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- ice hockey. When he was
- very young, Mario taught
- himself to skate by holding
- on to a chair and pushing
- it around a rink near his
- house. His dad helped him when he grew a
- little older: He would pack the front hallway of
- their house with snow so Mario and his two
- brothers could practice skating indoors!
-
- By the time Mario was old enough to play in
- the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League, he
- had become a local legend. He played three
- seasons for the Laval Voisins [vwa-zan]
- team, where his three-season point total
- was the highest in league history.
-
- The Pittsburgh Penguins chose Mario
- with the first pick of the 1984 NHL draft.
-