Why Niagara?
"Niagara gave me the best opportunity to develop as both an athlete and a student. Niagara hockey provided me with the best chance to be an elite athlete."
2007-08
Named to the CHA All-Academic Team…All-CHA First Team member...Posted career highs in goals (14), assists (32) and points (46)...Led Niagara in assists and points...Scored seven points in his last four games, including an assist against Michigan in the NCAA Tournament...Had 15 multi-point games, including a five point performance against Wayne State, where he scored two goals and three assists...Scored four multi-goal games, including a hat trick against Canisius...Had 10 multi-assist games...Scored at least a point in 26 games...Took 101 shots, just ten behind team leader Egor Mironov...Finished the season with a +24 ranking...Scored three power-play goals and two game-winning goals.
2006-07
Named to the CHA All-Academic Team…Was sixth on the team with 26 points…Scored two goals, including overtime game winner in home opening win against Holy Cross…Had four two-point games and two three-point performances…Finished the season on a hot streak, with 14 points in final 10 games…Team in 10-5-3 in games that he tallied a point…Scored five goals and 15 points in conference games.
2005-06
Named CHA Rookie of the Week twice...In 32 games played, recorded just four penalty minutes...Scored 11 goals off just 49 shots for a .224 shooting percentage, which ranked first on the team (minimum 20 games played)...Totaled 17 points (11-6--17), five power-play goals and a .518 face-off percentage (200-186)...Ranked tied for 13th in Niagara history in goals by a rookie...Recorded first collegiate goal and point in the first period of a 5-4 win over Wayne State...Had a six-game scoring streak, collecting four goals and three assists over that stretch...Picked up his first power-play goal vs. Alabama-Huntsville....Scored on the power play while taking four shots against Cornell, which locked up CHA Rookie of the Week honors...Named CHA Rookie of the Week for his three-point performance (2-1--3) at New Hampshire.
Before Niagara
Played for the Vaughan Vipers of the Ontario Provincial Junior Hockey League (OPJHL)...Compiled 21 goals and 37 assists for 58 points in 48 games as an assistant captain for the 2004-05 season...Earned the top scorer award and the scholastic player of the year for the Vipers...Named an OPJHL All Star and the OPJHL Most Gentlemanly Player in the South Division...Amassed 16 goals and 29 assists for 45 points in 2003-04...Participated in the Ontario Hockey Association Junior "A" Future Stars Game and was named the Vipers’ Scholastic Player of the Year...Team MVP all three seasons for the St. Michael’s College School U-16 Team, racking up 403 points in only 101 games from 2000-03...Over the same stretch, posted 356 points in 201 games with the Vaughan Kings Hockey Club.
Personal
Born June 26, 1987, in Toronto, Ont....Son of Fernando and Nancy Rocco...Has a younger brother, Andrew...Left shot...Majoring in business-commerce...Owns a 4.13 grade-point average.
