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Zach Bade Elite Prospects ↗

Position: Forward DOB: 2003-04-26 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
2019-20 Rosemount USHS-MN 27 5 2 7 0.259 0.0698 0.0698 0.0630 0.0630
2020-21 Rosemount USHS-MN 21 10 18 28 1.333 0.3589 0.3589 0.3239 0.3239
2021-22 Springfield Jr. Blues NAHL 51 15 15 30 0.588 0.2330 0.2428 0.6176 0.6436
2022-23 Waterloo Black Hawks USHL 52 9 9 18 0.346 0.2128 0.2020 1.0200 0.9683
2023-24 Tri-City Storm USHL 39 7 2 9 0.231 0.1419 0.1277 0.6800 0.6118
■ 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 Western Michigan D1 NCHC SO 14 0 1 1 0.071
2024-25 Western Michigan D1 NCHC — 2 0 0 0 0.000

College Pathway Likelihood (based on 40 comparables)

12%
NCAA D1
22%
NCAA D2/D3
65%
Age-Out / Club
0%
Pro / Other

NCAAe Rankings

#30491
Forward overall
#1793
Forward born in 2003

D1 Comparables

Ali Thomas
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.34 PPG
→ Notre Dame (0.18 D1 FR PPG)
0.19 Developing
NCAAe PPG
Eli Lichtenwald
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.36 PPG
→ Union (0.68 D1 FR PPG)
0.20 Strong
NCAAe PPG
Yasin Cissé
QMJHL · 2012-13 · 0.52 PPG
→ Boston University
0.23 No data
NCAAe PPG
Davey Middleton
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.50 PPG
→ Brown (0.10 D1 FR PPG)
0.28 Developing
NCAAe PPG
Will Suter
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.47 PPG
→ Bentley (0.10 D1 FR PPG)
0.26 Developing
NCAAe PPG

D2/3 Comparables

Brendan Dicker
Arcadia · 2021-22
0.542 Average
actual D2/3 PPG
Dakota Zarudny
SUNY Geneseo · 2021-22
0.727 Strong
actual D2/3 PPG
Joe Watson
Utica · 2003-04
0.714 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.