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- Height6′ 3″ (1.91 m)
- Roberto Luongo 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 the Vancouver Canucks. Luongo is a two-time NHL Second Team 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 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). Luongo is second all time in games played as an NHL goaltender (1,044) and third all time in wins (489).
Luongo won two gold medals at the 2003 and 2004 World Championships and a silver in the 2005 World Championships. He also won the 2004 World Cup championship and appeared in the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin as a backup to Martin Brodeur in both instances. He succeeded Brodeur as Canada's starting goaltender during the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, winning a gold medal. On January 7, 2014, he was named to the 2014 Canadian Olympic hockey team, where he won his second Olympic gold medal in a largely backup role to Carey Price.
- IMDb mini biography by: Tango Papa
- SpouseGina Cerbone(2005 - present) (2 children)
- Towering height
- Won one bronze medal from the 1995 World U-17 Hockey Challenge.
- Goaltender taken 4th overall in the 1997 NHL draft by the New York Islanders. Traded to the Vancouver Canucks by the Florida Panthers in 2006.
- Is a professional ice hockey goaltender for the Florida Panthers of the National Hockey League (NHL).
- Children, with wife Gina: Gabriella (born March 27, 2008), Gianni Antonio (born December 27, 2010).
- Won 2 gold Olympic medals in 2010 in Vancouver and 2014 in Sochi.
- [a tweet concerning his uncertain contract, as the 2012 hockey lockout came to an end] So WTF do we do now?
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