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Adam Zlnka Elite Prospects ↗

Position: Forward DOB: 2004-02-28 Country: Slovakia
2022 NHL Draft Round 7, Pick #204  ·  Utah Mammoth Utah Mammoth (via ARI)
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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 Sioux Falls Stampede USHL 10 1 3 4 0.400 0.2459 0.2566 1.1785 1.2297
2022-23 Sioux Falls Stampede USHL 56 8 16 24 0.429 0.2635 0.2613 1.2627 1.2520
2023-24 Waterloo Black Hawks USHL 46 10 8 18 0.391 0.2405 0.2265 1.1528 1.0858
■ 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 Bowling Green D1 CCHA SO 14 1 1 2 0.143
2024-25 Bowling Green D1 CCHA — 21 1 3 4 0.191
Pre-College Projection vs. Actual Freshman Year
Projected PPG
0.21
before college
→
Actual FR PPG
0.19
2024-25 · Bowling Green
-7.4% vs. projection

College Pathway Likelihood (based on 40 comparables)

42%
NCAA D1
8%
NCAA D2/D3
32%
Age-Out / Club
18%
Pro / Other

NCAAe Rankings

#21259
Forward overall
#1155
Forward born in 2004
#2120
in USHL

D1 Comparables

Alexander Dahl
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.38 PPG
→ St. Lawrence (0.30 D1 FR PPG)
0.22 Developing
NCAAe PPG
Tayler Munson
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.31 PPG
→ Alaska Fairbanks (0.35 D1 FR PPG)
0.18 Average
NCAAe PPG
Gage Hough
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.39 PPG
→ UMass Lowell (0.12 D1 FR PPG)
0.23 Developing
NCAAe PPG
Evan Janssen
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.45 PPG
→ Denver (0.14 D1 FR PPG)
0.26 Developing
NCAAe PPG
Stanislav Dzakhov
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.27 PPG
→ Niagara (0.44 D1 FR PPG)
0.16 Average
NCAAe PPG

D2/3 Comparables

Nick Catanzaro
SUNY Cortland · 2002-03
0.958 Strong
actual D2/3 PPG
Nick Marinac
SUNY Brockport · 2011-12
0.905 Strong
actual D2/3 PPG
Greg Harris
Wisconsin-Eau Claire · 2000-01
0.722 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.