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Zach Bookman Elite Prospects ↗

Position: Defense DOB: 2002-03-29 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
2019-20 Millbrook NE-Prep 32 6 20 26 0.812 0.2292 0.2292 0.3718 0.3718
2020-21 Brooks Bandits AJHL 19 2 16 18 0.947 0.3143 0.3143 0.8781 0.8781
2021-22 Brooks Bandits AJHL 55 21 81 102 1.855 0.6153 0.5947 1.7188 1.6613
■ 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 SR 38 5 13 18 0.474
2024-25 Merrimack D1 HockeyEast SR 33 3 14 17 0.515
2023-24 Merrimack D1 HockeyEast JR 33 4 24 28 0.849
2022-23 Merrimack D1 HockeyEast SO 36 4 12 16 0.444
Pre-College Projection vs. Actual Freshman Year
Projected PPG
0.42
before college
→
Actual FR PPG
0.44
2022-23 · Merrimack
+5.0% vs. projection

College Pathway Likelihood (based on 40 comparables)

25%
NCAA D1
0%
NCAA D2/D3
8%
Age-Out / Club
68%
Pro / Other

NCAAe Rankings

#1533
Defenseman overall
#343
Defenseman born in 2002

D2/3 Comparables

Connor Armour
Adrian · 2013-14
1.357 Elite
actual D2/3 PPG
Rusty Masters
Elmira · 2005-06
0.962 Strong
actual D2/3 PPG
Ryan Busby
SUNY Plattsburgh · 2002-03
0.903 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.