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Zach Ruley Elite Prospects ↗

Position: Forward DOB: 1997-08-20 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
2016-17 Long Beach Sharks NA3HL 42 13 23 36 0.857 0.1033 0.1024 0.2708 0.2685
2017-18 Brooklyn Aviators USPHL-Premier 44 33 51 84 1.909 0.2570 0.2434 0.6499 0.6154
■ 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
2020-21 Northland D3 — JR 4 1 0 1 0.250
2019-20 Northland D3 — SO 12 0 1 1 0.083
2018-19 Northland D3 — FR 5 0 1 1 0.200
Pre-College Projection vs. Actual Freshman Year
Projected PPG
0.16
before college
→
Actual FR PPG
0.20
2018-19 · Northland
+24.9% vs. projection

College Pathway Likelihood (based on 40 comparables)

50%
NCAA D2/D3
0%
Club / ACHA
0%
Other

NCAAe Rankings

#21014
Forward overall
#887
Forward born in 1997

D1 Comparables

Woody Hudson
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.43 PPG
→ St. Lawrence (0.30 D1 FR PPG)
0.25 Developing
NCAAe PPG
Jayson Angus
NAHL · 2012-13 · 0.66 PPG
→ Lake Superior State (0.14 D1 FR PPG)
0.23 Developing
NCAAe PPG
Cody Marooney
NAHL · 2012-13 · 0.65 PPG
→ Alabama-Huntsville (0.11 D1 FR PPG)
0.23 Developing
NCAAe PPG
Ryan Doucet
NAHL · 2012-13 · 0.73 PPG
→ Air Force (0.10 D1 FR PPG)
0.26 Developing
NCAAe PPG
Beau Walker
NAHL · 2012-13 · 1.00 PPG
→ Sacred Heart (0.40 D1 FR PPG)
0.35 Average
NCAAe PPG

D2/3 Comparables

Ron Lindgren
Aurora · 2013-14
0.750 Strong
actual D2/3 PPG
Matt Wiesner
Babson · 2017-18
0.885 Strong
actual D2/3 PPG
Tanner Karty
Wisconsin-Stevens Point · 2014-15
0.833 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.