Peter Taglianetti

Peter Anthony Taglianetti 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.

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.