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Dennis Zak Elite Prospects ↗

Position: Forward DOB: 1986-05-20 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
2004-05 Cobourg Cougars OJHL 2 0 0 0 0.000 — — — —
2005-06 Cobourg Cougars OJHL 44 11 24 35 0.795 0.1950 0.1863 0.5445 0.5202
2006-07 Cobourg Cougars OJHL 47 24 39 63 1.340 0.3285 0.2974 0.9175 0.8306
■ 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
2010-11 Westfield State D3 MASCAC — 27 18 24 42 1.556
2009-10 Westfield State D3 — — 26 11 27 38 1.462
2007-08 UMass Boston D3 — — 26 5 12 17 0.654
Pre-College Projection vs. Actual Freshman Year
Projected PPG
0.22
before college
→
Actual FR PPG
0.65
2007-08 · UMass Boston
+202.0% vs. projection

NCAAe Rankings

#12691
Forward overall
#436
Forward born in 1986
#346
in OJHL

D1 Comparables

Davey Middleton
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.50 PPG
→ Brown (0.10 D1 FR PPG)
0.27 Developing
NCAAe PPG
Justin Parizek
NAHL · 2012-13 · 0.93 PPG
→ Nebraska Omaha (0.22 D1 FR PPG)
0.31 Developing
NCAAe PPG
T.J. Sarcona
NAHL · 2012-13 · 1.06 PPG
→ Niagara (0.58 D1 FR PPG)
0.35 Strong
NCAAe PPG
Jordan Nelson
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.59 PPG
→ Minnesota State (0.22 D1 FR PPG)
0.31 Developing
NCAAe PPG
Eli Lichtenwald
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.36 PPG
→ Union (0.68 D1 FR PPG)
0.19 Strong
NCAAe PPG

D2/3 Comparables

Conor Foley
Franklin Pierce · 2018-19
0.710 Strong
actual D2/3 PPG
Nicholas Bennett
Elmira · 2024-25
0.739 Strong
actual D2/3 PPG
Hassan Akl
Aurora · 2021-22
0.931 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.