Frank Pietrangelo
{{short description|Canadian ice hockey player}}
{{Infobox ice hockey player
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| position = Goaltender
| catches = Left
| height_ft = 5
| height_in = 10
| weight_lb = 185
| played_for = Pittsburgh Penguins
Hartford Whalers
HC Bolzano
Kaufbeurer Adler
Asiago HC
Manchester Storm
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1964|12|17}}
| birth_place = Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada
| death_date =
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| draft = 67th overall
| draft_year = 1983
| draft_team = Pittsburgh Penguins
| career_start = 1986
| career_end = 2001
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Frank Pietrangelo (born December 17, 1964) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey goaltender. He played 141 games in the National Hockey League with the Pittsburgh Penguins and Hartford Whalers between 1987 and 1994. He won the Stanley Cup with the Penguins in 1991. After his playing career he became involved in leadership and ownership of the Niagara Falls Canucks, a junior hockey club which previously competed in the Greater Ontario Junior Hockey League, then in 2023 joined the Ontario Junior Hockey League.
Playing career
Born in Niagara Falls, Ontario, Pietrangelo played for the University of Minnesota between 1982 and 1986. He started his National Hockey League career with the Pittsburgh Penguins in 1988, winning the Stanley 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 Kaufbeurer Adler, and England in the BISL with the Manchester Storm before retiring after the 2001 season. He was named the Sekonda Face to Watch while playing for Manchester in December 1998.
Pietrangelo played in the 1991 Stanley Cup playoffs in place of injured Penguins' starting goaltender Tom Barrasso. In game six of the opening round against the New Jersey Devils, he helped the Penguins stave off elimination with one of the most significant stops in Stanley Cup history, a glove save against Peter Stastny, who was shooting at a mostly-open net at point-blank range. He helped the Penguins win the game and keep them alive in the series. He then shut the Devils out in game 7 to allow the team to advance to the next round, Barrasso to heal, and the Penguins to go on to win the Stanley Cup for the first time, beating the Minnesota North Stars.{{cite news | first = Tricia | last = Lafferty | title = Pietrangelo name evokes vivid memories | date=November 2, 2008| url = http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/news/mostread/s_596448.html | work = Pittsburgh Tribune-Review | accessdate=February 5, 2011}}{{dead link|date=October 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
Pietrangelo is cousin once-removed to NHL defenceman Alex Pietrangelo.{{cite web|title=The sky's the limit for Blues' defenseman Pietrangelo|url=http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=497877|publisher=NHL.com|date=September 8, 2009|accessdate=January 8, 2012}}
Career statistics
=Regular season and playoffs=
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! colspan="3" bgcolor="#ffffff" | ! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" | ! colspan="9" bgcolor="#e0e0e0" | Regular season ! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" | ! colspan="8" bgcolor="#e0e0e0" | Playoffs | |||||||||||||||
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! Season ! Team ! League ! GP !! W !! L !! T !! MIN !! GA !! SO !! GAA !! SV% ! GP !! W !! L !! MIN !! GA !! SO !! GAA !! SV% | |||||||||||||||
| 1979–80
| GHL | 12 | — | — | — | 452 | 40 | 0 | 5.31 | —
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| 1980–81 | OPJAHL | 28 | — | — | — | 1650 | 159 | 0 | 5.78 | —
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| 1981–82
| Brampton Warriors | OPJAHL | 36 | 30 | 4 | 1 | 2129 | 112 | 1 | 3.09 | —
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| 1982–83 | WCHA | 25 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 1348 | 80 | 1 | 3.56 | .885
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| 1983–84
| University of Minnesota | WCHA | 20 | 13 | 7 | 0 | 1141 | 66 | 0 | 3.47 | .887
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| 1984–85 | University of Minnesota | WCHA | 17 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 912 | 52 | 0 | 3.42 | .873
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| 1985–86
| University of Minnesota | WCHA | 23 | 15 | 7 | 0 | 1284 | 76 | 0 | 3.55 | .880
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| 1986–87 | IHL | 35 | 23 | 11 | 0 | 2090 | 119 | 2 | 3.42 | —
| 15 | 10 | 4 | 923 | 46 | 0 | 2.99 | — |
| 1987–88
| NHL | 21 | 9 | 11 | 0 | 1203 | 80 | 1 | 3.99 | .866
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| 1987–88 | Muskegon Lumberjacks | IHL | 15 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 868 | 43 | 2 | 2.97 | —
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1988–89
| Pittsburgh Penguins | NHL | 15 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 670 | 45 | 0 | 4.03 | .890
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| 1988–89 | Muskegon Lumberjacks | IHL | 13 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 760 | 38 | 1 | 3.00 | —
| 9 | 8 | 1 | 566 | 29 | 0 | 3.07 | — |
| 1989–90
| Pittsburgh Penguins | NHL | 21 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 1067 | 77 | 0 | 4.33 | .867
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| 1989–90 | Muskegon Lumberjacks | IHL | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 691 | 38 | 0 | 3.30 | —
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| 1990–91
| Pittsburgh Penguins | NHL | 23 | 10 | 11 | 1 | 1311 | 86 | 0 | 3.94 | .880
| 5 | 4 | 1 | 288 | 15 | 1 | 3.13 | .899 |
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| 1991–92 | Pittsburgh Penguins | NHL | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 226 | 20 | 0 | 5.33 | .846
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| 1991–92
| NHL | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 307 | 12 | 0 | 2.35 | .923
| 7 | 3 | 4 | 426 | 19 | 0 | 2.68 | .922 |
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| 1992–93 | Hartford Whalers | NHL | 30 | 4 | 15 | 1 | 1373 | 111 | 0 | 4.85 | .858
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| 1993–94
| Hartford Whalers | NHL | 19 | 5 | 11 | 1 | 985 | 59 | 0 | 3.60 | .875
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| 1993–94 | AHL | 23 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 1314 | 73 | 0 | 3.33 | .881
| 6 | 2 | 4 | 324 | 23 | 0 | 4.26 | .842 |
| 1994–95
| IHL | 15 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 756 | 52 | 0 | 4.12 | .870
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| 1996–97 | ITA | 39 | — | — | — | 2340 | 145 | 0 | 3.73 | .874
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| 1997–98
| DEL | 14 | — | — | — | 840 | 45 | 0 | 3.21 | .927
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| 1998–99 | BISL | 38 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1.92 | .931
| 6 | — | — | — | — | — | 1.83 | .941 |
| 1999–00
| Manchester Storm | BISL | 19 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3.89 | .866
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| 2000–01 | Manchester Storm | BISL | 9 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3.82 | .882
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! colspan=3 | NHL totals ! 141 !! 46 !! 59 !! 6 !! 7138 !! 490 !! 1 !! 4.12 !! .872 ! 12 !! 7 !! 5 !! 714 !! 34 !! 1 !! 2.86 !! .913 |
References
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External links
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