Roberto Luongo
Roberto Luongo
Roberto Luongois a Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender for the Florida Panthers of the National Hockey League. 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-Starand a winner of the William M. Jennings Trophy for backstopping his team to the lowest goals-against average in the league. He has...
ProfessionHockey Player
Date of Birth4 April 1979
CityMontreal, Canada
Everybody's aware of where we're at and how many points behind. We know we can't falter anymore at this point of the year.
To go 9-for-9 in my career, there has to be a little luck involved. So I can thank the Lord when I make the save. I know (Kovalev) has great hands, so I just wanted to be as patient as possible on him and wait until the last second to make a play.
They said they wanted to make sure I was going to be at training camp this year. If they want to make sure I'll be in training camp this year, I'll be there, but I don't know what's going to happen with training camps in the future.
They get a goal and it seems as though we get away from our game. We put our heads down or something. I've never went 12 games without winning. That's new for a lot of guys.
This is the way we went to keep playing. We want to keep getting the key goals and put the points on the board. That's how we're going to make the playoffs.
I think a lot of guys, including myself, feel like the pressure's been lifted a little off our backs because it was getting pretty tough. It's a big win, now we have to keep going.
Roberto was a high pick (fourth overall in 1997), and he was supposed to be the franchise goaltender there, ... But it turned out good. We're both happy.
Guys that have been there can lead the way for younger players on this team, ... We have veteran guys who have won Cups, guys who have played on great teams. They know what it takes and know what it takes to put pucks in the net. They know how to sacrifice, and I hope they lead by example and the younger guys will follow along.
I just tried to weather the storm. That's going to happen often when you play on the road. Teams come out strong.
If you let their best players take one-timers from the slot, they're going to go in. Five-on-three is a tough situation for everybody.
I don't know. It's tough. I would think we'd want Atlanta to win so we can get close to the eighth spot.
The guys played a great game for 65 minutes. It's nice to get rewarded with two points at the end of the day.
The game was a good workout. The last half of the first period, they were on the power play the whole 10 minutes. It was tough, but you have to battle through it.
Doing a good impression of a backup goalie the last few weeks.