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
We had some breakdowns. It was a tough game to be a part of.
Every game right now for us is huge. It's fun.
It's one of my weak points, coming into a game when I didn't plan on it. But I don't think I did too badly.
It started out a little innocently, a couple bad bounces here or there and then guys started losing their confidence, including myself and it just escalated to bigger and bigger things. And then we got to the end of the games and guys were nervous. When you're in those kinds of situations and you don't have the confidence to do the job, most of the time it's not going to turn out your way.
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.
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.
The worst part is he fanned on the shot. It's frustrating. I committed when he faked the slap shot and then I was in a desperate place. Stuff like that happens though.
There's something about it. We know when we step on the ice now that we're expecting to win, as opposed to on the road (where) we're more tentative. It makes a big difference.
I've already done it two weeks ago for the Olympics. It is a good thing. You want to make sure everybody's healthy and clean. There's no need for anybody to be on any sort of substance.
We need two points at this point of the year. One point is not going to cut it anymore.
From my standpoint it's disappointing. I think I could have played a little better.
First and foremost, we've been playing well defensively. The number of scoring chances are much lesser than the previous years I've been here.
It's huge. Guys are aware that this is probably the most important stretch for our team this year. ... We definitely wanted to get off to a good start tonight and have a good week.