One is a junior closing in on 100 career points. Two are seniors and captains. Thirteen are women, one a captain as a junior. All are from Rhode Island.

Halfway through the college hockey season, 53 Rhode Islanders are skating in rinks throughout the Northeast. They are playing varsity hockey in the ECAC, Hockey East and NESCAC Division I and Division III. Many are having an impact.

John Rocchio (East Greenwich), a junior at Suffolk University in Boston, is seven points shy of 100 for his career. A 5-10, 175-pound forward, he has 4 goals and a team-leading 15 assists for 19 points this season. The Rams were 7-7-0, 5-0-0 in the Division III ECAC Northeast heading into their game against Assumption last night.

Rocchio played in 22 games as a freshman and finished with 15 goals and 16 assists for 31 points. Last year he skated in 23 games, scored 13 goals and assisted on 30 for 43 points. He played junior hockey for the Bridgewater Bandits before taking his stick to Suffolk.

Nathan Perreault (Smithfield) is captain at Worcester State. Being a captain is a challenge as well as an honor at any school, but the challenge for Perreault is greater this season because the Lancers are struggling with a 1-12 record overall, 1-6 in ECAC Northeast.

Perreault is a 6-1, 185-pound forward who has eight assists this season. He has skated in 72 games during his career and has 16 goals and 35 assists for 51 points. He also played for the Bridgewater Bandits.

Brenton Stafford (North Kingstown) is the captain at Wesleyan University. The Cardinals (4-5-1, 2-3-1) are currently tied for eighth place in the NESCAC. Stafford, a 6-2, 195-pound defenseman, has two assists this season. His career totals are 8 goals and 26 assists for 34 points in 80 games. He played hockey at Kimball Union in New Hampshire.

Rhode Islanders have found their niche in Division III ECAC Northeast and East. Nineteen players are skating for ECAC Northeast teams, seven for ECAC East squads. The biggest contingent is at Johnson & Wales. The six Wildcats from Rhode Island include junior Andrew Buchanan (Harrisville), a 5-10, 170-pound center who played at the Hill School; sophomore Craig Houle (Burrillville), a 5-9, 160 pound forward and alum of the Portland Jr. Pirates; freshman Brian Moretti (Cranston), a 5-9, 180-pound defenseman who played for the Bridgewater Bandits; junior Mike O’Malley (Woonsocket), a 5-10, 185-pound defenseman who logged time with the Boston Harborwolves, and freshmen Joe Simeone (Cranston), a 5-9, 180-pound wing, and Chad Warnock (Pawtucket), a 5-9 190-pound wing. Simeone played for the Northern Cyclones and Warnock for the Baystate Breakers.

O’Malley has 4 goals and 9 assists, Houle 6 goals and 6 assists, Simeone 4 goals and 3 assists, Warnock a goal and 2 assists and Moretti an assist. The Wildcats are 4-11-0, 3-3-0.

Also playing in the ECAC Northeast, the largest hockey league in the NCAA with 17 teams, are Patrick Ciummo (Harrisville/Winchendon Academy), a senior at Assumption who has 2 goals in 11 games for the 5-9-0 Greyhounds; Trevor Spiridi (Cranston/Northwood), a Curry senior who has 2 goals and 5 assists for the 7-7-1 Colonels; freshman Steve Angelone (Lincoln/Walpole Express), a 6-4, 230-pound defenseman on the Fitchburg State roster; UMass Dartmouth defenseman Nick Paquin (Warwick/Winchendon Academy), a junior with 6 goals and 4 assists, and defenseman Jon Finn (Warwick/Boston Harborwolves), a senior with a goal and three assists for the 8-4-1, 6-0-0 first-place Corsairs.

Plus freshman Bill Strain (Providence/Tulsa Rampage), a Nichols forward with a goal and 4 assists in 13 games for the 9-3-1 Bison; Mike Malette (Chepachet/Walpole Stars), a Salve Regina senior who is tied for the team lead in scoring with 6 goals and 6 assists for 12 points; Marc Larue (Lincoln/Boston Harbor Wolves), a freshman defenseman on the Wentworth roster; Ross Bennett-Bonn (Warwick/URI), a senior at Western New England with 2 goals and 1 assist this season and 6 goals and 1 assist in his three-year career, and Dean Smith (Warwick/Toll Gate), a junior forward at WNEC with a goal and 3 assists, and Worcester State freshman John Coffey (Pascoag/Kent Hills), who has an assist in 12 games.

