Chris Luongo

Christopher John Luongo (born March 17, 1967) is an American ice hockey coach and former ice hockey player. Luongo played in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Detroit Red Wings, Ottawa Senators, and New York Islanders between 1991 and 1996. The rest of his career, which lasted from 1989 to 2004, was spent in various minor leagues, and then several years in the Deutsche Eishockey Liga. Internationally Luongo played for the American national team at three World Championships. After retiring from playing, Luongo turned to coaching, and has spent several years as an assistant coach at the American collegiate level.

Chris Luongo
Born (1967-03-17) March 17, 1967
Detroit, Michigan, U.S.
Height 5 ft 10 in (178 cm)
Weight 206 lb (93 kg; 14 st 10 lb)
Position Defence
Shot Right
Played for Krefeld Pinguine
Nürnberg Ice Tigers
Munich Barons
EV Landshut
New York Islanders
Ottawa Senators
Detroit Red Wings
Playing career

1989–2004

Coaching career
Biographical details
Alma materMichigan State University
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
2005-2006Motor City Mechanics
2006–2008Wayne State (assistant)
2008–2010Alabama-Huntsville (assistant)
2010–2012Alabama-Huntsville
2015-2017U.S. NTDP
2017-2022Michigan State (assistant)
Head coaching record
Overall6–54–3 (.119)

Biography

Luongo was born in Detroit, Michigan, and grew up in Fraser, Michigan.[1] As a youth, he played in the 1980 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament with the Detroit Compuware minor ice hockey team.[2]

Luongo was a stay-at-home defenseman who played in 218 games in his NHL career, scoring 8 goals and 23 assists for 31 points and collecting 176 penalty minutes. Drafted by his hometown Red Wings in 1985, he then accepted a scholarship to Michigan State where he enjoyed a four-year career with the Spartans, earning the team's "Dr. John Downs Outstanding Defensive Player Award" in 1988 and 1989. He spent 1989 to 1992 in the Red Wings organization before signing with the Ottawa Senators as a free agent. After one season in Ottawa, he was traded to the New York Islanders, where he finished his NHL career in 1996.

Luongo was also a member of the U.S. squad at the 1996, 1997, and 2000 World Championships, winning the bronze medal in 1996.

From 1997 to 2004, Luongo played in Germany's Deutsche Eishockey Liga, playing for EV Landshut, Munich Barons, Nuremberg Ice Tigers and the Krefeld Pinguine.

Luongo currently resides in Novi, Michigan, and his two sons, Anthony and Christopher. He also has a dog named Tyson.

Coaching

Luongo spent two seasons as an assistant coach with the Wayne State Warriors. In September 2008 he joined the UAH Chargers as an assistant coach under head coach Danton Cole, who was a teammate of Luongo's at Michigan State. In 2010, he was named head coach of the Chargers,[3] and coached the team for two seasons. After leaving UAH in 2012, he took a break from coaching until joining the National Team Development Program from 2015 to 2017 as assistant coach. Since 2017, Luongo has served as the assistant coach for the Michigan State men's hockey team under Cole.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs
Regular season Playoffs
Season Team League GPGAPtsPIM GPGAPtsPIM
1984–85 St. Clair Falcons NAHL 4122729— —————
1985–86 Michigan State University CCHA 3815629 —————
1986–87 Michigan State University CCHA 274162038 —————
1987–88 Michigan State University CCHA 453151849 —————
1988–89 Michigan State University CCHA 474212542 —————
1989–90 Phoenix Roadrunners IHL 23591441 —————
1989–90 Adirondack Red Wings AHL 539142337 30000
1990–91 Detroit Red Wings NHL 40114 —————
1990–91 Adirondack Red Wings AHL 7614253971 20007
1991–92 Adirondack Red Wings AHL 806202660 1935810
1992–93 Ottawa Senators NHL 76391268 —————
1992–93 New Haven Senators AHL 70222 —————
1993–94 New York Islanders NHL 1713413 —————
1993–94 Salt Lake Golden Eagles IHL 519314054 —————
1994–95 New York Islanders NHL 4713436 —————
1994–95 Denver Grizzlies IHL 411141526 —————
1995–96 New York Islanders NHL 74371055 —————
1996–97 Milwaukee Admirals IHL 8110354569 20000
1997–98 EV Landshut DEL 485131854 602218
1998–99 EV Landshut DEL 5111415115 31010
1998–99 Detroit Vipers IHL 110114 1104416
1999–00 Munich Barons DEL 566111750 1200018
2000–01 Munich Barons DEL 483161977 1110114
2001–02 Nürnberg Ice Tigers DEL 607192650 40002
2002–03 Nürnberg Ice Tigers DEL 516152165 50116
2003–04 Krefeld Pinguine DEL 525121770 —————
DEL totals 36633100133481 4123558
NHL totals 21882331176 —————

International
Year Team Event GPGAPtsPIM
1996 United States WC 81016
1998 United States WC 60002
2000 United States WC 51010
Senior totals 192028

Head coaching record
Statistics overview
Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
Alabama-Huntsville Chargers (Independent) (2010–2012)
2010–11 Alabama–Huntsville 4–26–2
2011–12 Alabama–Huntsville 2–28–1
Alabama-Huntsville: 6–54–3
Total:6–54–3

      National champion         Postseason invitational champion  
      Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion
      Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion
      Conference tournament champion

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Awards and honors
Award Year
All-NCAA All-Tournament Team 1987 [5]
All-CCHA Second Team 1988–89 [6]

References
  1. "Wayne State Warriors, Official Athletic Site". Archived from the original on 2008-12-02. Retrieved 2009-04-04.
  2. "Pee-Wee players who have reached NHL or WHA" (PDF). Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament. 2018. Retrieved 2019-01-16.
  3. Jamie Gilliam (July 9, 2010). "Luongo named head hockey coach". UAH Chargers Ice Hockey. The University of Alabama in Huntsville. Archived from the original on 17 July 2011. Retrieved 8 July 2010.
  4. "Alabama-Huntsville Chargers Hockey Year-by-Year". Alabama-Huntsville Chargers. Archived from the original on 2013-12-05. Retrieved 2014-08-06.
  5. "NCAA Frozen Four Records" (PDF). NCAA.org. Retrieved 2013-06-19.
  6. "CCHA All-Teams". College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved May 19, 2013.
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