Roberto Luongo

{{Infobox ice hockey player

| name = Roberto Luongo

| halloffame = 2022

| image = Roberto Luongo 2009 training camp 2.jpg

| alt = An ice hockey goaltender with his mask pulled off of his face looking forwards. He wears a green jersey with a logo of a stylized orca in the shape of a "C".

| caption = Luongo practicing with the Vancouver Canucks in April 2009

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1979|4|4}}

| birth_place = Montreal, Quebec, Canada

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 3

| weight_lb = 217

| position = Goaltender

| catches = Left

| played_for = New York Islanders
Florida Panthers
Vancouver Canucks

| ntl_team = CAN

| draft = 4th overall

| draft_year = 1997

| draft_team = New York Islanders

| career_start = 1999

| career_end = 2019

}}

Roberto Luongo ({{IPAc-en|l|u|ˈ|ɒ|ŋ|ɡ|oʊ}}, {{IPA|it|ˈlwɔŋɡo|lang}}, {{IPA|nap|ˈlwoŋɡə|lang}}; born April 4, 1979) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey goaltender. He played 19 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the New York Islanders, Florida Panthers, and Vancouver Canucks. In 2022, Luongo was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame. Luongo is a two-time NHL All-Star (2004 and 2007) and winner of the William M. Jennings Trophy for backstopping his team to the lowest goals against average in the league (2011, with backup Cory Schneider). He was a finalist for several awards, including the Vezina Trophy as the league's best goaltender (2004, 2007, and 2011), the Lester B. Pearson Award as the top player voted by his peers (2004 and 2007), and the Hart Memorial Trophy as the league's most valuable player (2007).{{vcite news |title=St. Louis, Tortorella, Richards win awards |url=https://www.espn.com/nhl/news/story?id=1819644 |date=June 11, 2004 |work=ESPN |access-date=February 2, 2010 |archive-date=November 6, 2012 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121106192519/http://sports.espn.go.com/nhl/news/story?id=1819644 }} Luongo is third all-time in games played as an NHL goaltender (1,044) and fourth all-time in wins (489). He employed the butterfly style of goaltending.

Born in Montreal, Quebec, Luongo is of Italian and Irish ancestry. Prior to his NHL career, he played in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League (QMJHL) for the Val-d'Or Foreurs and the Acadie-Bathurst Titan, winning back-to-back President's Cups and establishing the league's all-time playoff records for games played and wins. Following his second QMJHL season, Luongo was selected fourth overall by the Islanders in the 1997 NHL Entry Draft. After splitting his professional rookie season between the Islanders and their American Hockey League (AHL) affiliate, the Lowell Lock Monsters in 1999–2000, he was traded to the Panthers. In five seasons with Florida, Luongo established team records for games played, wins, and shutouts; despite several strong seasons, however, the Panthers remained a weak team and were unable to qualify for the Stanley Cup playoffs during Luongo's initial stint with the team. During the 2006 offseason, he was traded to the Canucks after failed contract negotiations with the Panthers.

In his first season in Vancouver, Luongo won 47 games, and was runner-up for both the Hart Memorial Trophy (league MVP) and Vezina Trophy (best goaltender). Following his second year with the Canucks, he became the first NHL goaltender to serve as a team captain since Bill Durnan in the 1947–48 season. Luongo served in that capacity for two seasons before resigning from the position in September 2010.{{vcite news|title=Luongo steps down as captain |url=https://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/luongo-steps-down-as-captain-1.900547 |access-date=September 13, 2010 |work=Canadian Broadcasting Corporation |date=September 13, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100916040957/http://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/story/2010/09/13/sp-canucks-captain.html |archive-date=September 16, 2010 |url-status=live}} In the subsequent 2010–11 season, he helped the Canucks to Game 7 of the Stanley Cup Finals but lost to the Boston Bruins. During his eight-year tenure with Vancouver, Luongo became the team's all-time leader in wins and shutouts. He returned to the Panthers during the 2013–14 season, where he spent the remainder of his career, qualifying for the playoffs with the Panthers only once during that time. He was the last active goaltender to have played in the NHL in the 1990s. Following his playing career, Luongo joined the Panthers' front office as an executive, ultimately winning his first Stanley Cup in 2024.

Internationally, Luongo has competed for Team Canada in numerous tournaments. As a junior, he won a silver medal at the 1999 World Junior Championships, while being named Best Goaltender in his second tournament appearance. Luongo won two gold medals at the 2003 and 2004 World Championships and a silver in the 2005 World Championships. He also won the 2004 World Cup championship and appeared in the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin as a backup to Martin Brodeur in both instances. He succeeded Brodeur as Canada's starting goaltender during the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, winning a gold medal. On January 7, 2014, he was named to the 2014 Canadian Olympic hockey team, where he won his second Olympic gold medal in a largely backup role to Carey Price.

Early life

Luongo was born to Pasqualina and Antonio Luongo in Montreal, Quebec. His father is an Italian immigrant, born in Santa Paolina, Avellino.{{vcite news|title=Stasera la finale di hockey, Luongo: "Battero gli Usa sentendomi Buffon |url=http://www.lastampa.it/sport/cmsSezioni/vancouver2010/201002articoli/25533girata.asp |date=February 28, 2010 |work=La Stampa |author=Brusorio, Paolo |language=Italian |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100303215546/http://www.lastampa.it/sport/cmsSezioni/vancouver2010/201002articoli/25533girata.asp |archive-date=March 3, 2010 |url-status=dead}} He worked in the construction and delivery of furniture, while Luongo's mother, an Irish-Canadian,{{vcite journal|title=Roberto Luongo Setting a gold standard |url=http://www.aliveonline.ca/7544a20a2.php |access-date=March 2, 2010 |date=February 2010 |author=Niemer, Ellen |journal=Alive Magazine |issue=328 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110221202918/http://www.aliveonline.ca/7544a20a2.php |archive-date=February 21, 2011 |url-status=dead}} worked in marketing with Air Canada. Antonio and Pasqualina married in Montreal after Antonio immigrated there in 1976.

Luongo has two younger brothers, Leo and Fabio, who also aspired to be goaltenders. Fabio progressed the further of the two, playing Junior A in the British Columbia Hockey League (BCHL) with the Williams Lake Timberwolves in 2004–05 before injuries ended his career. He has since become a Junior AAA coach, while Leo is a goaltending coach with HC Lugano.{{cite web|url=http://www.hclugano.ch/index.cfm?u=staff_en&lan=en|title=Hockey Club Lugano|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140812002300/http://www.hclugano.ch/index.cfm?u=staff_en&lan=en|archive-date=August 12, 2014}} Luongo and his family lived in Saint-Leonard, Quebec, a borough north of Montreal with a strong Italian community, just four blocks away from Martin Brodeur,{{vcite web |url=http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=406018 |title=Return to Montreal as All-Star special to "Bobby Lu" |access-date=January 24, 2009 |publisher=National Hockey League |date=January 23, 2009 |author=Dan Rosen |accessdate=January 24, 2009 |archive-date=February 3, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090203122633/http://nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=406018 }} who became the goaltender for the New Jersey Devils six years before Luongo entered the NHL. Luongo is fluent in English, French and Italian. His father spoke Italian and his mother spoke English with a little French at home.

Luongo graduated from Montreal Francophone high school Antoine de St-Exupéry in 1996.{{vcite news |title=Luongo looks to lift the curse |url=https://www.straight.com/article/luongo-looks-to-lift-the-curse |access-date=December 21, 2009 |date=September 28, 2006 |work=Georgia Straight |accessdate=September 10, 2017 |archive-date=October 29, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181029065802/https://www.straight.com/article/luongo-looks-to-lift-the-curse }}{{vcite web |title=Association des anciens de l'école secondaire Antoine-de-St-Exupéry |url=http://www.anciens-de-st-ex.org/?page=membres/anciens_honneur.html |access-date=March 1, 2010 |date=February 2, 2010 |publisher=Antoine de St-Exupéry |language=French |accessdate=March 1, 2010 |archive-date=April 8, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100408035242/http://www.anciens-de-st-ex.org/?page=membres/anciens_honneur.html }} He began playing organized hockey at the age of eight as a forward. His father taught all his sons soccer and Luongo played until he was 14, at which point he decided to concentrate on hockey. Although he initially had the desire to play in net, his parents wanted him to develop his skating first. Several years later, after Luongo was cut from a peewee team, he made the switch to goaltender. At 11 years old, his team's usual goaltender did not show up and after begging his mother, still hesitant about Luongo playing the position, he went in net and posted a shutout.{{vcite web |title=Roberto Luongo joins Martin Brodeur after arena named in his honour |url=http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=480116 |access-date=September 8, 2009 |date=August 22, 2009 |publisher=National Hockey League |accessdate=September 9, 2009 |archive-date=June 4, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110604115944/http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=480116 }} In August 2009, the arena in which Luongo played his minor hockey in St. Leonard was named after him as the Roberto Luongo Arena. It is the second arena in the community to be named after an NHL goaltender after the Martin Brodeur Arena was renamed as such in 2000.

