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Zach Dean

#52

C · 6'0", 187 lb · 23 years old · Shoots left · Grande Prairie, Alberta, CAN

Drafted 2021 · VGK · round 1 · #30 overall

Last 3 games

Date	Opp	+/−	TOI
Oct 15	@MIN	-1	7:27
Oct 10	CBJ	-1	9:51
Oct 3	@COL	-2	12:37

Against his position

This playerAverage forward

Against 443 forwards, on rates per 60 minutes so a shortened season is not read as a worse one.

Role

Hits / 6010.0291st

Blocks / 600.00400th

Takeaways / 604.014th

Giveaways / 602.00113th

Faceoff win %41.7%236th

Penalty minutes4241st

Off the radar because these describe a role rather than a quality — a shutdown defenceman blocks more than a power-play specialist, and neither is better for it.

NHL regular season

Season	Team	GP	+/−	SOG	S%	TOI
2026-27	St. Louis Blues	3	-4	0	–	9:58
2023-24	St. Louis Blues	9	-4	10	–	10:33
Career		12	-8	10	–	10:25

Other competitions

Season	League	Team	GP	G	A	PTS
2025-26	AHL	Springfield Thunderbirds	36	4	10	14
2024-25	AHL	Springfield Thunderbirds	11	1	3	4
2023-24	AHL	Springfield Thunderbirds	49	9	5	14
2022-23	QMJHL	Gatineau Olympiques	50	33	37	70
2022-23	WJC-20	Canada U20	7	1	2	3
2021-22	QMJHL	Gatineau Olympiques	47	21	31	52
2020-21	QMJHL	Gatineau Olympiques	23	10	10	20
2019-20	QMJHL	Gatineau Olympiques	57	18	28	46
2019-20	WHC-17	Canada Black U17	5	3	4	7
2018-19	GTHL U16	Toronto Nationals U16 AAA	32	24	23	47
2018-19	CWG	Team Newfoundland	7	2	13	15
2018-19	TCQ-O	Toronto Nationals U18 AAA	7	0	2	2
2018-19	QGC-16	Team Newfoundland	5	5	2	7
2018-19	U16 AAA	Toronto Nationals U16 AAA	64	36	53	89
2017-18	NLBAAAHL	Eastern Thunder U15 AAA	35	40	37	77
2017-18	ACC-U15	Team Newfoundland U15 (ACC)	5	3	4	7
2017-18	WSI U15	All American Prospects U15	6	3	4	7
2016-17	NLBAAAHL	Eastern Thunder U15 AAA	26	18	12	30
2016-17	ACC-U14	Team Newfoundland U14 (ACC)	5	10	3	13

Shot maps, expected goals and comparisons against league average at this position are coming to this page. They come from Puckflow’s own model rather than the NHL feed, and an empty chart would be worse than this sentence.