Editing Roberto Luongo (section)

{{Short description|Canadian ice hockey player (born 1979)}}
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{{Infobox ice hockey player
| name = Roberto Luongo
| halloffame = 2022
| image = Roberto Luongo 2009 training camp 2.jpg
| alt = An ice hockey goaltender with his mask pulled off of his face looking forwards. He wears a green jersey with a logo of a stylized orca in the shape of a "C".
| caption = Luongo practicing with the [[Vancouver Canucks]] in April 2009
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1979|4|4}}
| birth_place = [[Montreal]], Quebec, Canada
| height_ft = 6
| height_in = 3
| weight_lb = 217
| position = [[Goaltender]]
| catches = Left
| played_for = [[New York Islanders]]<br>[[Florida Panthers]]<br>[[Vancouver Canucks]]
| ntl_team = CAN
| draft = 4th overall
| draft_year = 1997
| draft_team = [[New York Islanders]]
| career_start = 1999
| career_end = 2019
}}
'''Roberto Luongo''' ({{IPAc-en|l|u|ˈ|ɒ|ŋ|ɡ|oʊ}}, {{IPA|it|ˈlwɔŋɡo|lang}}, {{IPA|nap|ˈlwoŋɡə|lang}}; born April 4, 1979) is a Canadian former professional [[ice hockey]] [[goaltender]]. He played 19 seasons in the [[National Hockey League]] (NHL) for the [[New York Islanders]], [[Florida Panthers]], and [[Vancouver Canucks]]. In 2022, Luongo was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame. Luongo is a two-time [[NHL All-Star team|NHL All-Star]] ([[2003–04 NHL season|2004]] and [[2006–07 NHL season|2007]]) and winner of the [[William M. Jennings Trophy]] for backstopping his team to the lowest [[goals against average]] in the league ([[2010–11 NHL season|2011]], with backup [[Cory Schneider]]). He was a finalist for several awards, including 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).<ref name="2004 Awards">{{vcite news |title=St. Louis, Tortorella, Richards win awards |url=https://www.espn.com/nhl/news/story?id=1819644 |date=June 11, 2004 |work=[[ESPN]] |access-date=February 2, 2010 |archive-date=November 6, 2012 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121106192519/http://sports.espn.go.com/nhl/news/story?id=1819644 }}</ref><ref name="2007 Awards"/> Luongo is third all-time in games played as an NHL goaltender (1,044) and [[List of NHL goaltenders with 300 wins|fourth all-time in wins]] (489). He employed the [[butterfly style]] of goaltending.<ref name=groin/>

Born in [[Montreal]], Quebec, Luongo is of Italian and Irish ancestry. Prior to his NHL career, he 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 Cup (QMJHL)|President's Cups]] and establishing the league's all-time playoff records for games played and wins.<ref name=qmjhlalltime/> 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 NHL season|1999–2000]], he was traded to the Panthers. In five seasons with Florida, Luongo established team records for games played, wins, and [[Shutout#Ice hockey|shutouts]]; despite several strong seasons, however, the Panthers remained a weak team and were unable to qualify for the [[Stanley Cup playoffs]] during Luongo's initial stint with the team. During the 2006 offseason, he was traded to the Canucks after failed contract negotiations with the Panthers.

In his first season in Vancouver, Luongo won 47 games, and was runner-up for both the [[Hart Memorial Trophy]] (league MVP) and [[Vezina Trophy]] (best goaltender). Following his second year with the Canucks, he became the first NHL goaltender to serve as a [[captain (ice hockey)|team captain]] since [[Bill Durnan]] in the [[1947–48 NHL season|1947–48 season]].<ref name=captain/> Luongo served in that capacity for two seasons before resigning from the position in September 2010.<ref name="step down">{{vcite news|title=Luongo steps down as captain |url=https://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/luongo-steps-down-as-captain-1.900547 |access-date=September 13, 2010 |work=[[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation]] |date=September 13, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100916040957/http://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/story/2010/09/13/sp-canucks-captain.html |archive-date=September 16, 2010 |url-status=live}}</ref> In the subsequent 2010–11 season, he helped the Canucks to Game 7 of the [[2011 Stanley Cup Finals|Stanley Cup Finals]] but lost to the [[Boston Bruins]]. During his eight-year tenure with Vancouver, Luongo became the team's all-time leader in wins and shutouts. He returned to the Panthers during the [[2013–14 NHL season|2013–14 season]], where he spent the remainder of his career, qualifying for the playoffs with the Panthers only once during that time. He was the last active goaltender to have played in the NHL in the 1990s. Following his playing career, Luongo joined the Panthers' front office as an executive, ultimately winning his first [[Stanley Cup]] in [[2024 Stanley Cup Finals|2024]].

Internationally, Luongo has competed for [[Canada national men's ice hockey team|Team Canada]] in numerous tournaments. As a junior, he won a silver medal at the [[1999 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships|1999 World Junior Championships]], while being named [[List of IIHF World Under 20 Championship Directorate award winners|Best Goaltender]] in his second tournament appearance. Luongo won two gold medals at the [[2003 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships|2003]] and [[2004 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships|2004 World Championships]] and a silver in the [[2005 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships|2005 World Championships]]. He also won the [[2004 World Cup of Hockey|2004 World Cup]] championship and appeared in the [[Ice hockey at the 2006 Winter Olympics|2006 Winter Olympics]] in [[Turin]] as a backup to [[Martin Brodeur]] in both instances. He succeeded Brodeur as Canada's starting goaltender during the [[Ice hockey at the 2010 Winter Olympics|2010 Winter Olympics]] in [[Vancouver]], winning a gold medal. On January 7, 2014, he was named to the [[Canada men's national ice hockey team#Players|2014 Canadian Olympic hockey team]], where he won his second Olympic gold medal in a largely backup role to [[Carey Price]].