Chris Luongo

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Chris Luongo
Born (1967-03-17) March 17, 1967 (age 57)
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

19892004

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

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.

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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.[ citation needed ]

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

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.[ citation needed ]

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.[ citation needed ] 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 TeamLeagueGP G A Pts PIM GPGAPtsPIM
1984–85 St. Clair Falcons NAHL 4122729
1985–86 Michigan State University CCHA 3815629
1986–87 Michigan State UniversityCCHA274162038
1987–88 Michigan State UniversityCCHA453151849
1988–89 Michigan State UniversityCCHA474212542
1989–90 Phoenix Roadrunners IHL 23591441
1989–90 Adirondack Red Wings AHL 53914233730000
1990–91 Detroit Red Wings NHL 40114
1990–91 Adirondack Red WingsAHL761425397120007
1991–92 Adirondack Red WingsAHL8062026601935810
1992–93 Ottawa Senators NHL76391268
1992–93 New Haven Senators AHL70222
1993–94 New York Islanders NHL1713413
1993–94 Salt Lake Golden Eagles IHL519314054
1994–95 New York IslandersNHL4713436
1994–95 Denver Grizzlies IHL411141526
1995–96 New York IslandersNHL74371055
1996–97 Milwaukee Admirals IHL811035456920000
1997–98 EV Landshut DEL 485131854602218
1998–99 EV LandshutDEL511141511531010
1998–99 Detroit Vipers IHL1101141104416
1999–00 Munich Barons DEL5661117501200018
2000–01 Munich BaronsDEL4831619771110114
2001–02 Nürnberg Ice Tigers DEL60719265040002
2002–03 Nürnberg Ice TigersDEL51615216550116
2003–04 Krefeld Pinguine DEL525121770
DEL totals366331001334814123558
NHL totals21882331176

International

YearTeamEventGPGAPtsPIM
1996 United States WC 81016
1998 United StatesWC60002
2000 United StatesWC51010
Senior totals192028

Head coaching record

Statistics overview
SeasonTeamOverallConferenceStandingPostseason
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

[4]

Awards and honors

AwardYear
All-NCAA All-Tournament Team 1987 [5]
All-CCHA Second Team 1988–89 [6]

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