What is Joe Tallari?
{{Infobox ice hockey player | image = | image_size = 230px | caption = | draft = Undrafted | position = [[Forward (ice hockey)|Forward]] | shoots = Left | height_ft = 6 | height_in = 0 | weight_lb = 195 | played_for = [[HC Eppan Pirates|HC Eppan Pirats Internorm]]<br>[[Bridgeport Sound Tigers]]<br>[[Cleveland Barons (2001–2006)|Cleveland Barons]]<br>[[Hartford Wolf Pack]]<br>[[Wheeling Nailers]] | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1980|10|05}} | birth_place = [[Thunder Bay]], [[Ontario|ON]], [[Canada|CAN]] | career_start = 2004 | career_end = 2010 }} '''Joe Tallari''' (born October 5, 1980 in [[Thunder Bay]], [[Ontario]]) is a [[Canadians|Canadian]] professional [[ice hockey]] player. == Playing career == In 2001 Tallari began his career playing for [[Niagara University]] where he was team's senior captain.<ref>{{cite web|title=Senior-Laden Purple Eagles Seeking Return...|url=http://www.niagarafallsreporter.com/rodriguez2.html|date=7 October 2003|publisher=[[Niagara Falls Reporter]]|accessdate=15 September 2009|archive-date=4 June 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110604204952/http://www.niagarafallsreporter.com/rodriguez2.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> Tallari moved to the [[Hartford Wolf Pack]], the farm team for the [[New York Rangers]]. He stayed for just one season before moving to the [[Johnstown Chiefs]] of the [[ECHL]], where he again topped the 50 point mark. Over the following three seasons, Tallari switched between teams in the [[ECHL]] and the [[American Hockey League|AHL]], spending time with the [[Cleveland Barons (2001-06)|Cleveland Barons]], the [[Bridgeport Sound Tigers]] (on two occasions) and the [[Las Vegas Wranglers]]. He then moved to [[Europe]], signing with the [[Manchester Phoenix]] in the summer of [[2007]] to play under [[Tony Hand]]. Tallari finished the season as the EIHL's second highest goal scorer, with 55 goals and 38 assists in 59 games. This performance won Tallari the 'Best Newcomer' award at the 2008 Man of Ice Awards and ensured his selection for the [[EI