By 15, Luongo was playing midget with Montreal-Bourassa, the same team that produced NHL Quebecer goaltenders Brodeur and Félix Potvin. Luongo has credited Hall of Fame goaltender Grant Fuhr as his inspiration growing up, citing an admiration for his "spectacular glove saves". He had the opportunity to first meet Fuhr before a game against the Calgary Flames during his rookie season with the Islanders.{{vcite news|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/sports/1999/12/26/1999-12-26_luongo_has_reached_goal_fuhr.html |title=Luongo has reached goal: Fuhr inspired Isles' rookie to pursue career in the net |access-date=August 24, 2008 |date=December 26, 1999 |work=New York Daily News |archive-url=https://archive.today/20110109003549/http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/sports/1999/12/26/1999-12-26_luongo_has_reached_goal_fuhr.html |archive-date=January 9, 2011 |url-status=dead}}

Playing career

=Junior career (1995–1999)=

The Val-d'Or Foreurs made Luongo the highest-drafted goaltender in Quebec Major Junior Hockey League (QMJHL) history, at second overall, in 1995. He began his junior career in the 1995–96 season with Val-d'Or and posted six wins in 23 games played. As the team's starting goaltender the following season in 1996–97, he improved to a team-record 32 wins,{{vcite news |title=Pickard proud of New Brunswick roots |url=http://telegraphjournal.canadaeast.com/sports/article/528643 |access-date=February 5, 2010 |date=January 3, 2009 |work=Telegraph-Journal |accessdate=February 6, 2010 |archive-date=March 27, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120327111952/http://telegraphjournal.canadaeast.com/sports/article/528643 }} and was awarded the Mike Bossy Trophy as the league's best professional prospect.{{vcite web |title=Les honneurs individuels / Individual Awards |url=http://www.lhjmq.qc.ca/navcache/getcontents.php?currentpath=/root/Honneurs/GUIDE_SECT4_HonneursIND_de1969a2007.pdf |access-date=August 24, 2008 |publisher=Quebec Major Junior Hockey League |url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081031111511/http://www.lhjmq.qc.ca/navcache/getcontents.php?currentpath=%2Froot%2FHonneurs%2FGUIDE_SECT4_HonneursIND_de1969a2007.pdf |archive-date=October 31, 2008}} After his performance at the 1997 CHL Top Prospects Game, opposing coach Don Cherry likened Luongo to Montreal Canadiens' Hockey Hall of Famer Ken Dryden, while NHL Central Scouting Bureau director Frank Bonello heralded him as a "franchise goaltender".

At the 1997 NHL Entry Draft, Luongo was selected in the first round, fourth overall, by the New York Islanders. The pick originally belonged to the Toronto Maple Leafs but was traded to the Islanders in exchange for Wendel Clark, Mathieu Schneider and D. J. Smith.{{vcite news |title=Isles create trade deficit |work=New York Daily News |date=January 14, 1999 |author=Sherry Ross }}{{vcite news |title=Oilers' recent success adds more intrigue to Draftgate |url=https://www.espn.com/nhl/columns/story?columnist=cox_damien&id=3302375 |author=Damien Cox |work=ESPN |date=March 20, 2008 |access-date=August 23, 2008 |archive-date=September 22, 2008 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080922185810/http://sports.espn.go.com/nhl/columns/story?columnist=cox_damien&id=3302375 }} At the time of the draft, Luongo was the highest-picked goaltender in NHL history,{{vcite news|title=The First to Go Fourth|url=https://www.si.com/vault/1997/06/30/228923/the-first-to-go-fourth-roberto-luongo-was-drafted-earlier-than-any-other-netminder-in-nhl-history-does-that-mean-the-league-is-finally-changing-the-way-it-sizes-up-goalies|access-date=December 17, 2019|date=June 30, 1997|work=Sports Illustrated|author=David Fleming|accessdate=December 18, 2019|archive-date=August 11, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140811172932/http://www.si.com/vault/1997/06/30/228923/the-first-to-go-fourth-roberto-luongo-was-drafted-earlier-than-any-other-netminder-in-nhl-history-does-that-mean-the-league-is-finally-changing-the-way-it-sizes-up-goalies}} surpassing Tom Barrasso, John Davidson, and Ray Martynuik's fifth overall selections in 1983, 1973, and 1970 (Luongo's selection was later surpassed by Rick DiPietro's first overall selection by the Islanders in 2000).{{vcite news|title=Lining Up For a Shot at Luongo|url=http://www.courant.com/news/connecticut/hc-xpm-1997-06-20-9706200392-story.html|access-date=December 17, 2019|date=June 20, 1997|work=Hartford Courant|author=Mark Pukalo|accessdate=December 18, 2019|archive-date=December 18, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191218031949/https://www.courant.com/news/connecticut/hc-xpm-1997-06-20-9706200392-story.html}}{{vcite news|title=DiPietro first goalie to go first overall|url=https://www.espn.com/nhl/draft00/s/2000/0624/601853.html|access-date=December 17, 2019|date=June 24, 2000|work=ESPN|agency=Associated Press|accessdate=December 18, 2019|archive-date=April 3, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190403174639/http://www.espn.com/nhl/draft00/s/2000/0624/601853.html}}{{vcite news|title=Net results: Goalies a rare breed in first round of NHL Draft|url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/statitudes/facethefacts/news/1999/06/25/goalies_nhldraft/index.html|access-date=December 17, 2019|date=June 28, 1999|work=Sports Illustrated|author=Ryan Hunt|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040617203310/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/statitudes/facethefacts/news/1999/06/25/goalies_nhldraft/index.html|archive-date=June 17, 2004|url-status=dead}}{{#tag:ref|This acknowledgement excludes the NHL Amateur Drafts from 1963 to 1969. Michel Plasse was selected first overall in the 1968 NHL Amateur Draft at a time when teams obtained prospects through sponsoring them at a young age, rather than the draft process.|group=note}}

Upon his draft, Luongo continued to play junior with the Foreurs in 1997–98. He recorded 27 wins and a 3.09 goals against average (GAA). His seven shutouts tied Nick Sanza's QMJHL record, set in 1974–75 (Adam Russo later tied it as well in 2002–03).{{vcite web |title=Goaltender records |url=http://www.lhjmq.qc.ca/navcache/getcontents.php?currentpath=/root/Stats_records/GUIDE_SECT5_GB_Gd200809.pdf |access-date=February 5, 2010 |publisher=Quebec Major Junior Hockey League |format=PDF }}{{dead link|date=September 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

Although the Islanders planned to have Luongo play in the NHL for the 1998–99 season, an inconsistent performance at training camp led to Luongo's return to the QMJHL that season.{{vcite news|title=Hockey; A Goalie Is in the Islanders' Future |url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9B04E3DD1631F933A25752C0A96F958260 |date=January 10, 1999 |access-date=August 24, 2008 |work=New York Times |author=Tarik El-Bashir |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130104064210/http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9B04E3DD1631F933A25752C0A96F958260 |archive-date=January 4, 2013 |url-status=dead}} Owing to having failed to come to terms on a contract before October 1, 1998, Luongo was not allowed to be called up to the Islanders from junior over the course of the subsequent season. He started the season with Val-d'Or but was traded to the Acadie-Bathurst Titan during the 1999 World Junior Championships for the remainder of the 1998–99 season. He went on to lead the Titan to his second consecutive President's Cup championship with a 2.74 GAA in 23 games. He finished his QMJHL playoff career with the all-time league record in games played (56), minutes played (3,264:22), wins (38) and shots faced (1,808).{{vcite web|home=Welcome on the official QMJHL web site|title=QMJHL's all-time records|url=http://38.108.70.85/xsl/records/book/index2.php?lang=en#a1|access-date=March 27, 2010|author=Quebec Major Junior Hockey League|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120425152701/http://38.108.70.85/xsl/records/book/index2.php?lang=en#a1|archive-date=April 25, 2012|url-status=dead}}

=New York Islanders (1999–2000)=

After his performance at the 1999 World Junior Championships, Luongo was signed by the Islanders to a three-year, $2.775 million contract on January 8, 1999. The following season, he made his professional debut with the Lowell Lock Monsters, the Islanders' American Hockey League (AHL) affiliate. Early in the season, Luongo was called up to the Islanders on November 22, 1999, after a shoulder injury to back up Wade Flaherty. He made his NHL debut six days later on November 28, stopping 43 shots in a 2–1 win against the Boston Bruins.{{vcite news |title=Isles Rookie Stifles Bruins |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/isles-rookie-stifles-bruins/ |work=CBS News |date=November 28, 1999 |access-date=April 21, 2008 |archive-date=November 3, 2012 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121103195533/http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/1999/11/28/archive/main72069.shtml }} Luongo's early performances solidified him as the Islanders' starting goaltender over veteran Félix Potvin. Nearly a month after Luongo's debut in New York, Potvin was traded to the Vancouver Canucks on December 19 in exchange for backup goaltender Kevin Weekes.{{vcite news |title=Hockey; Weekes Sees Bright Side Of Trade to Islanders |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1999/12/21/sports/hockey-weekes-sees-bright-side-of-trade-to-islanders.html |access-date=February 1, 2010 |date=December 21, 1999 |work=New York Times |accessdate=February 18, 2017 |archive-date=September 15, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170915015121/http://www.nytimes.com/1999/12/21/sports/hockey-weekes-sees-bright-side-of-trade-to-islanders.html }} The next month, he recorded his first career NHL shutout in his eighth game, stopping 34 shots in a 3–0 victory over the Bruins on December 27.{{vcite news |title=Hockey; Isles Get on Winning Track With Luongo's First Shutout |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1999/12/28/sports/hockey-isles-get-on-winning-track-with-luongo-s-first-shutout.html |access-date=February 1, 2010 |date=December 28, 1999 |work=New York Times |accessdate=February 18, 2017 |archive-date=December 20, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220141342/http://www.nytimes.com/1999/12/28/sports/hockey-isles-get-on-winning-track-with-luongo-s-first-shutout.html }}

In January 2000, Luongo was publicly criticized by Islanders general manager Mike Milbury for having gone looking for an apartment in New York on a game day before letting in seven goals to the Boston Bruins. Milbury told the media, "You can't do that in the NHL. You have to prepare yourself." Luongo defended himself by saying he did not divert from his usual game day routine by looking at just one apartment.{{vcite news|title=Isles' Luongo hoping to stop Milbury's shots|date=January 14, 2000|work=New York Daily News|author=Anthony McCarron}}

