Peter Taglianetti

Peter Anthony Taglianetti (born August 15, 1963) is an American former NHL defenseman and former college hockey coach at Washington & Jefferson College. With the Pittsburgh Penguins, he won the Stanley Cup in 1991 and 1992. Taglianetti is also a former Pittsburgh Penguins broadcaster.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs Regular season Playoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 1981–82 Providence College ECAC 2 0 0 0 2 — — — — — 1982–83 Providence College ECAC 43 4 17 21 68 — — — — — 1983–84 Providence College ECAC 30 4 25 29 68 — — — — — 1984–85 Providence College HE 43 8 21 29 114 — — — — — 1984–85 Winnipeg Jets NHL 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1985–86 Sherbrooke Canadiens AHL 24 1 8 9 75 — — — — — 1985–86 Winnipeg Jets NHL 18 0 0 0 48 3 0 0 0 2 1986–87 Sherbrooke Canadiens AHL 54 5 14 19 104 10 2 5 7 25 1986–87 Winnipeg Jets NHL 3 0 0 0 12 — — — — — 1987–88 Winnipeg Jets NHL 70 6 17 23 182 5 1 1 2 12 1988–89 Winnipeg Jets NHL 66 1 14 15 226 — — — — — 1989–90 Moncton Hawks AHL 3 0 2 2 2 — — — — — 1989–90 Winnipeg Jets NHL 49 3 6 9 136 5 0 0 0 6 1990–91 Minnesota North Stars NHL 16 0 1 1 14 — — — — — 1990–91 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 39 3 8 11 93 19 0 3 3 49 1991–92 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 44 1 3 4 57 — — — — — 1992–93 Tampa Bay Lightning NHL 61 1 8 9 150 — — — — — 1992–93 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 11 1 4 5 34 11 1 2 3 16 1993–94 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 60 2 12 14 142 5 0 2 2 16 1994–95 Cleveland Lumberjacks IHL 3 0 1 1 7 4 0 0 0 19 1994–95 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 13 0 1 1 12 4 0 0 0 2 1995–96 Providence Bruins AHL 34 0 6 6 44 — — — — — NHL totals 451 18 74 92 1106 53 2 8 10 103

Awards and honors Award Year All-ECAC Hockey Second Team 1983–84 AHCA East Second-Team All-American 1983–84 All-Hockey East First Team 1984–85 AHCA East Second-Team All-American 1984–85 Hockey East All-Tournament Team 1985 Stanley Cup Championship (Pittsburgh) 1991, 1992

Personal Taglianetti married Alison Casey and had four sons and a daughter with her. The couple divorced in 1999. Twin sons, Andrew and Jon, played for Pittsburgh Panthers football; Andrew from 2008 until 2012 and Jon for three games in 2009. Both boys also worked as stick boys for the Pittsburgh Penguins.

In 2013 Taglianetti married Vonda Wright, an orthopaedic sports surgeon who has served as the head football doctor for the NCAA Division I University of Pittsburgh Panther football team. Together they share a blended family of six.

Taglianetti was one of several professional athletes who participated in the Yokozuna Bodyslam Challenge on board the USS Intrepid on July 4, 1993. Taglianetti attempted to lift the 568 lb. Yokozuna, but could not get the wrestler to leave his feet.