strong D
NCAAe PPG
Phil Beaulieu
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.20 PPG
→ Northern Michigan (0.42 D1 FR PPG)
0.13 Strong D
NCAAe PPG
Gage Ausmus
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.23 PPG
→ North Dakota (0.14 D1 FR PPG)
0.14 Developing D
NCAAe PPG

D2/3 Comparables

Brendan Roberts
Marian · 2005-06
0.778 Strong
actual D2/3 PPG
Andrew Ciampichini
Elmira · 2007-08
0.000 No data
actual D2/3 PPG
Sean Williams
SUNY Oswego · 2021-22
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.