In the off-season, the Islanders selected goaltender Rick DiPietro with the first overall pick in the 2000 NHL Entry Draft. DiPietro's selection supplanted Luongo as the highest-drafted goaltender in NHL history and the Islanders' goaltender of the future. Consequently, Milbury traded Luongo to the Florida Panthers along with centre Olli Jokinen for winger Mark Parrish and centre Oleg Kvasha that same day on June 24, 2000.{{vcite news |title=Goalie goes first in NHL draft |url=http://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/goalie-goes-first-in-nhl-draft-1.199108 |access-date=January 24, 2018 |date=June 24, 2000 |work=CBC Sports |accessdate=January 24, 2018 |archive-date=December 13, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171213093652/http://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/goalie-goes-first-in-nhl-draft-1.199108 }} The deal would later be seen to have disproportionately benefited the Panthers, as both Jokinen and Luongo would eventually develop into star players, in contrast to Parrish and Kvasha.{{vcite news |title=Islanders' GM Milbury Follows Coach Stirling Out the Door |url=http://www.nysun.com/sports/islanders-gm-milbury-follows-coach-stirling-out/25868/ |author=Kevin Greenstein |access-date=August 30, 2008 |date=January 13, 2006 |work=New York Sun |accessdate=August 30, 2008 |archive-date=January 13, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090113153749/http://www.nysun.com/sports/islanders-gm-milbury-follows-coach-stirling-out/25868/ }} Later in his career, Luongo expressed surprise at the trade, saying that before the Islanders drafted DiPietro, he had believed the team was preparing to make him its starting goaltender for the upcoming season.{{vcite news |title=The Home Stretch |url=https://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/roberto-luongo-parkland-florida-panthers-big-read/ |access-date=December 22, 2019 |work=Sportsnet |author=Ryan Dixon |accessdate=December 22, 2019 |archive-date=December 22, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191222223522/https://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/roberto-luongo-parkland-florida-panthers-big-read/ }}

=Florida Panthers (2000–2006)=

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The Panthers' organization expressed high praise for Luongo following the trade. General manager Bryan Murray characterized him as "a franchise guy", while head coach Terry Murray added "He's the guy teams have to have to win the Stanley Cup."{{vcite news |title=16 Florida Panthers |url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1020664/index.htm |access-date=February 1, 2010 |date=October 16, 2000 |work=CNN Sports Illustrated |accessdate=February 2, 2010 |archive-date=June 4, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110604120110/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1020664/index.htm }} He entered his first training camp with the Panthers competing for the starting role with veteran goaltender Trevor Kidd; coach Terry Murray opted to begin the season with Kidd owing to his experience.{{vcite news |title=N.H.:.: Roundup; Hasek Injured In Sabres' 4–2 Victory |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/10/06/sports/nhl-roundup-hasek-injured-in-sabres-4-2-victory.html |access-date=February 1, 2010 |date=October 6, 2000 |work=New York Times |accessdate=February 18, 2017 |archive-date=October 29, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181029071519/https://www.nytimes.com/2000/10/06/sports/nhl-roundup-hasek-injured-in-sabres-4-2-victory.html }} Luongo made his first start with the Panthers on October 9, 2000, making 18 saves in a 4–2 loss to the Boston Bruins.{{vcite news |title=Bruins continue their quick start |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=wOEdAAAAIBAJ&sjid=028DAAAAIBAJ&pg=4840,9154136&dq=roberto+luongo+4-2+bruins+panthers&hl=en |access-date=February 1, 2010 |date=October 10, 2000 |work=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette |accessdate=September 10, 2017 |archive-date=October 7, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201007122824/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=wOEdAAAAIBAJ&sjid=028DAAAAIBAJ&pg=4840,9154136&dq=roberto+luongo+4-2+bruins+panthers&hl=en }} When splitting the goaltending duties, Luongo went on to appear in 43 games, in comparison to Kidd's 42. He finished his 2000–01 rookie season (Luongo qualified as a rookie because he had not played in at least 26 games the previous season with New York){{vcite web|title=Calder Memorial Trophy |url=http://www.nhl.com/trophies/calder.html |access-date=February 8, 2010 |publisher=National Hockey League |url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060423011518/http://www.nhl.com/trophies/calder.html |archive-date=April 23, 2006}} by notching a franchise record fifth shutout of the season in a 3–0 win against the New York Rangers on April 7, 2001.{{vcite news |title=Red Wings set record with home win |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=i84vAAAAIBAJ&sjid=yDsDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3439,3283124&dq=roberto+luongo+fifth+shutout+franchise+record&hl=en |access-date=February 1, 2010 |date=April 8, 2001 |work=Rome News-Tribune |accessdate=September 10, 2017 |archive-date=October 6, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201006070909/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=i84vAAAAIBAJ&sjid=yDsDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3439,3283124&dq=roberto+luongo+fifth+shutout+franchise+record&hl=en }} The total surpassed John Vanbiesbrouck's four-shutout mark, set in both the 1994–95 and 1997–98 seasons.{{vcite web |title=Career Stats – Regular season – Florida Panthers – Goalie – Goalie Single Season Leaders for Team – Shutouts |url=http://www.nhl.com/ice/careerstats.htm?fetchKey=00002FLOGAHAll&sort=shutOuts&viewName=careerLeadersSingleSeasonGoaliesForTeam |access-date=February 5, 2010 |publisher=National Hockey League |accessdate=February 6, 2010 |archive-date=June 4, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110604115959/http://www.nhl.com/ice/careerstats.htm?fetchKey=00002FLOGAHAll&sort=shutOuts&viewName=careerLeadersSingleSeasonGoaliesForTeam }} He posted a 12–24–7 record with the struggling Panthers, who finished 12th in the Eastern Conference, while recording a 2.44 GAA. His .920 save percentage was sixth in the league and second all-time among rookie goaltenders, behind Manny Fernandez's mark set the previous season.

Approaching his third NHL season, Luongo agreed on a four-year contract extension with the Panthers on September 13, 2001.{{vcite news |title=Hockey; Panthers |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2001/09/14/sports/hockey-panthers.html |access-date=February 1, 2010 |date=September 14, 2001 |work=New York Times |accessdate=February 18, 2017 |archive-date=January 25, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180125074618/http://www.nytimes.com/2001/09/14/sports/hockey-panthers.html }} He was chosen to play in the inaugural NHL YoungStars Game in 2002 for Team Melrose, winning 13–7 over Team Fox. After appearing in 58 games in 2001–02, Luongo suffered a torn ligament in his right ankle in a game against the Montreal Canadiens on March 20, 2002.{{vcite news |title=Luongo, Valeri Bure out for season |url=http://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/luongo-valeri-bure-out-for-season-1.343498 |access-date=January 24, 2018 |date=March 21, 2002 |work=CBC Sports |accessdate=January 24, 2018 |archive-date=May 18, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160518013655/http://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/luongo-valeri-bure-out-for-season-1.343498 }} Sidelined for the remainder of the season, he finished with a 16–33–4 record, a 2.77 GAA and .915 save percentage. Luongo returned in 2002–03 to a heavier workload, playing a 65-game season. He had a franchise record-setting shutout streak that lasted 144:51 minutes; it was snapped on January 20, 2003, against the Montreal Canadiens.

In his fourth season with the Panthers (2003–04), Luongo emerged with his first Vezina Trophy and Lester B. Pearson Award nominations as the top goaltender and top player as selected by the players, respectively. Playing in 72 games, he set NHL marks for most saves and shots faced in a single season with 2,303 and 2,475, respectively. Both marks were previously set by former Islanders teammate Félix Potvin in 1996–97 as a Toronto Maple Leaf.{{vcite news |title=As Sens gear up for playoffs, Luongo sets shot mark |url=https://www.usatoday.com/sports/hockey/games/2004-03-31-panthers-senators_x.htm |work=USA Today |date=February 31, 2004 |access-date=April 21, 2008 |accessdate=September 10, 2017 |archive-date=June 4, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110604120000/http://www.usatoday.com/sports/hockey/games/2004-03-31-panthers-senators_x.htm }} His resulting .931 save percentage was first among those goaltenders with at least 50 starts, and set a Panthers franchise record, breaking Vanbiesbrouck's .924 mark, set in 1993–94.{{vcite web |title=Career Stats – Regular season – Florida Panthers – Goalie – Goalie Single Season Leaders – Save Percentage |url=http://www.nhl.com/ice/careerstats.htm?fetchKey=00002FLOGAHAll&sort=savePercentage&viewName=careerLeadersSingleSeasonGoaliesForTeam |access-date=February 5, 2010 |publisher=National Hockey League |accessdate=February 6, 2010 |archive-date=June 4, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110604120004/http://www.nhl.com/ice/careerstats.htm?fetchKey=00002FLOGAHAll&sort=savePercentage&viewName=careerLeadersSingleSeasonGoaliesForTeam }} His seven shutouts furthered his franchise record and was good enough for fifth in the league. At mid-season, he was named to his first NHL All-Star Game, held in February 2004. Competing for the Eastern Conference, he won the Goaltenders Competition segment of the SuperSkills Competition, allowing the fewest goals on goaltender-related events.{{vcite web|title=2011 SuperSkills Competition|2=Results: 1990–2009|url=http://www.nhl.com/ice/page.htm?id=67157#Results|access-date=September 1, 2011|publisher=National Hockey League|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130530040331/http://www.nhl.com/ice/page.htm?id=67157#Results|archive-date=May 30, 2013}} The following day, he played in the third period of the All-Star Game and helped the East to a 6–4 win against the West.{{vcite news|title=Mesier scores, gets record 14th All-Star assist|url=https://www.espn.com/nhl/allstar2004/news/story?id=1730545|access-date=September 1, 2011|date=February 11, 2004|publisher=ESPN|agency=Associated Press|archive-date=November 7, 2012|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121107082720/http://sports.espn.go.com/nhl/allstar2004/news/story?id=1730545}} At the end of the season, he was named to the second NHL All-Star team, but lost the Vezina Trophy to fellow Montreal-native Martin Brodeur of the New Jersey Devils, while Martin St. Louis of the Tampa Bay Lightning won the Pearson Award.

