Peter Taglianetti

Infobox Ice Hockey Player


image_size =
played_for = Pittsburgh Penguins
Tampa Bay Lightning
Minnesota North Stars
Winnipeg Jets
league = NHL
position = Defense
shot = Right
height_ft = 6
height_in = 2
weight_lb = 200
nickname =
nationality = USA
birth_date = birth date and age|1963|8|15
birth_place = Framingham, Massachusetts, U.S.
draft = 43rd overall
draft_year = 1983
draft_team = Winnipeg Jets
career_start = 1987
career_end = 1996

Peter A. Taglianetti (born August 15 1963 in Framingham, MA) is a former NHL defenseman and college hockey coach.

College career

Born in Framingham, Massachusetts, Taglianetti was chosen 43rd overall by the Winnipeg Jets after his sophomore year at Providence College in 1983. He played solidly during his junior and senior years and was named to the ECAC second all-star team in 1984 and the Hockey East first all-star team the next year.

Professional career

Taglianetti spent most of his first two pro seasons developing in the AHL before taking a regular turn on the Jets' blueline in 1987–88. He played two more years in Winnipeg before he was traded to the Minnesota North Stars in September 1990.

Sixteen games into the season into the 1990–91 season, Taglianetti was acquired by the Pittsburgh Penguins. He added a physical presence to the defense and played 19 games when the Pens won their first Stanley Cup that spring. The rear guard played 44 regular season games the next year when Pittsburgh repeated as Stanley Cup Champions.

Taglianetti was chosen by the Tampa Bay Lightning in the 1992 Expansion Draft. He was solid in the first 61 games of the season before he was re-acquired by Pittsburgh. He was a semi-regular for the club until the 1994–95 season. Taglianetti retired after playing 34 games for the AHL's Providence Bruins in 1995–96.

Post-professional career

Taglianetti coached Washington & Jefferson College's men's hockey team from 2005–2006. [ [http://www.geocities.com/washjeffhockey/headline1.htm Washington & Jefferson College Ice Hockey Headlines ] ] [ [http://www.washjeff.edu/content.aspx?section=2843&menu_id=628&crumb=630&id=2838 W&J: Coaching Staff ] ]

Awards & Achievements

*1991 Stanley Cup Championship (Pittsburgh)
*1992 Stanley Cup Championship (Pittsburgh)

References

External links

*hockeydb|5291
*legendsofhockey|11610