Skating in the ECAC East are Shane Farrell (West Warwick/N.H. Jr. Monarchs) and Pat McCarthy (Warwick/Milton Academy) at Babson. Farrell has 2 goals and 8 assists, McCarthy 1 assist. Also Joe Loiselle (Chepachet/Bridgewater Bandits), a New England College senior who has appeared in eight games this winter; Nick DelGallo (Cranston/N.H. Jr. Monarchs), a Norwich freshman who has 5 goals and 3 assists for the 10-3-0, 6-1-0 league leading Cadets; Nick Jillson (North Smithfield/Niagara), a freshman defenseman on the Salem State roster; Charlie Moroni (North Providence/Loomis Chaffee), a sophomore defenseman who has 3 goals and 1 assist for Skidmore, and Don Norris (Glocester/Walpole Express), a freshman forward on the Saint Anselm roster.

In addition to Stafford at Wesleyan, Rhode Island players in NESCAC include Chris Rossi (Barrington/Boston Jr. Bruins), a sophomore goalie who is 5-1 at Bowdoin this season; Brendan Shea (Smithfield/Pomfret Academy), a freshman forward who has appeared in three games for Colby; Scott Hefferman (Warwick/Bishop Hendricken), freshman goalie who is 1-2 in 5 games at Hamilton, and Daniel Maturi (North Kingstown/Tabor), a Trinity senior who has 1 goals and 7 assists.

Nine Rhode Islanders are playing Division I hockey, eight here in Rhode Island. Providence College has the Cavanagh Cousins, John and David (Warwick/TollGate/Salisbury School), Cody Wild (North Providence/Boston Jr. Bruins). Eric Baier (North Kingstown/N.H. Jr. Monarchs), Austin Mayer (Providence/Moses Brown/N.H. Jr. Monarchs), and Matt Tommasiello (Cranston/Bridgewater Bandits). Wild has 4 goals and 9 assists, John Cavanagh 2 goals and 7 assists, Baier 1 goal and 3 assists and Mayer 3 assists. Brown has Paul Baier (North Kingstown/Deerfield Academy), a senior defenseman with 2 goals and 2 assists, and David Robertson (Saunderstown/River City Lancers), also a senior defeseman and an assistant captain, who has 5 assists.

Jeff Hill (Cranston/South Kent), a senior at Vermont, is the No. 3 goalie who has played 9 minutes this year.

The number of Rhode Island women playing college hockey is growing slowly. Three are playing in Division I. Sarah Plunkett (Barrington/St. George’s) is a goalie on the Colgate roster. Sacred Heart sophomore Jennifer Bragger (East Greenwich/Tilton Academy) is a defender and has one assist this season. Teammate Tarynn Lapierre (Burrillville/Mount St. Charles) is a freshman forward tied for fourth on the team in scoring with 5 goals and 6 assists for 11 points.

Division III ECAC East players include Salve Regina junior and captain Mariel Guay (North Scituate/Proctor Academy), who has played in eight games this season, and junior Amy Simard (Woonsocket), a reserve goalkeeper; Castleton State freshman Amy Costa (Bristol/ R.I. Panthers), a forward who has 4 assists; Wendy Nobrega (Barrington/Tabor), a Holy Cross sophomore who has 2 goals and 2 assists for the 8-3-1, 6-1-0 second-place Crusaders; Plymouth State freshman Ashleigh McGguire (Warwick/Veterans), a defender who has played in all 11 games for the 0-11 Panthers, and Marie Dougherty (Middletown/R.I. Panthers), a reserve forward and defender for undefeated (12-0-0, 8-0-0) Saint Anselm.

Two Rhode Island women are skating for teams in the ECAC West. Kristina Reeve (Pascoag/Kents Hill) is a sophomore forward at Utica and has played in 11 games. Kristen Gauthier (Warwick/Providence Lady Reds) is a senior forward at Neumann College in Aston, Pa. She has two goals in 11 games this season and 24 goals and 10 assists in 73 career appearances. Neumann is 5-5-2, 4-3-2.

The two NESCAC players from Rhode Island are Celia Medeiros (Portsmouth/Brooks School), a freshman at Connecticut College who has 4 goals and 3 assists for the 5-6-3 Camels, and Rachel Rapoza (Barrington/Pomfret Academy), a sophomore defender at Hamilton with 4 assists in 10 games.

This list is thorough, but if I missed your favorite player, please send me an e-mail.