Owing to the 2004–05 NHL lockout, Luongo was inactive, with the exception of two international tournaments, the 2004 World Cup and the 2005 World Championships. With the NHL set to resume in 2005–06, Luongo was without a contract. After negotiations failed, the Panthers filed for arbitration on August 11, 2005.{{vcite news|title=Roundup: Panthers file to take Luongo to arbitration |url=https://www.usatoday.com/sports/hockey/nhl/2005-08-11-free-agents_x.htm |access-date=February 1, 2010 |date=August 11, 2005 |work=USA Today |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110604115952/http://www.usatoday.com/sports/hockey/nhl/2005-08-11-free-agents_x.htm |archive-date=June 4, 2011 |url-status=dead}} The process awarded Luongo a one-year, $3.2 million contract on August 25.{{vcite news |title=Roundup:Andreychuk back to T.B. for 23rd NHL season |url=https://www.usatoday.com/sports/hockey/nhl/2005-08-25-roundup_x.htm |access-date=January 15, 2009 |date=August 25, 2005 |work=USA Today |accessdate=September 10, 2017 |archive-date=June 4, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110604120006/http://www.usatoday.com/sports/hockey/nhl/2005-08-25-roundup_x.htm }}

On April 13, 2006, Luongo became the most-wins Panthers goaltender of all time, passing Vanbiesbrouck,{{vcite web |title=Career Stats – Regular season – Florida Panthers – Goalie – Goalie Career Leaders for Team – Wins |url=http://www.nhl.com/ice/careerstats.htm?fetchKey=00002FLOGAHAll&sort=wins&viewName=careerLeadersForTeamGoalies |access-date=February 5, 2010 |publisher=National Hockey League |accessdate=February 6, 2010 |archive-date=June 4, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110604120012/http://www.nhl.com/ice/careerstats.htm?fetchKey=00002FLOGAHAll&sort=wins&viewName=careerLeadersForTeamGoalies }} with his 107th win with the team – a 5–4 overtime victory against the Ottawa Senators.{{vcite news |title=Panthers get OT win, but Sens win division |url=https://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=162505&hubname=nhl |url-status=dead|access-date=February 5, 2010 |date=April 13, 2006 |work=The Sports Network |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130115141822/http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=162505&hubname=nhl |archive-date=January 15, 2013 }} He went on to post 35 wins, breaking Vanbiesbrouck's 27-win single-season Panthers mark, set in 1996–97.{{vcite web |title=Career Stats – Regular season – Florida Panthers – Goalie Goalie Single Season Leaders For Team – Wins |url=http://www.nhl.com/ice/careerstats.htm?fetchKey=00002FLOGAHAll&sort=wins&viewName=careerLeadersSingleSeasonGoaliesForTeam |access-date=February 5, 2010 |publisher=National Hockey League |accessdate=February 6, 2010 |archive-date=June 4, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110604120017/http://www.nhl.com/ice/careerstats.htm?fetchKey=00002FLOGAHAll&sort=wins&viewName=careerLeadersSingleSeasonGoaliesForTeam }} Set to become a free agent for the second consecutive off-season, he could not come to an agreement with the Panthers, having formally turned down a five-year, $30 million contract offer in January 2006.{{vcite news |title=Luongo turns down Panthers' five-year, $30 million contract offer |url=https://www.espn.com/nhl/news/story?id=2310520 |work=ESPN |access-date=January 16, 2009 |archive-date=June 4, 2011 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110604115950/http://sports.espn.go.com/nhl/news/story?id=2310520 }} It was also reported that among Luongo's demands were that backup goaltender Jamie McLennan be re-signed, his long-time goaltending coach François Allaire be hired{{vcite news |title=Canucks take huge gamble with Luongo |url=http://www.canada.com/montrealgazette/news/sports/story.html?id=c239d0dd-5c31-4677-8cc6-2ba09502b79d&k=76933 |date=June 27, 2006 |access-date=February 18, 2010 |work=Montreal Gazette |url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110604132716/http://www.canada.com/montrealgazette/news/sports/story.html?id=c239d0dd-5c31-4677-8cc6-2ba09502b79d&k=76933 |archive-date=June 4, 2011}} and that a public statement be released that he would not be traded until the no-trade clause of his contract took effect.

=Vancouver Canucks (2006–2014)=

Prior to the start of the 2006–07 season, Panthers general manager Mike Keenan traded Luongo to the Vancouver Canucks on June 23, 2006. He was packaged with defenceman Lukáš Krajíček and a sixth round draft pick (Sergei Shirokov) in exchange for forward Todd Bertuzzi, defenceman Bryan Allen and goaltender Alex Auld. Immediately following the deal, Vancouver signed Luongo to a four-year, $27 million deal.{{vcite news |title=Luongo signs four-year, $27 million deal with Canucks |url=https://www.espn.com/espn/print?id=2504431&type=story |work=ESPN |access-date=January 16, 2009 |archive-date=June 4, 2011 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110604115959/http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/print?id=2504431&type=story }} He expressed surprise, claiming that he and the Panthers were very close to a deal the day before the trade.{{vcite news |title=Luongo surprised by trade to Vancouver |url=https://www.espn.com/espn/wire?section=nhl&id=2499410 |work=ESPN |date=June 24, 2006 |access-date=February 7, 2010 |archive-date=November 6, 2012 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121106192553/http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/wire?section=nhl&id=2499410 }}

