Chris Luongo
{{Short description|American ice hockey player and coach}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2025}}
{{Infobox ice hockey player
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| position = Defence
| played_for = Krefeld Pinguine
Nürnberg Ice Tigers
Munich Barons
EV Landshut
New York Islanders
Ottawa Senators
Detroit Red Wings
| shoots = Right
| height_ft = 5
| height_in = 10
| weight_lb = 206
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|mf=yes|1967|03|17}}
| birth_place = Detroit, Michigan, U.S.
| career_start = 1989
| career_end = 2004
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| alma_mater = Michigan State University
| coach_years1 = 2005-2006
| coach_team1 = Motor City Mechanics (assistant)
| coach_years2 = 2006–2008
| coach_team2 = Wayne State (assistant)
| coach_years3 = 2008–2010
| coach_team3 = Alabama-Huntsville (assistant)
| coach_years4 = 2010–2012
| coach_team4 = Alabama-Huntsville
| coach_years5 = 2015-2017
| coach_team5 = U.S. NTDP (assistant)
| coach_years6 = 2017-2022
| coach_team6 = Michigan State (assistant)
| overall_record = 6–54–3 ({{winpct|6|54|3}})
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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.
Biography
Luongo was born in Detroit, Michigan, and grew up in Fraser, Michigan.{{Cite web |url=http://wsuathletics.cstv.com/sports/m-hockey/mtt/luongo_chris00.html |title=Wayne State Warriors, Official Athletic Site |access-date=2009-04-04 |archive-date=2008-12-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081202163252/http://wsuathletics.cstv.com/sports/m-hockey/mtt/luongo_chris00.html |url-status=dead }} As a youth, he played in the 1980 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament with the Detroit Compuware minor ice hockey team.{{cite web|url=https://www.publicationsports.com/ressources/files/439/Joueurs_Pro.pdf|title=Pee-Wee players who have reached NHL or WHA|year=2018|website=Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament|access-date=2019-01-16|archive-date=2019-03-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190306085544/https://www.publicationsports.com/ressources/files/439/Joueurs_Pro.pdf|url-status=dead}}
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|date=January 2019}}
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|date=January 2019}}
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|date=January 2019}}
Luongo currently resides in Novi, Michigan, and has 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,{{cite web |url=http://www.uahchargers.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=blogcategory&id=116&Itemid=251 |title=Luongo named head hockey coach |author=Jamie Gilliam |date=July 9, 2010 |work=UAH Chargers Ice Hockey |publisher=The University of Alabama in Huntsville |accessdate=8 July 2010 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110717125553/http://www.uahchargers.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=blogcategory&id=116&Itemid=251 |archivedate=17 July 2011 }} and coached the team for two seasons.{{citation needed|date=January 2019}} 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. From 2017 to 2022, Luongo served as the assistant coach for the Michigan State men's hockey team under Cole.
Career statistics
=Regular season and playoffs=
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! colspan="3" bgcolor="#ffffff"| ! rowspan="100" bgcolor="#ffffff"| ! colspan="5"|Regular season ! rowspan="100" bgcolor="#ffffff"| ! colspan="5"|Playoffs | ||||||||
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! Season ! Team ! League ! GP !! G !! A !! Pts !! PIM | ||||||||
| 1984–85
| NAHL | 41 | 2 | 27 | 29 | —
| — | — | — | — | — |
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| 1985–86 | CCHA | 38 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 29
| — | — | — | — | — |
| 1986–87
| Michigan State University | CCHA | 27 | 4 | 16 | 20 | 38
| — | — | — | — | — |
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| 1987–88 | Michigan State University | CCHA | 45 | 3 | 15 | 18 | 49
| — | — | — | — | — |
| 1988–89
| Michigan State University | CCHA | 47 | 4 | 21 | 25 | 42
| — | — | — | — | — |
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| 1989–90 | IHL | 23 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 41
| — | — | — | — | — |
| 1989–90
| AHL | 53 | 9 | 14 | 23 | 37
| 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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| 1990–91 | NHL | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4
| — | — | — | — | — |
| 1990–91
| Adirondack Red Wings | AHL | 76 | 14 | 25 | 39 | 71
| 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
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| 1991–92 | Adirondack Red Wings | AHL | 80 | 6 | 20 | 26 | 60
| 19 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 10 |
| 1992–93
| NHL | 76 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 68
| — | — | — | — | — |
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| 1992–93 | AHL | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2
| — | — | — | — | — |
| 1993–94
| NHL | 17 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 13
| — | — | — | — | — |
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| 1993–94 | IHL | 51 | 9 | 31 | 40 | 54
| — | — | — | — | — |
| 1994–95
| New York Islanders | NHL | 47 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 36
| — | — | — | — | — |
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| 1994–95 | IHL | 41 | 1 | 14 | 15 | 26
| — | — | — | — | — |
| 1995–96
| New York Islanders | NHL | 74 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 55
| — | — | — | — | — |
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| 1996–97 | IHL | 81 | 10 | 35 | 45 | 69
| 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1997–98
| DEL | 48 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 54
| 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 18 |
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| 1998–99 | EV Landshut | DEL | 51 | 1 | 14 | 15 | 115
| 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 1998–99
| IHL | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4
| 11 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 16 |
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| 1999–00 | DEL | 56 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 50
| 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 |
| 2000–01
| Munich Barons | DEL | 48 | 3 | 16 | 19 | 77
| 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 14 |
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| 2001–02 | DEL | 60 | 7 | 19 | 26 | 50
| 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2002–03
| Nürnberg Ice Tigers | DEL | 51 | 6 | 15 | 21 | 65
| 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
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| 2003–04 | DEL | 52 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 70
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! colspan="3" | DEL totals ! 366 !! 33 !! 100 !! 133 !! 481 ! 41 !! 2 !! 3 !! 5 !! 58 | ||||||||
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! colspan="3" | NHL totals ! 218 !! 8 !! 23 !! 31 !! 176 ! — !! — !! — !! — !! — |
=International=
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! Year ! Team ! Event ! rowspan="102" bgcolor="#ffffff"| ! GP !! G !! A !! Pts !! PIM | ||||
| 1996
| WC | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
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| 1998 | United States | WC | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2000
| United States | WC | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
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! colspan="4"| Senior totals ! 19 !! 2 !! 0 !! 2 !! 8 |
=Head coaching record=
{{CBB Yearly Record Start
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{{CIH yearly record subhead
|name = Alabama-Huntsville Chargers men's ice hockey
|color = color:white; background:#003DA5; {{box-shadow border|a|#29282A|2px}}
|startyear = 2010
|conflong = NCAA Division I independent schools (ice hockey)
|conference = Independent
|endyear = 2012
|}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2010–11
| name = Alabama–Huntsville
| overall = 4–26–2
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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2011–12
| name = Alabama–Huntsville
| overall = 2–28–1
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{{CBB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = Alabama-Huntsville
| overall = 6–54–3
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{{CBB Yearly Record End
|overall = 6–54–3
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Awards and honors
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! Award ! Year ! |
| All-NCAA All-Tournament Team
| 1987 |
| All-CCHA Second Team
| 1988–89 |
References
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External links
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{{Alabama–Huntsville Chargers ice hockey}}
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