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Zach Hepler Elite Prospects ↗

Position: Defense DOB: 1988-06-19 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
2007-08 Toronto Dixie Beehives OJHL 48 4 20 24 0.500 0.1226 0.1182 0.3438 0.3315
2008-09 Toronto Dixie Beehives OJHL 39 1 17 18 0.462 0.1131 0.1033 0.3174 0.2898
■ 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
2012-13 UMass Dartmouth D3 HockeyEast SR 26 2 11 13 0.500
2011-12 UMass Dartmouth D3 ECAC JR 19 1 15 16 0.842
2010-11 SUNY Plattsburgh D3 SUNYAC SO 10 0 1 1 0.100
2009-10 SUNY Plattsburgh D3 SUNYAC FR 5 0 1 1 0.200
Pre-College Projection vs. Actual Freshman Year
Projected PPG
0.10
before college
→
Actual FR PPG
0.20
2009-10 · SUNY Plattsburgh
+94.0% vs. projection

NCAAe Rankings

#11404
Defenseman overall
#1282
Defenseman born in 1988
#2354
in OJHL

D1 Comparables

Brandon Carlson
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.24 PPG
→ Alabama-Huntsville (0.11 D1 FR PPG)
0.13 Developing D
NCAAe PPG
Matt Krug
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.21 PPG
→ Union (0.11 D1 FR PPG)
0.11 Developing D
NCAAe PPG
William Eiserman
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.15 PPG
→ UMass Lowell (0.14 D1 FR PPG)
0.08 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
Marc-Antoine Carrier
QMJHL · 2012-13 · 0.37 PPG
→ Brown (0.04 D1 FR PPG)
0.16 Developing D
NCAAe PPG

D2/3 Comparables

Michael Hoy
Adrian · 2012-13
0.600 Average
actual D2/3 PPG
Demetri Sakaris
Southern Maine · 2010-11
0.444 Average
actual D2/3 PPG
Michael Covach
Plymouth State · 2014-15
0.000 No data
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.