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Luongo's arrival in Vancouver ended a seven-and-a-half-year period of instability for Canucks netminding, with a total of 18 goaltenders having played for the club since Kirk McLean's departure in 1998. General manager Brian Burke had coined the term "goalie graveyard" during his tenure in Vancouver to describe the club's goaltending fortunes.{{vcite news |title=Luongo stolls into 'graveyard' |url=http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Columnists/Sportak/2006/09/30/pf-1924695.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120720000011/http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Columnists/Sportak/2006/09/30/pf-1924695.html |url-status=usurped |archive-date=July 20, 2012 |access-date=December 21, 2009 |date=September 30, 2006 |work=Canadian Online Explorer }} Luongo recorded a 3–1 win against the Detroit Red Wings in his Canucks debut on October 5, 2006.{{vcite news |title=Just like they planned |url=http://www.canada.com/victoriatimescolonist/news/sports/story.html?id=951ff744-a2b8-43ad-82d4-fe0961522b70&k=53516 |access-date=February 1, 2010 |date=October 6, 2006 |work=Victoria Times Colonist |url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110604132728/http://www.canada.com/victoriatimescolonist/news/sports/story.html?id=951ff744-a2b8-43ad-82d4-fe0961522b70&k=53516 |archive-date=June 4, 2011}} Later in the month, he notched his first shutout with the Canucks, stopping 32 shots in a 5–0 win over the Chicago Blackhawks on October 25.{{vcite news |title=Canucks blank Blackhawks |url=http://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/canucks-blank-blackhawks-1.593748 |access-date=January 24, 2018 |date=October 25, 2006 |work=CBC Sports |accessdate=January 24, 2018 |archive-date=October 29, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181029071640/https://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/canucks-blank-blackhawks-1.593748 }} On January 9, 2007, Luongo was voted in as a starting goaltender for the first time in his career for the Western Conference All-Stars.{{vcite news |title=Fitzpatrick's all-star bid falls short |url=http://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/fitzpatrick-s-all-star-bid-falls-short-1.640371 |access-date=January 24, 2018 |date=January 10, 2007 |work=CBC Sports |accessdate=January 24, 2018 |archive-date=October 29, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181029070658/https://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/fitzpatrick-s-all-star-bid-falls-short-1.640371 }} Six days after the announcement, he was hospitalized after taking a puck to the throat in practice. He spent the night in the intensive care unit for fears his windpipe would swell and become blocked. Discharged from the hospital on game day, Luongo recorded a shutout that night against the Montreal Canadiens on January 16, 2007.{{vcite news |title=Roberto Luongo: The star patient |url=http://www2.canada.com/vancouversun/news/sports/story.html?id=6bce946e-81bb-4d2d-9b5a-405657d72286&p=1 |access-date=February 24, 2009 |date=January 17, 2007 |work=Vancouver Sun |url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120902093743/http://www2.canada.com/vancouversun/news/sports/story.html?id=6bce946e-81bb-4d2d-9b5a-405657d72286&p=1 |archive-date=September 2, 2012}} During the 2007 NHL All-Star Game in Dallas, Luongo was named the Skills Competition's top goaltender{{vcite news |title=Fans link Crosby, Ovechkin as All-Stars |url=https://www.usatoday.com/sports/hockey/allstar/2007-01-09-all-star-fan-voting-story_x.htm |access-date=February 1, 2010 |date=January 9, 2007 |work=USA Today |accessdate=September 10, 2017 |archive-date=June 4, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110604120014/http://www.usatoday.com/sports/hockey/allstar/2007-01-09-all-star-fan-voting-story_x.htm }} and helped the West to a 12–9 win over the East.{{vcite news |title=West all-stars win; Briere is MVP |url=https://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/west-all-stars-win-briere-is-mvp-1.682211 |date=January 24, 2007 |work=CBC Sports |access-date=February 2, 2010 |archive-date=June 4, 2011 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110604161227/http://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/story/2007/01/24/all-star-recap.html }} Late in the season, Luongo recorded his franchise record-setting 39th win in a 2–1 overtime victory on March 9 against the San Jose Sharks. He surpassed Kirk McLean's 38-win mark set in 1991–92.{{vcite news |title=Luongo eclipses Canucks record in OT win vs. Sharks |url=https://www.usatoday.com/sports/hockey/nhl/2007-03-10-canucks-sharks_N.htm |access-date=February 1, 2010 |date=March 10, 2007 |work=USA Today }} He went on to finish with a career-high 47 wins, one shy of league-leader Martin Brodeur, who broke Bernie Parent's 33-year-old NHL record of wins in a season. Luongo and Brodeur are considered, however, to have been given an advantage to Parent with the inauguration of the shootout that season by the NHL, allowing more games to be decided with wins, as opposed to ties.{{vcite news |title=Canucks' Luongo aims for exclusive club |url=http://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/canucks-luongo-aims-for-exclusive-club-1.643446 |access-date=January 24, 2018 |date=March 11, 2007 |work=CBC Sports |accessdate=January 24, 2018 |archive-date=October 29, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181029071613/https://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/canucks-luongo-aims-for-exclusive-club-1.643446 }} In addition to his 47 wins, Luongo recorded a 2.29 GAA (which was at that time, a personal best) and a team-record .921 save percentage (surpassing Dan Cloutier's .914 save percentage in 2003–04; later broken by Cory Schneider's .929 save percentage in 2010–11).{{vcite web |title=Career Stats – Regular season – Vancouver Canucks – Goalies – Goalie Single Season Leaders for Team – Save Percentage |url=http://www.nhl.com/ice/careerstats.htm?fetchKey=00002VANGAHAll&sort=savePercentage&viewName=careerLeadersSingleSeasonGoaliesForTeam |access-date=February 5, 2010 |publisher=National Hockey League |accessdate=February 6, 2010 |archive-date=June 4, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110604120124/http://www.nhl.com/ice/careerstats.htm?fetchKey=00002VANGAHAll&sort=savePercentage&viewName=careerLeadersSingleSeasonGoaliesForTeam }} He won three team awards – the Cyclone Taylor Trophy as MVP, the Molson Cup as the player with the most three-star selections, and the Most Exciting Player Award.{{vcite web|title=All-Time Records |url=http://www.nhl.com/canucks/ext/alltime_07_08.pdf |access-date=February 6, 2010 |publisher=National Hockey League |url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110604124652/http://www.nhl.com/canucks/ext/alltime_07_08.pdf |archive-date=June 4, 2011}} He led the Canucks to a Northwest Division title and what was then a franchise record of 105 points,{{vcite news |title=Canucks clinch division |url=http://www.canada.com/victoriatimescolonist/news/sports/story.html?id=a855dbb6-3db4-4eb7-808d-33fea20d2b12 |access-date=February 1, 2010 |date=April 8, 2007 |work=Victoria Times Colonist |url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110604132938/http://www.canada.com/victoriatimescolonist/news/sports/story.html?id=a855dbb6-3db4-4eb7-808d-33fea20d2b12 |archive-date=June 4, 2011 }} The team was seeded third in the Western Conference. The 2007 playoffs marked Luongo's first NHL postseason appearance. Facing the sixth-seeded Dallas Stars in the opening round, he almost set an NHL record for most saves in a playoff game in his postseason debut. He stopped 72 shots, en route to a 5–4 quadruple overtime victory, one save shy of Kelly Hrudey's 73-save mark set in 1987.{{vcite web |title=Playoffs Open With Record Performance by Canucks' Luongo |url=http://canucks.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=451964 |access-date=February 1, 2010 |date=April 12, 2007 |publisher=National Hockey League |accessdate=February 2, 2010 |archive-date=June 13, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120613023611/http://canucks.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=451964 }} Luongo went on to win his first playoff series as the Canucks eliminated the Stars in seven games. They were, however, defeated in the second round by the second-seeded and eventual Stanley Cup champions Anaheim Ducks. Luongo put forth a losing 56-save performance in the deciding fifth game against the Ducks. After the game ended in regulation at a 1–1 tie, he missed the first three minutes of the first overtime period to what was first believed to be an equipment malfunction. However, after the series ended, it was revealed that Luongo, instead, had an untimely case of diarrhea.{{vcite news|title=MIA Lou reveals he was ... in the loo |url=http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/sports/story.html?id=0683ea58-afd3-4504-9597-99f85f3d3379 |author=Brad Ziemer |work=Vancouver Sun |date=May 7, 2007 |access-date=November 20, 2007 |url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160131032027/http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/sports/story.html?id=0683ea58-afd3-4504-9597-99f85f3d3379 |archive-date=January 31, 2016}} The Canucks lost the game 2–1 in the second overtime when Luongo took his eye off the puck to look at the referee, believing a penalty should have been issued to the Ducks on a play in which Canucks forward Jannik Hansen was hit by Ducks forward Rob Niedermayer. With Luongo not paying attention, Ducks defenceman Scott Niedermayer shot the puck from the point to score the series-winning goal.{{vcite news |title=Ducks beat Canucks in second OT; advance |url=https://www.usatoday.com/sports/hockey/2007-05-04-1980617042_x.htm |access-date=February 1, 2010 |date=May 4, 2007 |work=USA Today |accessdate=September 10, 2017 |archive-date=June 4, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110604120027/http://www.usatoday.com/sports/hockey/2007-05-04-1980617042_x.htm }}

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At the end of the season, Luongo was nominated for three major NHL awards: the Vezina Trophy as the top goaltender, Lester B. Pearson Award as the most outstanding player judged by members of the NHLPA and Hart Memorial Trophy as the league's regular season MVP.{{vcite news |title=2007 NHL Awards: Finalists and winners |url=https://www.espn.com/nhl/news/story?id=2855100 |work=ESPN |date=May 1, 2007 |access-date=December 9, 2019 |accessdate=December 10, 2019 |archive-date=October 6, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201006073248/https://www.espn.com/nhl/news/story?id=2855100 }} However, Luongo finished second in the voting for all three awards,{{vcite news |title=Roberto Luongo: 'I was a novice playing forward, and I couldn't skate' |url=https://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/roberto-luongo-i-was-a-novice-playing-forward-and-i-couldn-t-skate-1.759123 |work=CBC Sports |date=December 8, 2008 |access-date=December 9, 2019 |accessdate=December 10, 2019 |archive-date=October 20, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201020095034/https://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/roberto-luongo-i-was-a-novice-playing-forward-and-i-couldn-t-skate-1.759123 }} behind Martin Brodeur of the New Jersey Devils for the Vezina and Sidney Crosby of the Pittsburgh Penguins for the Hart and Pearson.

Luongo kept pace statistically with his previous season's work in 2007–08 and continued to set significant marks, including a three-game shutout streak spanning 210:34 in late-November (breaking the Canucks' previous franchise record of 184:20 set by Ken Lockett in 1975).{{vcite news |title=Wild cool off Luongo, Canucks |url=http://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/wild-cool-off-luongo-canucks-1.635067 |access-date=January 24, 2018 |date=December 2, 2007 |work=CBC Sports |accessdate=January 24, 2018 |archive-date=October 29, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181029070212/https://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/wild-cool-off-luongo-canucks-1.635067 }} He was voted in as the 2008 NHL All-Star Game's Western Conference starting goaltender for the second consecutive season, although he did not attend in order to be with his pregnant wife in Florida.{{vcite news |title=Family comes first for Luongo |url=http://www.canada.com/victoriatimescolonist/news/sports/story.html?id=45c6c8df-6dcf-4535-b180-ead8a6ce069f&k=35350 |access-date=February 1, 2010 |date=January 10, 2008 |work=Victoria Times Colonist |url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110604132949/http://www.canada.com/victoriatimescolonist/news/sports/story.html?id=45c6c8df-6dcf-4535-b180-ead8a6ce069f&k=35350 |archive-date=June 4, 2011}}

With the Canucks battling for the Northwest Division title all season long, a losing streak that saw Luongo win only one of his final eight starts{{vcite news |title=Luongo did not get rest he needed |url=http://www.faceoff.com/hockey/columnists/bios/story.html?id=0a27f98e-640c-4005-808e-e037f9cbc379&add_feed_url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.canada.com%2Ftopics%2Fsports%2Fhockey%2Ffaceoff%2Fziemer.atom%3Fviewer%3Dhttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.faceoff.com%2Fhockey%2Fcolumnists%2Fbios%2Fstory.html |access-date=June 6, 2009 |date=April 7, 2008 |work=Vancouver Sun |url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120318003219/http://www.faceoff.com/hockey/columnists/bios/story.html?id=0a27f98e-640c-4005-808e-e037f9cbc379&add_feed_url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.canada.com%2Ftopics%2Fsports%2Fhockey%2Ffaceoff%2Fziemer.atom%3Fviewer%3Dhttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.faceoff.com%2Fhockey%2Fcolumnists%2Fbios%2Fstory.html |archive-date=March 18, 2012}}{{Better source needed|date=March 2024}} caused the Canucks to miss the playoffs altogether by just three points. Nevertheless, he received his second consecutive team MVP and Molson Cup awards.{{vcite web |title=Canucks Team Awards Announced |url=http://canucks.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=452705 |access-date=February 6, 2010 |date=May 4, 2008 |publisher=National Hockey League |accessdate=February 6, 2010 |archive-date=June 15, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120615044025/http://canucks.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=452705 }} He also finished seventh in Vezina Trophy balloting.{{cite web|title=Full voting results for the 2008 NHL Awards|url=http://www.thehockeynews.com/articles/16631-Full-voting-results-for-the-2008-NHL-Awards.html|access-date=July 4, 2010|date=June 13, 2008|work=The Hockey News|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140711105503/http://www.thehockeynews.com/articles/16631-Full-voting-results-for-the-2008-NHL-Awards.html|archive-date=July 11, 2014|url-status=dead}}

