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| 1983 NHL DRAFT PICK |
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Peter Taglianetti
Selected in
third round
No. 43 overall by Winnipeg Jets
Born
August 15, 1963
 | Position:
Defense
Height: 6-2 Weight: 200
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| BEFORE THE DRAFT |
Last Team:
Providence (ECAC)
Birthplace:
Framingham, Massachusetts (USA)
Hometown: Framingham,
Massachusetts |
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| PRE-DRAFT
STATISTICS | | Year |
Team | League |
GP | G |
A | TP |
PIM | | 1978-79 |
Framingham So. | Mass. H.S. |
-- | -- |
-- | -- |
-- | | 1979-80 |
Framingham So. | Mass. H.S. |
-- | -- |
-- | -- |
-- | | 1980-81 |
Framingham So. | Mass. H.S. |
-- | -- |
-- | -- |
-- | | 1981-82 |
Providence | ECAC |
2 | 0 |
0 | 0 |
2 | | 1982-83 |
Providence | ECAC |
43 | 4 |
17 | 21 |
68 |
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PRE-DRAFT AWARDS AND HONORS
Mass. High School All-Scholastic First Team: 1980-81 (FS)
Bay
State League All-Star First Team: 1979-80, 1980-81 (FS)
Framingham South Captain: 1980-81
Miscellaneous: Not picked in 1981 or 1982 NHL drafts despite being
eligible both years. ... Attended Framingham South High School before entering Providence College. ...
Played
varsity baseball at Framingham South ... Made Bay State League all-star
baseball team as a junior and senior at Framingham South. ... Was on 1981
Bay State League hockey and baseball championship teams at Framingham South. |
| NHL CAREER |
Debut: April 7, 1985 (Winnipeg at Calgary)
Numbers: 32 (Winnipeg);
28
(Minn.); 32 (Pittsburgh); 32 (Tampa Bay)
Stanley Cup: 1991, 1992.
Playing Status:
Retired 1996 |
| CAREER NHL STATISTICS | | Years |
Teams | GP |
G | A |
TP | PIM | | 1985-1995 |
WIN, MIN, PIT, TB | 451 |
18 | 74 |
92 | 1,106 |
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| CAREER NHL PLAYOFF STATISTICS |
| Years | Teams |
GP | G |
A | TP |
PIM | | 1985-1995 |
Winnipeg, Pittsburgh | 53 |
2 | 8 |
10 | 103 |
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NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
1990-91: Played 16 regular-season games for
Minnesota team that went to 1991 Stanley Cup Finals, but was traded away
before playoffs.
1991-92: Played 44 regular-season games for Pittsburgh team that went on
to win Stanley Cup, but did not appear in playoffs due to back injury. He
had played
enough regular-season games, however, to qualify for having his name
engraved on the Stanley Cup.
1992-93: Played on first Tampa Bay Lightning team.
Miscellaneous: Joined Winnipeg for balance of 1984-85 season after
completing his NCAA eligibility at Providence College. ... Missed part of
Winnipeg's 1985 training camp with dislocated shoulder, an injury suffered in fight with
teammate Perry Turnbull in October 1985.
After he recovered he was assigned to begin the 1985-86 season with
Jets' AHL affiliate in Sherbrooke, Quebec. ...
Suffered broken nose in fight with Joe Paterson during Winnipeg's Dec. 30,
1985, game at Los Angeles. ... Missed part of 1985-86 season with dislocated shoulder, an injury suffered
in Winnipeg's Feb. 19, 1986, game at Pittsburgh. The chronic shoulder problem
required surgery in March 1986, and he did not return to action until Game
1 of Winnipeg's first-round playoff series at Calgary on April 9, 1986. He
then had more surgery on the shoulder during the summer of 1986. ...
Paired on defense with Randy Carlyle for Winnipeg in 1987-88 and 1988-89.
... Suspended by NHL for one game in 1987-88 season (automatic suspension)
for receiving third game misconduct of season in January 1988. ... Missed
start of 1988-89 season with damaged cartilage in right knee,
suffered during Winnipeg's training camp in September 1988. He did not make
his 1988-89 season debut until Winnipeg's Oct. 28, 1988, game vs. Los
Angeles. ... Missed remainder of 1988-89 season with hernia, suffered in
March 1989. The injury, required season-ending surgery following Winnipeg's
March 24, 1989, game vs. Calgary. ... Missed start of 1989-90 season with
knee injury, suffered in Winnipeg's training camp in October 1989. The injury required
arthroscopic surgery, and Taglianetti did not make his 1989-90 season debut until
Winnipeg's Nov. 8, 1989, game vs. Vancouver. ... Suspended by NHL for five games during 1989-90
season for cross-checking Christian Ruuttu during Winnipeg's Feb. 20,
1990, game vs. Buffalo. Taglianetti received a match penalty for attempting
to injure an opponent, prompting an automatic review by the league.
Taglianetti said he had been retaliating after Ruuttu speared him in the
groin. The suspension was announced on Feb. 26, 1990, and Taglianetti sat
out games from March 5, 1990, to March 17, 1990. ... Missed part of 1990
playoffs with bruised ribs,
an injury suffered during Winnipeg's first-round series vs. Edmonton in April 1990. ...
