Peter Luukko

{{short description|American ice hockey executive (born 1959)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2015}}

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| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1959}}

| birth_place = Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.

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| nationality = American

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| occupation = NHL Executive

| years_active = 1994-present

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Peter A. Luukko (born 1959) is an American ice hockey executive. He is currently an executive chairman with the Florida Panthers of the National Hockey League (NHL) and serves on their Board of Governors.

In his capacity as president and chief operating officer of Comcast Spectacor, Luukko was the long-serving president of the Philadelphia Flyers of the NHL, a position he held until December 2013.{{cite web |title=Luukko, president of Flyers' parent company, resigns |url=http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=694030 |website=NHL.com |accessdate=February 4, 2019 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131202232110/http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=694030 |archivedate=December 2, 2013 |date=December 2, 2013}} In February 2014, Luukko accepted a position on the board of Pointstreaks, a sports technology company.{{cite web |title=Peter Luukko appointed to the Board of Pointstreak Sports Technologies Inc.|url=http://company.pointstreak.com/view/companypointstreak/news/news_306746|website=pointstreak.com |accessdate=February 4, 2019 |date=February 12, 2014}} He then joined the Florida Panthers as executive chairman in February 2015.{{cite news |last1=Seravalli |first1=Frank |title=Former Flyers president Peter Luukko joining Florida Panthers |url=http://www.philly.com/philly/blogs/sports/flyers/Peter-Luukko-joining-Florida-Panthers.html |accessdate=February 4, 2019 |publisher=The Philadelphia Inquirer |date=February 5, 2015}}

His son, Nick, was drafted by the Flyers in the sixth round of the 2010 NHL Entry Draft.{{cite news |last1=Aguirre |first1=Mario |title=Luukko happy son's here as Flyers draft prospect |url=https://www.inquirer.com/philly/sports/flyers/20100709_Luukko_happy_son_s_here_as_Flyers_draft_prospect.html |access-date=January 30, 2022 |publisher=The Philadelphia Inquirer |date=July 9, 2010}} Nick played parts of five seasons in the American Hockey League and ECHL and was named head coach and director of hockey operations for the ECHL's Jacksonville Icemen in 2021.{{cite web |title=Icemen name Nick Luukko as Head Coach & Director of Hockey Operations |url=https://www.jacksonvilleicemen.com/en/news/august-2021/icemen-name-nick-luukko-as-head-coach-director-of-hockey-operations |publisher=Jacksonville Icemen |access-date=January 30, 2022 |date=August 10, 2021}}