On September 30, 2008, prior to the start of the 2008–09 season, Vancouver Canucks general manager Mike Gillis and head coach Alain Vigneault named Luongo the 12th captain in team history, replacing the departed Markus Näslund. The decision was unconventional, as league rules forbid goaltenders from being captains.{{vcite web |title=Captain Louie |url=http://canucks.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=452980 |access-date=February 1, 2010 |date=September 30, 2008 |publisher=Vancouver Canucks |accessdate=February 2, 2010 |archive-date=September 17, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100917154255/http://canucks.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=452980 }} As such, Luongo became only the seventh goaltender in NHL history to be named a captain, and the first since Bill Durnan captained the Montreal Canadiens in 1947–48 (after which the league implemented the rule).{{vcite news |url=http://tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=251272&lid=headline&lpos=topStory_nhl |title=Canucks name goaltender Luongo captain |work=The Sports Network |date=September 30, 2008 |access-date=September 30, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100918133655/http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=251272&lid=headline&lpos=topStory_nhl |archive-date=September 18, 2010 |url-status=dead}} In order to account for the league rule, Luongo did not perform any of the on-ice duties reserved for captains and did not wear the captain's "C" on his jersey. Instead he incorporated it into the artwork on the front of one of his masks which he occasionally wore for the early months of the 2008–09 season.{{vcite news |title=Luongo sports captain's 'C' on goalie mask |url=http://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/luongo-sports-captain-s-c-on-goalie-mask-1.756420 |access-date=January 24, 2018 |date=October 5, 2008 |work=CBC Sports |accessdate=January 24, 2018 |archive-date=December 24, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161224223030/http://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/luongo-sports-captain-s-c-on-goalie-mask-1.756420 }} Canucks defenceman Willie Mitchell was designated to handle communications with on-ice officials, while defenceman Mattias Öhlund was responsible for ceremonial faceoffs and other such formalities associated with captaincy. Centre Ryan Kesler was chosen along with Mitchell and Öhlund as the third alternate captain. A month into the 2008–09 season, Luongo began a shutout streak that lasted three games against the Nashville Predators, Phoenix Coyotes, and the Minnesota Wild, akin to the feat he accomplished in the same month of November the previous year.{{vcite news |title=Canucks' Luongo blanks Wild for third straight shutout |url=http://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/canucks-luongo-blanks-wild-for-3rd-straight-shutout-1.694274 |work=CBC Sports |date=November 9, 2008 |access-date=January 24, 2018 |accessdate=January 24, 2018 |archive-date=February 7, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160207055934/http://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/canucks-luongo-blanks-wild-for-3rd-straight-shutout-1.694274 }} His overall shutout streak was snapped at 242:36 minutes, in a 2–1 shootout loss against the Colorado Avalanche, surpassing the Canucks record he set the previous season.{{vcite news |title=Luongo's shutout streak snapped as Avs edge Canucks |url=https://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=255713 |access-date=November 12, 2008 |date=November 12, 2008 |work=The Sports Network |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090112164359/http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=255713 |archive-date=January 12, 2009 }} Later that month, on November 22, Luongo left a game versus the Pittsburgh Penguins after suffering an adductor strain in his groin. Initially listed as week-to-week,{{vcite news |title=Luongo's status week to week |url=http://www.canada.com/saskatoonstarphoenix/news/sports/story.html?id=fcb84a60-e4fa-4874-9261-a7c140f7bba4 |work=Saskatoon Star Phoenix |date=November 24, 2008 |access-date=February 18, 2010 |url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110604133023/http://www.canada.com/saskatoonstarphoenix/news/sports/story.html?id=fcb84a60-e4fa-4874-9261-a7c140f7bba4 |archive-date=June 4, 2011}} he attempted what was considered an early comeback within two weeks of the injury, but suffered a setback during a team practice on December 10, leaving early in discomfort.{{vcite news |title=Luongo pain free after Canucks practice |url=https://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/luongo-pain-free-after-canucks-practice-1.801465 |date=January 12, 2009 |work=CBC Sports |access-date=February 7, 2010 |archive-date=January 22, 2009 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090122151843/http://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/story/2009/01/12/luongo-practice.html }} After missing 24 games, Luongo made his return on January 15, 2009, in a 4–1 loss to the Phoenix Coyotes.{{vcite news |title=Luongo, Canucks raked by Coyotes |url=http://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/coyotes-rake-canucks-in-luongo-s-return-1.799359 |access-date=January 24, 2018 |date=January 15, 2009 |work=CBC Sports |accessdate=January 24, 2018 |archive-date=October 29, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181029070602/https://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/coyotes-rake-canucks-in-luongo-s-return-1.799359 }} While injured, Luongo was chosen for the fourth time to the NHL All-Star Game in 2009 as the lone Canucks representative.{{vcite news |title=Luongo only Canuck all-star |url=https://vancouversun.com/Sports/Luongo+only+Canuck+star/1151526/story.html |access-date=January 7, 2009 |date=January 7, 2009 |work=Vancouver Sun |url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090113160231/http://www.vancouversun.com/Sports/Luongo+only+Canuck+star/1151526/story.html |archive-date=January 13, 2009}} Despite speculation he would have to miss his second straight All-Star Game,{{vcite news |title=Luongo's skills ready to pay all-star bills? |title.= |url=https://theprovince.com/Sports/Luongo+skills+ready+star+bills/1196793/story.html |access-date=January 29, 2009 |date=January 20, 2009 |work=The Province |url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090204031420/http://www.theprovince.com/Sports/Luongo+skills+ready+star+bills/1196793/story.html |archive-date=February 4, 2009}} Luongo recovered in time and took part in a 12–11 shootout loss to the Eastern Conference. He finished the season with back-to-back shutouts in the final two games against the Los Angeles Kings and Colorado Avalanche to establish a new career-high of nine shutouts on the season, breaking Dan Cloutier's previous franchise single-season shutout record of seven, set in 2001–02.{{vcite news|title=Canucks beat Kings, take over Northwest lead |url=https://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/canucks-beat-kings-take-over-northwest-lead-1.801987 |access-date=April 11, 2009 |date=April 9, 2009 |work=CBC Sports |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110604161425/http://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/story/2009/04/09/sp-kings-canucks.html |archive-date=June 4, 2011 |url-status=live}}{{vcite news |title=Canucks win Northwest Division title and earn home-ice advantage |url=https://vancouversun.com/Canucks+Northwest+Division+title+earn+home+advantage+first+round+playoffs/1488467/story.html |access-date=April 11, 2009 |date=April 11, 2009 |work=Vancouver Sun |accessdate=October 4, 2018 |archive-date=October 29, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181029071338/http://www.vancouversun.com/Canucks+Northwest+Division+title+earn+home+advantage+first+round+playoffs/1488467/story.html }} Winning their second Northwest Division title in three years, Luongo and the Canucks returned to the playoffs after a one-year absence as the third seed in the West. During the 2009 playoffs, he led the Canucks to a first round sweep of the sixth-seeded St. Louis Blues. The Canucks then faced the fourth-seeded Chicago Blackhawks in the second round, which Chicago ultimately won in six games. Luongo was heavily criticized following his performance in the sixth and deciding game, allowing seven goals in the 7–5 loss to seal the 4–2 series defeat. In a post-game interview, Luongo told reporters that he "let [his] teammates down".{{vcite news |title=Canucks' Luongo: 'I let my teammates down tonight' |url=https://theprovince.com/Sports/Canucks+Luongo+teammates+down+tonight/1586248/story.html |access-date=June 6, 2009 |work=The Province |url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090615002755/http://www.theprovince.com/Sports/Canucks+Luongo+teammates+down+tonight/1586248/story.html |archive-date=June 15, 2009}} Many in the Vancouver media were quick to suggest trading Luongo, arguing that his large salary could be better spent, while pointing to several successful teams with relatively low-salary goaltenders.{{vcite news |title=Why would they trade me? Canucks Roberto Luongo asks? |title.= |url=https://vancouversun.com/sports/would+they+trade+Canucks+Roberto+Luongo+asks/1595768/story.html |access-date=June 6, 2009 |work=Vancouver Sun |url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090518083827/http://www.vancouversun.com/Sports/would+they+trade+Canucks+Roberto+Luongo+asks/1595768/story.html |archive-date=May 18, 2009}}{{vcite news |title=The case for letting Luongo go |url=https://vancouversun.com/sports/case+letting+Luongo/1589010/story.html |access-date=June 6, 2009 |date=May 13, 2009 |work=Vancouver Sun |url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090517004524/http://www.vancouversun.com/sports/case+letting+Luongo/1589010/story.html |archive-date=May 17, 2009}} Nevertheless, Luongo was presented at the year-end awards ceremony with the Scotiabank Fan Fav Award, a fan-voted award in its inaugural year for the league's favourite player.{{vcite web |title=Roberto Luongo wins Scotiabank/NHL Fan Fav Award |url=http://canucks.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=453735 |access-date=February 1, 2010 |date=June 17, 2009 |publisher=National Hockey League |accessdate=February 2, 2010 |archive-date=June 15, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120615044032/http://canucks.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=453735 }} Also finishing fourth in Vezina Trophy voting, he missed out on his second nomination in three years by one vote,{{vcite news |title=Roberto Luongo, Vancouver Canucks agree on 12-year, $64-million contract extension |url=https://www.espn.com/nhl/news/story?id=4439836 |date=September 2, 2009 |work=ESPN |access-date=September 4, 2009 |archive-date=September 4, 2009 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090904154009/http://sports.espn.go.com/nhl/news/story?id=4439836 }} behind Niklas Bäckström of the Minnesota Wild, Steve Mason of the Columbus Blue Jackets and trophy-winner Tim Thomas of the Boston Bruins.{{vcite news |title=Tim Thomas continues rags-to-riches story by winning Vezina Trophy |url=http://www.thehockeynews.com/articles/26832-Tim-Thomas-continues-ragstoriches-story-by-winning-Vezina-Trophy.html |access-date=September 4, 2009 |date=June 18, 2009 |work=The Hockey News |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090626051658/http://www.thehockeynews.com/articles/26832-Tim-Thomas-continues-ragstoriches-story-by-winning-Vezina-Trophy.html |archive-date=June 26, 2009 }}

