Bertagna started skating as a nine-year-old on the pond next to his home in Arlington. "I grew up in a town where it's hockey, hockey, hockey. Everybody played. My older brother played on the hockey team. He got me started," Bertagna recalled.
But there is more than just hockey hockey hockey to the goaltender from Arlington.
"I'm running for Town Meeting," Bertagna admits. "The Town Meeting votes on new laws, and any money spent on the town has to go through it. The elections are on March 4. I have to do some campaigning," he added.
"I'm conscious of being different, and I enjoy being different. Some of these guys are acting a hockey-player role. They drink a few beers after a game, come back and raise hell," Bertagna said.
"The goalie is a loner, and that's the way I am. Not only in the game, but socially too. Rather than celebrate with the crowd, I go to Elsie's and get some food," Bertagna said.
"Happiness," he said, "is a cheeseburg club after a victory."