| Besides playing for a NHL team Mario had another dream, to have a family of his own. The dream became reality in June 1993 when he married his long time sweetheart Nathalie Asalane. Their first daughter Lauren came in April 1993, a few days before the Penguin playoff series began against the New York Islanders. Stephanie, Mario's second daughter, was born in February 1995. Finally in 1996 Nathalie produced the heir to Pittsburgh's hockey dynasty, their first son Austin. He was born three months premature. After two months in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) at Magee Women's Hospital in Oakland, he returned home a happy healthy child. Their last child Alexa was born in February 1998. |
