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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 0.2598 0.2629 0.6446 0.6523
2018-19 New Jersey 87's EHL 42 19 27 46 1.095 0.2530 0.2607 0.5359 0.5523
2019-20 New Jersey 87's EHL 40 21 30 51 1.275 0.2945 0.2945 0.6239 0.6239
■ 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 HockeyEast JR 22 3 3 6 0.273
2021-22 UMass Dartmouth D3 HockeyEast SO 9 0 2 2 0.222
2020-21 UMass Dartmouth D1 HockeyEast FR 3 1 1 2 0.667
2020-21 UMass Dartmouth D3 HockeyEast FR 3 1 1 2 0.667
Pre-College Projection vs. Actual Freshman Year
Projected PPG
0.25
before college
→
Actual FR PPG
0.67
2020-21 · UMass Dartmouth
+170.0% vs. projection

College Pathway Likelihood (based on 40 comparables)

8%
NCAA D2/D3
0%
Club / ACHA
60%
Other

NCAAe Rankings

#1560
Defenseman overall
#333
Defenseman born in 1999

D1 Comparables

Nelson Armstrong
OHL · 2012-13 · 0.52 PPG
→ St. Lawrence (0.19 D1 FR PPG)
0.29 Average D
NCAAe PPG
Dakota Mermis
OHL · 2012-13 · 0.41 PPG
→ Denver (0.21 D1 FR PPG)
0.23 Average D
NCAAe PPG
Nolan Gluchowski
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.40 PPG
→ St. Lawrence (0.55 D1 FR PPG)
0.23 Elite D
NCAAe PPG
Vince Pedrie
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.32 PPG
→ Penn State (0.69 D1 FR PPG)
0.19 Elite D
NCAAe PPG
Ryan Lowney
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.65 PPG
→ Ferris State (0.35 D1 FR PPG)
0.37 Strong D
NCAAe PPG

D2/3 Comparables

Jordan Oye
Fredonia · 2005-06
0.556 Average
actual D2/3 PPG
Gates Omicioli
Williams · 2024-25
0.500 Average
actual D2/3 PPG
Malcolm Cardwell
Framingham State · 2016-17
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.