Frank Pietrangelo

Who is Frank Pietrangelo?

Frank Pietrangelo is a retired Canadian ice hockey goaltender.

Pietrangelo 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 Kaufbeuren Eagles, 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.

He is perhaps best known for his play during the 1991 Stanley Cup playoffs in place of injured Penguins' starting goaltender Tom Barrasso. In Game 6 of the opening round against the New Jersey Devils, Pietrangelo helped the Penguins stave off elimination with an improbable glove save against Peter Stastny, who was shooting at a mostly-open net. The play, which would become known simply as "The Save," helped the Penguins win the game and the series. The Penguins, with a healthy Barrasso, would eventually win their first Stanley Cup.

Pietrangelo's cousin's son is NHL defenseman Alex Pietrangelo.