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2 WWSun-V'Ifibunel 5am Feb. 211 That was the prognosis given by his mother Heidi. who talked with her son early Thursday morning after hearing the bus carrying the Albany River Rats' American Hockey League team was involved in an accident in Becket, BY MIKE HAYAKAWA Staff Writer Stoufiville’s Bobby Hughes was a bit bruised, but not seriously injured. 7 Returning to Albany after playing in Low. ell. Mass, the bus struck a guard rail and rolled on its side on Interstate 90 in western Massachusetts Three members of the River Rats were sen”- ously injured after the bus rolled on its side at around 335 am. Thursday, police reports Hughes, 3 21-year-old Stouffville resident and forward with the River Rats, was not amongthe hm, “Bobby was a little ,banged up" Mrs. Hughes said. “He might have a concussion and some scrapes and bruises and a bump on his head. But he said he's OK. “Fortunately, there were no fatalities. Count that as a blessing." Heidi did not know’if her son would miss any games with the injuries he siistained. A Stouffville player banged up in pro hockey bus crash Albany River Rats skid oflr Massachusetts highway VPélice reports said the accident is under POSSIBLE CONCUSSION investigation. But they said slippery roads caused by overnight snow might have been a factor. . Both lanes of the highway were closed fol- lowing the single-vehicle accident. RETURNED FROM SPORTS HERNIA A fourth-round draft pick of the Carolina Hurricanes in the 2006 NHL draft, Hughes has two goals and one assist in 11 games this season with the River Rats. Hughes didn’t play for Albany from Nov. 8 to Feb. 13 because of a sports hernia. The River Rats lost 3-2 in a shootout to the Lowell Devils Wednesday. norm HUGHES: Stouffville product was selected by Carolina Hurricanes in the 2006 NHL drafl.