Career
He was drafted in the third round (90th overall) in the 1999 National Hockey League Entry Draft by the New York Rangers. He played four seasons in the Hockey East, with the Boston University Terriers, where he was a Hockey East Second Team All Star selection (2000) and a First Team All-New England Selection (2000). After signing a two-year entry level contract with the New York Rangers, Aufiero made his professional debut with the Rangers" American Hockey League affiliate, the Hartford Wolf Pack, in the 2002–2003 season.
He went on to play for the Wolf Pack for another season before signing with Providence Bruins of the American Hockey League during the National Hockey League lockout.
Aufiero played for Augsburger Panther of Germany"s Deutsche Eishockey Liga during the 2005-2006 season where he suffered a serious knee injury, the result of a knee-on-knee hit by Frankfurt Lions forward David Sulkovsky. The knee injury Aufiero suffered in Frankfurt, Germany cut short his career.