Valery-Trabucco Gets First Taste of Pro Hockey Quickly
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The following article featuring former Union standout Mario Valery-Trabucco appeared April 3 on the Times Union Web site.
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ALBANY — In the seventh minute of his first professional hockey game, Mario Valery-Trabucco took his first shot, a simple wrister that Albany River Rats goaltender Justin Peters stopped with his pad.
Second later, as he was going after the puck, Valery-Trabucco was cross-checked by Rats defenseman Tim Conboy, a seventh-year pro. There was no penalty. Rookies don’t get the benefit of such calls.
Play reverted to the other end of the ice, and Valery-Trabucco got his stick a little high on Rats forward Steven Goertzen. Valery-Trabucco, just two weeks removed from his final game at Union College, had his first visit to a pro penalty box.
Complete article can be accessed via the Times Union Web site by clicking here.
