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Zach Tarantino Elite Prospects ↗

Position: Defense DOB: 1999-12-18 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
2017-18 New Jersey Rockets USPHL-Elite 27 35 41 76 2.815 0.3375 0.3415 0.6463 0.6540
2018-19 New Jersey 87's EHL 42 19 27 46 1.095 0.2350 0.2422 0.5363 0.5527
2019-20 New Jersey 87's EHL 40 21 30 51 1.275 0.2736 0.2736 0.6244 0.6244
■ 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
2022-23 UMass Dartmouth D3 — JR 22 3 3 6 0.273
2021-22 UMass Dartmouth D3 — SO 9 0 2 2 0.222
2020-21 UMass Dartmouth D3 HockeyEast FR 3 1 1 2 0.667
Pre-College Projection vs. Actual Freshman Year
Projected PPG
0.27
before college
→
Actual FR PPG
0.67
2020-21 · UMass Dartmouth
+150.5% vs. projection

College Pathway Likelihood (based on 40 comparables)

28%
NCAA D2/D3
0%
Club / ACHA
65%
Other

NCAAe Rankings

#1854
Defenseman overall
#423
Defenseman born in 1999

D1 Comparables

Dakota Mermis
OHL · 2012-13 · 0.41 PPG
→ Denver (0.21 D1 FR PPG)
0.24 Average D
NCAAe PPG
Nelson Armstrong
OHL · 2012-13 · 0.52 PPG
→ St. Lawrence (0.19 D1 FR PPG)
0.30 Average D
NCAAe PPG
Vince Pedrie
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.32 PPG
→ Penn State (0.69 D1 FR PPG)
0.20 Elite D
NCAAe PPG
Nolan Gluchowski
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.40 PPG
→ St. Lawrence (0.55 D1 FR PPG)
0.25 Elite D
NCAAe PPG
Nate Repensky
NAHL · 2012-13 · 0.73 PPG
→ Yale (0.50 D1 FR PPG)
0.27 Elite D
NCAAe PPG

D2/3 Comparables

Jordan Oye
Fredonia · 2005-06
0.556 Average
actual D2/3 PPG
Kevin Leonard
Western New England · 2000-01
0.588 Average
actual D2/3 PPG
Hunter Stewart
Marian · 2012-13
0.741 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.