With one season left on his original four-year deal with the Canucks, Luongo and agent Gilles Lupien began contract negotiations with general manager Mike Gillis in the 2009 off-season. At the time of the 2009 NHL Entry Draft, ESPN reported that Luongo and the Canucks had agreed on a long-term extension to be announced on July 1. The report was, however, denied by both Lupien and Gillis.{{vcite news |title=Canucks close to locking up Luongo |url=http://www.faceoff.com/story.html?id=1736589&add_feed_url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.faceoff.com%2Fscripts%2FSP6Atom.aspx%3Fid%3D1724745 |access-date=February 24, 2010 |date=June 26, 2009 |work=Vancouver Sun |accessdate=February 24, 2010 |archive-date=March 18, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120318003314/http://www.faceoff.com/story.html?id=1736589&add_feed_url=http:%2F%2Fwww.faceoff.com%2Fscripts%2FSP6Atom.aspx%3Fid=1724745 }}{{Better source needed|date=March 2024}} A little over a month later in early August, Gillis told Vancouver sports radio station TEAM 1040 in an interview that he was "philosophically" close to a deal with Luongo to be signed before the upcoming 2009–10 season.{{vcite news |title=Gillis: Canucks 'philosophically' close to deal with Luongo |url=https://www.tsn.ca/nhl/teams/story/?id=286840&hubname=nhl-canucks |access-date=August 5, 2009 |date=August 29, 2009 |work=The Sports Network |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090902081210/http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/teams/story/?id=286840&hubname=nhl-canucks |archive-date=September 2, 2009 }} That same month, while at Team Canada's summer camp for the 2010 Winter Olympics, Luongo set a September 13 deadline to sign a contract before the Canucks' training camp began, explaining that he "will not be negotiating during the season ... [not wanting] that distraction".{{vcite news |title=Luongo, Canucks set deadline for contract talks |url=https://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=288968 |access-date=August 29, 2009 |date=August 27, 2009 |work=The Sports Network |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090830153841/http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=288968 |archive-date=August 30, 2009 }} Several days later, on September 2, the Canucks announced that they had signed Luongo to a 12-year contract extension worth $64 million for a $5.33 million annual salary cap hit. The front-loaded deal, which will expire by the time Luongo is 43 and includes a no-trade clause, sees him make $10 million in 2010–11, then approximately $6.7 million annually through to 2017–18, $3.3 million and $1.6 million the subsequent two seasons, before tailing off to $1 million for the final two years.{{vcite news |title=Roberto Luongo, Vancouver Canucks agree on 12-year, $64 million contract extension |url=https://www.espn.com/nhl/news/story?id=4439836 |access-date=February 12, 2010 |date=September 3, 2009 |work=ESPN |archive-date=September 4, 2009 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090904154009/http://sports.espn.go.com/nhl/news/story?id=4439836 }} The contract contains two additional clauses to circumvent the no-trade clause that allow Luongo to facilitate a trade after the fifth year and for the Canucks to also facilitate a trade after the seventh year.{{vcite news |title=Luongo's long-term deal with Canucks contains several 'escape clauses' |date=September 4, 2009 |work=National Post |author=Jason Botchford }}

Nearly a month into the 2009–10 season, on October 25, 2009, Luongo recorded his 21st shutout as a Canuck (48th career) in a 2–0 win against the Edmonton Oilers, surpassing Kirk McLean as the franchise shutouts leader.{{vcite news |title=Luongo is Canucks' franchise shutout leader with win over Oilers |url=https://theprovince.com/sports/Canucks+beat+Oilers+three+straight/2144346/story.html |work=The Province |access-date=October 29, 2009 |date=October 26, 2009 |url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091027084342/http://www.theprovince.com/sports/Canucks+beat+Oilers+three+straight/2144346/story.html |archive-date=October 27, 2009}} The following game against the Detroit Red Wings on October 27, he suffered a rib injury that was revealed the following day to be a hairline fracture. Luongo originally injured his rib two games prior against the Toronto Maple Leafs on October 24 after taking a shot in the chest from Leafs' forward Niklas Hagman. The injury was re-aggravated during the Detroit game during a collision with Red Wings forward Todd Bertuzzi.{{vcite news |title=Canucks' Luongo out at least a week with rib injury |url=https://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=296381 |access-date=October 29, 2009 |date=October 28, 2009 |work=The Sports Network |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091031124503/http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=296381 |archive-date=October 31, 2009 }} He returned to the lineup on November 10 against the St. Louis Blues after missing six games.{{vcite news |title=Roberto Luongo |url=https://www.tsn.ca/nhl/teams/players/bio/?id=1050 |access-date=January 8, 2010 |work=The Sports Network |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100113174925/http://tsn.ca/nhl/teams/players/bio/?id=1050 |archive-date=January 13, 2010 }} On January 7, 2010, Luongo recorded his 50th career shutout in a 4–0 win against the Phoenix Coyotes.{{vcite news |title=Burrows records hat trick while Luongo blanks Coyotes |url=https://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=305209 |access-date=January 8, 2010 |date=January 8, 2010 |work=The Sports Network |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140201192230/http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=305209 |archive-date=February 1, 2014 }} Despite recording the second 40-win season of his career, Luongo finished with his worst statistical season as a Canuck, heavily affected by a poor second-half.{{vcite news|title=Luongo not pushing panic button|url=https://montrealgazette.com/sports/Luongo+pushing+panic+button/2726845/story.html|access-date=April 12, 2010|date=April 12, 2010|work=The Province|author=Jason Botchford|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100329220723/http://www.montrealgazette.com/sports/Luongo+pushing+panic+button/2726845/story.html|archive-date=March 29, 2010}} Pulled seven times in 68 appearances,{{vcite news|title=Luongo's game is as good as gold|url=https://theprovince.com/sports/2010wintergames/Luongo+game+good+gold/2791241/story.html|access-date=April 12, 2010|date=April 12, 2010|work=The Province|author=Ben Kuzma|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100416174110/http://www.theprovince.com/sports/2010wintergames/Luongo+game+good+gold/2791241/story.html|archive-date=April 16, 2010}} he recorded a 2.57 GAA and a .913 save percentage. In the subsequent 2010 playoffs, the Canucks defeated the Los Angeles Kings in six games only to be defeated by the Chicago Blackhawks for the second year in a row.{{vcite news|title=Blackhawks put away Canucks|url=http://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/nhl/blackhawks-put-away-canucks-1.881355|access-date=January 24, 2018|date=May 12, 2010|work=Canadian Broadcasting Corporation|accessdate=January 24, 2018|archive-date=September 18, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180918093116/https://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/nhl/blackhawks-put-away-canucks-1.881355}}

