Frank Pietrangelo

Infobox Ice Hockey Player


image_size=
caught= Left
played for = NHL
Pittsburgh Penguins
&nbsp Hartford Whalers
IHL
Minnesota Moose
league = NHL
position = Goalie
height_ft = 5
height_in = 10
weight_lb = 185
nickname =
nationality = CAN
birth_date = birth date and age|1963|1|24
birth_place = Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada
draft = 67^th overall
draft_year = 1983
draft_team = Pittsburgh Penguins
career_start = 1985

Frank Pietrangelo (born January 24, 1963 in Niagara Falls, Ontario) is a retired Canadian ice hockey goaltender.

Pietrangelo started his National Hockey League career with the Pittsburgh Penguins in 1988, winning the Stanely Cup in 1991. He also played for the Hartford Whalers. He left the NHL after the 1994 season. He played several more years in the IHL with the Minnesota Moose, Italy with HC Bolzano and Asiago Hockey AS, Germany in the DEL with Kaufbeuren Eagles, and England in the BISL with the Manchester Storm before retiring after the 2001 season. He was named the Sekonda Face to Watch whilst playing for Manchester in December 1998.

The Save

Frank Pietrangelo is probably best remembered for his one play in the Stanley Cup playoffs when he dove to his left to make a dramatic glove save against Peter Stastny, who was shooting toward an open net, in first period of Game 6 of Pittsburgh's first-round playoff series at New Jersey. The play became known in Pittsburgh as "The Save," Pietrangelo's stop helped the Penguins to a 4-3 win and force a seventh game. Pietrangelo then shut out the Devils 4-0 in Game 7. [ [http://www.armchairgm.com/Frank_Pietrangelo Frank Pietrangelo - ArmchairGM - Sports Wiki Database ] ]

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