Taylor played three seasons of college hockey at Clarkson University, where he still holds the school record for career points (251) goals (98) and assists (153) as well as single season goals (41) assists (67) and points (108) in the 1976-77 campaign where he led all of NCAA that year and won the ECAC Hockey player of the year award.

[3] Taylor also played 7 games with the Fort Worth Texans of the Central Hockey League during the 1976–77 season putting up 2 goals and 4 assists for 6 points.

Taylor was a member of the famous Triple Crown Line along with hall of fame centre Marcel Dionne and left winger Charlie Simmer.

[8] In 1993, with his production rapidly deteriorating, Taylor and the Los Angeles Kings made the Stanley Cup Finals with him producing 3 goals and 5 assists for 8 points in 22 playoff games.

[9] Taylor retired in 1994 as he was becoming less active in the NHL and his points were starting to decline and got a front-office position with the team as an assistant general manager.

He also drafted future Kings superstars which include Anže Kopitar, Dustin Brown and Jonathan Quick.

[15] Because of his success, Taylor is considered a hero in his hometown of Levack and the arena there features a lot of dedication to him.

When interviewed after games early in his professional hockey career, Taylor would attempt to conceal his stuttering by faking hyperventilation as a means of providing him with fluency.