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Ethan Zielke Elite Prospects ↗

Position: Forward DOB: 2003-08-03 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
2021-22 Humboldt Broncos SJHL 55 9 27 36 0.654 0.1994 0.2091 0.4850 0.5085
2022-23 Humboldt Broncos SJHL 43 20 26 46 1.070 0.3259 0.3254 0.7928 0.7916
■ 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 Lindenwood D1 CCHA JR 27 2 8 10 0.370
2024-25 Lindenwood D1 CCHA JR 30 4 3 7 0.233
2023-24 Lindenwood D1 CCHA SO 28 7 8 15 0.536
Pre-College Projection vs. Actual Freshman Year
Projected PPG
0.24
before college
→
Actual FR PPG
0.54
2023-24 · Lindenwood
+124.4% vs. projection

College Pathway Likelihood (based on 40 comparables)

28%
NCAA D1
5%
NCAA D2/D3
42%
Age-Out / Club
25%
Pro / Other

NCAAe Rankings

#18355
Forward overall
#932
Forward born in 2003
#246
in SJHL

D1 Comparables

Kevin Irwin
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.56 PPG
→ Vermont (0.47 D1 FR PPG)
0.33 Average
NCAAe PPG
Jake Wood
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.43 PPG
→ RPI (0.24 D1 FR PPG)
0.26 Developing
NCAAe PPG
Brett Skibba
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.50 PPG
→ UConn (0.23 D1 FR PPG)
0.29 Developing
NCAAe PPG
Thomas Forgione
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.70 PPG
→ Vermont (0.21 D1 FR PPG)
0.42 Developing
NCAAe PPG
Judd Peterson
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.57 PPG
→ St. Cloud State (0.19 D1 FR PPG)
0.34 Developing
NCAAe PPG

D2/3 Comparables

Jared Wynia
Fredonia · 2009-10
0.789 Strong
actual D2/3 PPG
Nate Rein
Wisconsin-Superior · 2003-04
0.967 Strong
actual D2/3 PPG
Colton Alexander
Canton · 2023-24
0.720 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.