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Roberto Luongo

Roberto Luongo
An unmasked ice hockey goaltender. His hair is slicked back and he is looking upwards. He wears white goaltending pads and a blue jersey with a logo of a stylized hockey stick.
Luongo pictured during his tenure with the Canucks
Born (1979-04-04) April 4, 1979 (age 37)
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Height 6 ft 3 in (191 cm)
Weight 217 lb (98 kg; 15 st 7 lb)
Position Goaltender
Catches Left
NHL team
Former teams		 Florida Panthers
New York Islanders
Vancouver Canucks
National team  Canada
NHL Draft 4th overall, 1997
New York Islanders
Playing career 1998–present
An ice hockey goaltender wearing a red mask, white pads and a white and red jersey with a maple leaf logo. He is bent over with his hands at his knees and his head looking forward.
Luongo during the quarterfinal against Russia at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver
Medal record
Representing  Canada
Ice hockey
Winter Olympics
Gold medal – first place 2014 Sochi
Gold medal – first place 2010 Vancouver
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2005 Austria
Gold medal – first place 2004 Czech Republic
Gold medal – first place 2003 Finland
World Cup
Gold medal – first place 2004 Canada
World Junior Championships
Silver medal – second place 1999 Canada
Representing  Quebec
World U-17 Hockey Challenge
Bronze medal – third place 1995 Canada

Roberto Luongo (/luːˈɒŋɡoʊ/; born April 4, 1979) is a Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender for the Florida Panthers of the National Hockey League (NHL). Born in Montreal, Quebec, he is of Italian and Irish ancestry. He employs the butterfly style of goaltending and has previously played in the NHL for the New York Islanders and the Vancouver Canucks. Luongo is a two-time NHL Second All-Star (2004 and 2007) and a winner of the William M. Jennings Trophy for backstopping his team to the lowest goals-against average in the league (2011; with backup Cory Schneider). He has additionally been a finalist for the Vezina Trophy as the league's best goaltender (2004, 2007 and 2011), the Lester B. Pearson Award as the top player voted by his peers (2004 and 2007) and the Hart Memorial Trophy as the league's most valuable player (2007).

Prior to his NHL career, Luongo played in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League (QMJHL) for the Val-d'Or Foreurs and the Acadie-Bathurst Titan, winning back-to-back President's Cups and establishing the league's all-time playoff records in games played and wins. Following his second QMJHL season, Luongo was selected fourth overall by the Islanders in the 1997 NHL Entry Draft. After splitting his professional rookie season between the Islanders and their American Hockey League (AHL) affiliate, the Lowell Lock Monsters in 1999–2000, he was traded to the Panthers. In five seasons with Florida, Luongo established team records for most all-time games played, wins and shutouts. During the 2006 off-season, he was traded to the Canucks after failed contract negotiations with the Panthers. Following his second year with the Canucks, he became the first NHL goaltender to serve as a team captain since Bill Durnan in the 1947–48 season. Luongo served in that capacity for two seasons before resigning from the position in September 2010. In the subsequent 2010–11 season, he helped the Canucks to Game 7 of the Stanley Cup Finals and lost to the Boston Bruins. During his tenure with Vancouver, Luongo has become the team's all-time wins and shutouts leader.


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