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Zach Vinnell Elite Prospects ↗

Position: Defense DOB: 1998-04-03 Country: Canada
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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
2015-16 Whitecourt Wolverines AJHL 1 0 0 0 0.000 — — — —
2016-17 — AJHL 53 3 25 28 0.528 0.1772 0.1804 0.4889 0.4976
2017-18 Camrose Kodiaks AJHL 59 8 31 39 0.661 0.2217 0.2132 0.6117 0.5882
2018-19 Camrose Kodiaks AJHL 51 14 38 52 1.020 0.3420 0.3123 0.9435 0.8615
■ 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
2022-23 Bowling Green D1 CCHA — 36 1 19 20 0.556
2021-22 Merrimack D1 HockeyEast JR 35 4 12 16 0.457
2020-21 Merrimack D1 HockeyEast SO 16 3 6 9 0.562
2019-20 Merrimack D1 HockeyEast FR 33 1 7 8 0.242
Pre-College Projection vs. Actual Freshman Year
Projected PPG
0.26
before college
→
Actual FR PPG
0.24
2019-20 · Merrimack
-5.8% vs. projection

College Pathway Likelihood (based on 40 comparables)

52%
NCAA D1
5%
NCAA D2/D3
35%
Age-Out / Club
8%
Pro / Other

NCAAe Rankings

#4139
Defenseman overall
#956
Defenseman born in 1998
#453
in AJHL

D1 Comparables

Marc-Antoine Carrier
QMJHL · 2012-13 · 0.37 PPG
→ Brown (0.04 D1 FR PPG)
0.16 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
Benjamin Gallacher
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.45 PPG
→ Ohio State (0.50 D1 FR PPG)
0.24 Elite D
NCAAe PPG
Paul LaDue
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.79 PPG
→ North Dakota (0.51 D1 FR PPG)
0.43 Elite D
NCAAe PPG
Nolan Valleau
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.41 PPG
→ Bowling Green
0.22 No data
NCAAe PPG

D2/3 Comparables

Mitchell Parsons
SUNY Brockport · 2017-18
0.577 Average
actual D2/3 PPG
R.J. Kleiman
Curry · 2010-11
0.625 Average
actual D2/3 PPG
Mike McPherson
Plymouth State · 2017-18
0.333 Developing
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.