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Zach Bannister Elite Prospects ↗

Position: Forward DOB: 1999-08-27 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 Drayton Valley Thunder AJHL 1 0 0 0 0.000 — — — —
2016-17 Fort McMurray Oil Barons AJHL 2 0 0 0 0.000 — — — —
2017-18 La Ronge Ice Wolves SJHL 20 6 8 14 0.700 0.1793 0.1891 0.5271 0.5558
2018-19 La Ronge Ice Wolves SJHL 56 28 42 70 1.250 0.3202 0.3211 0.9413 0.9440
2019-20 — SJHL 57 13 38 51 0.895 0.2292 0.2292 0.6737 0.6737
■ 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
2023-24 Stevenson D3 MAC — 28 10 17 27 0.964
2022-23 Wisconsin-Superior D3 WIAC JR 29 3 10 13 0.448
2021-22 Wisconsin-Superior D3 WIAC SO 23 9 7 16 0.696
2020-21 Wisconsin-Superior D1 BigTen FR 8 0 1 1 0.125
2020-21 Wisconsin-Superior D3 BigTen FR 8 0 1 1 0.125
Pre-College Projection vs. Actual Freshman Year
Projected PPG
0.23
before college
→
Actual FR PPG
0.12
2020-21 · Wisconsin-Superior
-45.6% vs. projection

College Pathway Likelihood (based on 40 comparables)

50%
NCAA D1
5%
NCAA D2/D3
18%
Age-Out / Club
28%
Pro / Other

NCAAe Rankings

#16996
Forward overall
#820
Forward born in 1999

D1 Comparables

Max McHugh
NAHL · 2012-13 · 0.88 PPG
→ Alabama-Huntsville (0.61 D1 FR PPG)
0.32 Strong
NCAAe PPG
C.J. Reuschlein
NAHL · 2012-13 · 0.80 PPG
→ Army (0.67 D1 FR PPG)
0.29 Strong
NCAAe PPG
Judd Peterson
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.57 PPG
→ St. Cloud State (0.19 D1 FR PPG)
0.32 Developing
NCAAe PPG
Thomas Forgione
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.70 PPG
→ Vermont (0.21 D1 FR PPG)
0.40 Developing
NCAAe PPG
Jake Wood
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.43 PPG
→ RPI (0.24 D1 FR PPG)
0.25 Developing
NCAAe PPG

D2/3 Comparables

Kris Heeres
SUNY Geneseo · 2000-01
1.042 Elite
actual D2/3 PPG
Erik Caron
St. Michael's College · 2002-03
1.280 Elite
actual D2/3 PPG
Chris Berry
Wisconsin-Superior · 2004-05
1.111 Elite
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.