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
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.
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.
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.
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 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.
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.
It was a big pressure situation, the most I've ever been under in my career, and the tournament was in Canada so the fans and the media were intense. It wasn't an easy situation but it's the end result that counts.
It was nice to get good support. You know, 7-0 in the second period. I had to check the clock to make sure it was right.
It was one of those games. Sometimes you get into a rhythm and you play pretty good.