After a stellar season with the senior North Bay Trappers in 1926-27, Palangio signed as a free agent with the Montreal Canadiens and played 6 games that season. The Canadiens loaned him to the Detroit Cougars the next season, and he played 14 games for the Cougars, scoring 3 goals. A 3 game stint with Montreal in 1928-29 put an end to his NHL career for a time. He spent the next seven seasons in the minor pros. The Chicago Black Hawks gave him another chance in 1936-37, and he won a Stanley Cup in 1937-38. That marked the end of his NHL career, with 71 games and 13 goals and 10 assists.