Peter Taglianetti

{{Infobox ice hockey player

| image =

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| played_for = Pittsburgh Penguins
Tampa Bay Lightning
Minnesota North Stars
Winnipeg Jets

| league = NHL

| position = Defense

| shoots = Left

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 2

| weight_lb = 200

| 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 Anthony Taglianetti (born August 15, 1963) is an American former NHL defenseman and former college hockey coach at Washington & Jefferson College.{{cite news| title =Coaching Staff| publisher =Washington & Jefferson College| url =http://www.washjeff.edu/content.aspx?section=2843&menu_id=628&crumb=630&id=2838| url-status =dead| archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20100528050546/http://www.washjeff.edu/content.aspx?section=2843&menu_id=628&crumb=630&id=2838| archive-date =2010-05-28}} With the Pittsburgh Penguins, he won the Stanley Cup in 1991 and 1992.{{Cite web|url=https://www.nhl.com/player/peter-taglianetti-8451836|title = Peter Taglianetti Stats and News}} Taglianetti is also a former Pittsburgh Penguins broadcaster.

Career statistics

=Regular season and playoffs=

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! colspan="5" | Regular season

! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" |

! colspan="5" | Playoffs

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! Season

! Team

! League

! GP

! G

! A

! Pts

! PIM

! GP

! G

! A

! Pts

! PIM

1981–82

| Providence College

| ECAC

| 2

| 0

| 2

| —

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| 1982–83

| Providence College

| ECAC

| 43

| 4

| 17

| 21

| 68

| —

1983–84

| Providence College

| ECAC

| 30

| 4

| 25

| 29

| 68

| —

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| 1984–85

| Providence College

| HE

| 43

| 8

| 21

| 29

| 114

| —

1984–85

| Winnipeg Jets

| NHL

| 1

| 0

| 1

| 0

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| 1985–86

| Sherbrooke Canadiens

| AHL

| 24

| 1

| 8

| 9

| 75

| —

1985–86

| Winnipeg Jets

| NHL

| 18

| 0

| 48

| 3

| 0

| 2

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| 1986–87

| Sherbrooke Canadiens

| AHL

| 54

| 5

| 14

| 19

| 104

| 10

| 2

| 5

| 7

| 25

1986–87

| Winnipeg Jets

| NHL

| 3

| 0

| 12

| —

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| 1987–88

| Winnipeg Jets

| NHL

| 70

| 6

| 17

| 23

| 182

| 5

| 1

| 2

| 12

1988–89

| Winnipeg Jets

| NHL

| 66

| 1

| 14

| 15

| 226

| —

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| 1989–90

| Moncton Hawks

| AHL

| 3

| 0

| 2

| —

1989–90

| Winnipeg Jets

| NHL

| 49

| 3

| 6

| 9

| 136

| 5

| 0

| 6

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| 1990–91

| Minnesota North Stars

| NHL

| 16

| 0

| 1

| 14

| —

1990–91

| Pittsburgh Penguins

| NHL

| 39

| 3

| 8

| 11

| 93

| 19

| 0

| 3

| 49

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| 1991–92

| Pittsburgh Penguins

| NHL

| 44

| 1

| 3

| 4

| 57

| —

1992–93

| Tampa Bay Lightning

| NHL

| 61

| 1

| 8

| 9

| 150

| —

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| 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

| 16

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| 1994–95

| Cleveland Lumberjacks

| IHL

| 3

| 0

| 1

| 7

| 4

| 0

| 19

1994–95

| Pittsburgh Penguins

| NHL

| 13

| 0

| 1

| 12

| 4

| 0

| 2

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| 1995–96

| Providence Bruins

| AHL

| 34

| 0

| 6

| 44

| —

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! colspan="3" | NHL totals

! 451

! 18

! 74

! 92

! 1106

! 53

! 2

! 8

! 10

! 103

Awards and honors

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! Award

! Year

All-ECAC Hockey Second Team

| 1983–84

| {{cite news|title=ECAC All-Teams|url=http://www.augenblick.org/chha/ecac_all.html|publisher=College Hockey Historical Archives|access-date=May 19, 2013}}

AHCA East Second-Team All-American

| 1983–84

| {{cite news|title=Men's Ice Hockey Award Winners|url=http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/m_icehockey_rb/2013/MIH%20awards%20for%202013.pdf|publisher=NCAA.org|access-date=June 11, 2013}}

All-Hockey East First Team

| 1984–85

| {{cite news|title=Hockey East All-Teams|url=http://www.augenblick.org/chha/hea_all.html|publisher=College Hockey Historical Archives|access-date=May 19, 2013}}

AHCA East Second-Team All-American

| 1984–85

| {{cite news|title=Men's Ice Hockey Award Winners|url=http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/m_icehockey_rb/2013/MIH%20awards%20for%202013.pdf|publisher=NCAA.org|access-date=June 11, 2013}}

Hockey East All-Tournament Team

| 1985

| {{cite news|title=2013-14 Hockey East Media Guide|url=http://issuu.com/hockeyeast/docs/1314heamguide|publisher=Hockey East|access-date=2014-05-19}}

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.{{Cite web|url=https://www.pennlive.com/daily-buzz/2018/04/ex-wife_of_penguins_player_die.html|title = Ex-wife of Penguins player dies in Pa. Jail|date = 30 April 2018}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/postgazette/obituary.aspx?n=alison-casey-taglianetti&pid=188878759&fhid=9719|title = ALISON TAGLIANETTI Obituary (2018) - Pittsburgh, PA - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette|website = Legacy.com}} 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.{{cite news| url=http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/08327/929924-87.stm | work=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | title=Former Penguin proud of football-playing son | date=November 22, 2008}}{{Cite web|url=https://pittsburghpanthers.com/sports/football/roster/andrew-taglianetti/1598|title = Andrew Taglianetti - Football}}{{Cite web|url=https://pittsburghpanthers.com/sports/football/roster/jon-taglianetti/1801|title = Jon Taglianetti - Football}}

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.{{cite web |title=How They Met: Peter Taglianetti, 57 and Dr. Vonda Wright, 54 |url=https://www.ageist.com/wellness/relationship/how-they-met-peter-taglianetti-57-and-dr-vonda-wright-54/ |website=www.ageist.com |access-date=12 May 2025 |date=17 February 2021}}

Taglianetti was one of several professional athletes who participated in the Yokozuna Bodyslam Challenge on board the USS Intrepid on July 4, 1993.[http://www.prowrestlinghistory.com/supercards/usa/wwf/misccard.html ProWrestlingHistory.com: Miscellaneous Events] Taglianetti attempted to lift the 568 lb. Yokozuna,Sullivan, Kevin. [https://books.google.com/books?id=RWY2WUtkjpYC&dq=peter+taglianetti+yokozuna&pg=PT116 The WWE Championship: A Look Back at the Rich History of the WWE Championship]. Simon and Schuster, 2010, p. 116 but could not get the wrestler to leave his feet.