Missed parts of 1990-91 season with neck injury and with foot injury. ...
Missed part of 1990-91 season with collapsed lung, an injury suffered when
he crashed into goalpost after being checked by Kelly Buchberger during
Pittsburgh's Feb. 11, 1991, game vs. Edmonton. He did not return until
Pittsburgh's March 5, 1991, game vs. Vancouver. ... Missed parts of 1991-92
season with back injury, suffered during Pittsburgh's Dec. 21, 1991, game
vs. N.Y. Rangers. ... Missed remainder of 1991-92 season and entire 1992
playoffs with bulging disc in back, an injury suffered during Pittsburgh's
March 6, 1992, game at San Jose. The injury required season-ending surgery
on April 5, 1992. ... Left unprotected
by Pittsburgh for 1992 NHL Expansion Draft. He was claimed by Tampa Bay on
June 18, 1992. ... Missed part of 1992-93 season with concussion, an injury
suffered during Tampa Bay's March 20, 1993, game vs. Buffalo. ... Led Tampa
Bay with plus-8 rating in 1992-93. ... Missed part of 1993 playoffs with
back spasms, an injury suffered in Game 3 of Pittsburgh's second-round
series at N.Y. Islanders on May 6, 1993. ... Missed part of 1993-94 season
with neck injury, suffered during Pittsburgh's Nov. 6, 1993, game at Los
Angeles. He did not return until Pittsburgh's Nov. 24, 1993, game vs.
Boston. ... Missed parts of 1993-94 season with back injury, suffered during
Pittsburgh's Jan. 2, 1994, game at Hartford, and with broken finger, an
injury suffered during Pittsburgh's March 6, 1994, game at Winnipeg. ...
Missed part of 1995 season with bruised right knee, an injury suffered
during Pittsburgh's March 7, 1995, game vs. Quebec. ... Signed with Boston as a Group III unrestricted free agent
on Aug. 9, 1995, but never played for parent team. |
| NON-NHL CAREER |
Post-Draft Teams:
Providence (ECAC/HE); Sherbrooke (AHL); Moncton (AHL); Cleveland (IHL);
Providence (AHL)
NON-NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
NCAA All-America East Second Team:
1983-84, 1984-85 (Prov.)
Hockey East All-Star First Team 1984-85 (Providence)
ECAC
All-Star Second Team: 1983-84 (Providence)
Hockey East Tournament
All-Star First Team: 1985 (Providence)
New England All-Star First
Team: 1983-84, 1984-85 (Providence)
Providence College Athletic
Hall of Fame: Inducted 1999
Providence College Records: Most penalty-minutes in one season (114
in 1984-85)
1986-87: Played on AHL regular-season champion (Sherbrooke).
Education: Majored in business
management at Providence College.
Miscellaneous: College roommate
of former NHLer Steve Rooney. ... Competed in 1983
U.S. National Sports Festival. ... Left Providence
College in 1985 with school record (since broken) for career penalty minutes
(252). ... Missed part of 1985-86 season with broken nose, an injury
suffered when he was cross-checked by Pat Conacher during one of
Sherbrooke's November 1985 AHL games vs. Maine. It was the first of four
times that he suffered a broken nose during the 1985-86 season. ... Played
for Team USA in 1987 Calgary Cup tournament. ... Was active in charitable
causes during playing days, including work with the Muscular Dystrophy
Association. ... Participated in the World Wrestling Federation's Yokozuna
Bodyslam Challenge event on July 4, 1993, aboard the U.S.S. Intrepid in New
York City's harbor. He was unsuccessful in his attempt to bodyslam pro
wrestler Yokozuna in an event that raised $20,000 for charity. ... Played
for Tampa alumni team in Heroes of Hockey Game at 1999 All-Star Weekend in
Tampa. ... Remained in Pittsburgh area after his retirement, and opened two
fitness centers, Tag Team and Taglianetti Fitness Center. ... Went into the
office products business after his retirement, working as vice-president of
business development for Connected Office Products, Inc.
Personal: Full name is Peter Anthony Taglianetti. |
| HOW HE GOT AWAY |
| TRADE:
Winnipeg traded Taglianetti to Minnesota in exchange for future
considerations on September 30, 1990. |
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SNAPSHOT '83 | | Total Selected: |
242 | | Forwards: |
134 | | Defense: |
86 | | Goaltenders: |
22 | | Major Junior: |
122 | | Tier II/Jr. B: |
19/5 | | College Players: |
15 | | High School: |
47 |
| Canadian: |
148 |
| Euro-Canadian: |
0 | | USA Citizens: |
60 | | U.S.-Born: |
60 |
| European: |
34 |
| Reached NHL: |
113 |
| Stanley Cup: |
21 | | Hall of Fame: |
4 |
| All-Star Game: |
20 |
| Year-end All-Star: |
7 |
| Olympians: |
34 |
| Picks Traded: |
41 |
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