In the 2010 off-season, it was speculated by many in the media whether Luongo would remain Vancouver's captain, citing the added pressure of the goaltending position.{{vcite news|title=Luongo unsure of future as Canucks captain |url=https://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/luongo-unsure-of-future-as-canucks-captain-1.900549 |access-date=September 13, 2010 |date=August 26, 2010 |work=Canadian Broadcasting Corporation |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100830143027/http://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/story/2010/08/26/sp-luongo.html |archive-date=August 30, 2010 |url-status=live}} After the Canucks' 3–1 series deficit in the second round, Luongo ceased to make himself available for pre-game interviews – a customary practice for goaltenders, but not for captains. When asked after the Canucks' elimination whether he thought he should remain team captain, he told reporters he did not think it was an issue. However, Gillis, who appointed him captain two seasons prior, asserted it was a topic to be addressed in the off-season. On September 13, 2010, Luongo confirmed he was stepping down, stating that "Serv[ing] as captain...in a Canadian city for a team with such passionate fans is a privilege and an experience I will always take pride in. I will continue to be a leader on this team and support my teammates the same way I always have while focusing on our ultimate goal." Centre Henrik Sedin, who won the Hart Trophy for the 2009–10 season, was named Luongo's successor in a pre-game ceremony to the Canucks' season-opener.{{vcite news|title=Canucks name Henrik Sedin captain|url=http://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/canucks-name-henrik-sedin-captain-1.925894|access-date=January 24, 2018|date=October 9, 2010|publisher=Canadian Broadcasting Corporation|accessdate=January 24, 2018|archive-date=May 13, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180513011751/http://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/canucks-name-henrik-sedin-captain-1.925894}} Also in the 2010 off-season, Gillis fired Luongo's goaltending coach Ian Clark and hired Roland Melanson in his place. Luongo had been a personal friend of Clark's and publicly stated being surprised and disappointed with the switch. The decision to hire Melanson was largely precipitated on his willingness to work with Luongo on a full-time basis – something Clark was unable to do. Despite the coaching change at the club level, Luongo retained Clark as his personal coach for his summer training.{{vcite news|title=Luongo still puzzled by coaching shuffle; Goalie not consulted when friend was fired|date=September 14, 2010|work=The Vancouver Sun|publisher=Postmedia News|author=Iain MacIntyre}} He began working with Melanson leading up to the 2010–11 season and employed several changes in his playing style, which included playing deeper into his crease instead of challenging shooters. Luongo was named the NHL's Second Star of the Month for December 2010. He posted an 11–1–2 record with a 2.07 GAA, a .922 save percentage and one shutout within that month.{{vcite news|title=Crosby, Luongo, Lidstrom|url=http://tsn.ca/nhl/teams/story/?id=348020&hubname=nhl-canucks|access-date=January 8, 2011|date=January 4, 2011|publisher=The Sports Network|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121012235355/http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/teams/story/?id=348020&hubname=nhl-canucks|archive-date=October 12, 2012}} During the month, he started a 21-game regulation unbeaten streak that lasted until a loss against the St. Louis Blues on February 14, 2011. Luongo's record in that span was 16 wins and 5 overtime or shootout losses.{{vcite web|title=Blues 3, Canucks 2|url=http://canucks.nhl.com/club/recap.htm?id=2010020845|access-date=April 16, 2011|date=February 14, 2011|publisher=Vancouver Canucks|agency=Associated Press|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110218035232/http://canucks.nhl.com/club/recap.htm?id=2010020845|archive-date=February 18, 2011}} Later in the campaign, he recorded his 300th career win against the Los Angeles Kings on March 5, 2011. He became the sixth-youngest goaltender to reach the milestone and the 25th overall.{{vcite news|title=Daniel Sedin scores late tiebreaker as Canucks outlast Kings|url=http://tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=356715|access-date=March 6, 2011|date=March 5, 2011|publisher=The Sports Network|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110308033302/http://tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=356715|archive-date=March 8, 2011}} 2010–11 campaign constituted a decreased workload for Luongo, as he appeared in 60 games. Team management had asserted at the beginning of the campaign that rookie backup Cory Schneider would be given the opportunity to play in 20 to 25 games.{{cite news|title=Canucks sign goaltender Cory Schneider to new NHL contract|url=https://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=323372|publisher=The Sports Network|date=June 2, 2010|access-date=June 28, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100605025243/http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=323372|archive-date=June 5, 2010|url-status=dead}} Luongo finished the season with a league-leading 38 wins, along with 22 losses (15 in regulation and 7 in overtime or a shootout). His career-high 2.11 GAA ranked second in the league, behind Tim Thomas' 2.00,{{vcite web|title=2010–2011 Regular Season Goals Against Average Leaders|url=http://www.nhl.com/ice/playerstats.htm?fetchKey=20112ALLGAGAll&sort=goalsAgainstAverage&viewName=goalsAgainstAverage|access-date=April 16, 2011|publisher=National Hockey League|accessdate=April 16, 2011|archive-date=December 1, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101201005208/http://www.nhl.com/ice/playerstats.htm?fetchKey=20112ALLGAGAll&sort=goalsAgainstAverage&viewName=goalsAgainstAverage}} and set a Canucks record, surpassing Dan Cloutier's 2.27 GAA, set in 2003–04.{{vcite web|title=Regular Season – Vancouver Canucks – Goalie Single Season Leaders for Team – Goals Against Average|url=http://www.nhl.com/ice/careerstats.htm?fetchKey=00002VANGAHAll&sort=goalsAgainstAverage&viewName=careerLeadersSingleSeasonGoaliesForTeam|access-date=April 16, 2011|publisher=Vancouver Canucks|accessdate=April 16, 2011|archive-date=October 23, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121023212828/http://www.nhl.com/ice/careerstats.htm?fetchKey=00002VANGAHAll&sort=goalsAgainstAverage&viewName=careerLeadersSingleSeasonGoaliesForTeam}} While his .928 save percentage improved upon his team-record setting .921 in 2006–07, it was bettered by one-hundredth of a point by Schneider.{{vcite web|title=Vancouver Canucks – Goalie Single Season Leaders For Team – Save Percentage|url=http://www.nhl.com/ice/careerstats.htm?fetchKey=00002VANGAHAll&sort=savePercentage&viewName=careerLeadersSingleSeasonGoaliesForTeam|access-date=April 16, 2011|publisher=National Hockey League|accessdate=February 6, 2010|archive-date=June 4, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110604120124/http://www.nhl.com/ice/careerstats.htm?fetchKey=00002VANGAHAll&sort=savePercentage&viewName=careerLeadersSingleSeasonGoaliesForTeam}} Together, Luongo and Schneider won the William M. Jennings Trophy for leading the Canucks to the lowest GAA in the league; their combined 2.20 GAA was one-tenth better than the Boston Bruins's second-place goaltending tandem of Tim Thomas and Tuukka Rask.{{cite web|title=2010–2011 Regular Season – Team GAA|url=http://www.nhl.com/ice/teamstats.htm?fetchKey=20112ALLAAAAll&sort=avgGoalsAgainstPerGame&viewName=summary|access-date=April 12, 2011|publisher=National Hockey League|archive-date=April 11, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110411070832/http://www.nhl.com/ice/teamstats.htm?fetchKey=20112ALLAAAAll&sort=avgGoalsAgainstPerGame&viewName=summary|url-status=live}} Luongo helped the Canucks to their first Presidents' Trophy in team history with an NHL-best and franchise-record 54 wins and 117 points.{{cite magazine|title=Canucks Have a Chance to Add Stanley Cup Victory to a History of Playoff Losing|url=https://thehockeynews.com/news/article/canucks-have-a-chance-to-add-stanley-cup-victory-to-a-history-of-playoff-losing|access-date=December 14, 2019|date=April 10, 2011|magazine=The Hockey News|archive-date=December 14, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191214213926/https://thehockeynews.com/news/article/canucks-have-a-chance-to-add-stanley-cup-victory-to-a-history-of-playoff-losing|url-status=live}} His efforts in the regular season earned him his third career Vezina Trophy nomination, alongside the Boston Bruins' Tim Thomas and the Nashville Predators' Pekka Rinne.{{vcite news|title=Thomas, Rinne and Luongo named finalists for Vezina|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/hockey/thomas-rinne-and-luongo-named-finalists-for-vezina/article4264321/|access-date=December 14, 2019|date=April 22, 2011|work=The Globe and Mail|agency=The Canadian Press|accessdate=December 14, 2019|archive-date=October 30, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201030172357/https://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/hockey/thomas-rinne-and-luongo-named-finalists-for-vezina/article4264321/}} Entering the 2011 playoffs as the first seed in the West and Presidents' Trophy winners, the Canucks were matched against the Chicago Blackhawks for the third straight year, this time in the first round. After opening the series with three straight wins, the Canucks lost the next three against the eighth-seeded and defending Stanley Cup champion Blackhawks, forcing a seventh game. After he was pulled in favour of Schneider during Games 4 in Chicago and 5 in Vancouver – having allowed six goal on 28 shots and four goals on 12 shots, respectively – Luongo started Game 6 in Chicago on the bench.{{vcite news|title=Hawks rout Canucks 7–2 to stay alive|url=http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2010030154|access-date=June 9, 2011|date=April 20, 2011|publisher=National Hockey League|author=Rosen, Dan|accessdate=June 9, 2011|archive-date=May 30, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110530201705/http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2010030154}}{{vcite news|title=Hawks stay alive by routing Canucks 5–0|url=http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2010030155|access-date=June 9, 2011|date=April 22, 2011|publisher=National Hockey League|author=Rosen, Dan|accessdate=June 9, 2011|archive-date=May 27, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110527215538/http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2010030155}} During the third period, Schneider suffered a lower-body injury on a Michael Frolík penalty shot goal, forcing Luongo to finish the game. He made 12 saves in relief of Schneider before Blackhawks forward Ben Smith scored in overtime.{{vcite news|title=Hawks force Game 7 with OT win|url=http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2010030156|access-date=June 9, 2011|date=April 25, 2011|publisher=National Hockey League|author=Rosen, Dan|accessdate=June 9, 2011|archive-date=May 30, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110530205433/http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2010030156}}{{cite web|url=https://www.foxnews.com/sports/luongo-crawford-ready-for-game-7-matchup |title=Luongo, Crawford ready for Game 7 matchup |website=foxnews.com |publisher=Fox News |author=National Hockey League |date=April 26, 2011 |access-date=January 23, 2025}} Although Schneider was available to play for Game 7, Canucks' head coach Alain Vigneault chose to start Luongo. He made 31 saves in the deciding game, helping the Canucks to a 2–1 overtime win. His efforts included a cross-ice save on a one-timer from Blackhawks forward Patrick Sharp during a Blackhawks powerplay early on in the extra period.{{vcite news|title=Canucks beat Hawks 2–1 in OT to win series|url=http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2010030157|access-date=June 9, 2011|date=April 27, 2011|publisher=National Hockey League|author=Rosen, Dan|accessdate=June 9, 2011|archive-date=April 29, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110429234351/http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2010030157}} Going head-to-head against fellow Vezina Trophy nominee Pekka Rinne and the Nashville Predators in round two, Luongo kept the fifth-seeded Predators to 11 goals over six games to help the Canucks advance to the third round for the first time in 17 years. He maintained his stellar performance in the Western Conference Finals against the second-seeded San Jose Sharks, allowing 13 goals over five contests, including 54 saves in the fifth and deciding match, a game that went to double overtime. Luongo's efforts helped the Canucks reach the Stanley Cup Finals for the first time in 17 years.{{vcite news|title=Canucks beat Sharks in 2OT to advance to Final|url=http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2010030325|access-date=June 9, 2011|date=May 25, 2011|publisher=National Hockey League|author=Rosen, Dan|accessdate=June 9, 2011|archive-date=June 13, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110613060239/http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2010030325}} He opened the series against the Boston Bruins stopping all 36 shots in a 1–0 win for his third shutout of the postseason in Game 1 along with a 3–2 overtime win in Game 2.{{vcite news|title=Late goal gives Canucks 1–0 win in Game 1|url=http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2010030411|access-date=June 9, 2011|date=June 2, 2011|publisher=National Hockey League|author=Rosen, Dan|accessdate=June 9, 2011|archive-date=June 6, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110606035926/http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2010030411}} As the series shifted to Boston's TD Garden for games three and four with a two-games-to-none Canucks lead, Luongo surrendered eight goals in Game 3 as the Bruins defeated the Canucks 8–1, cutting the Canucks series lead from 2–0 to 2–1.{{vcite news|title=Bruins play 'Boston hockey,' claw back into series|url=http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2010030413|access-date=June 9, 2011|date=June 7, 2011|publisher=National Hockey League|author=Rosen, Dan|accessdate=June 9, 2011|archive-date=July 19, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719140820/http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2010030413}} The following contest also, he was pulled for the third time in the playoffs and first time in the Finals after allowing four goals on 20 shots as the Canucks were defeated by the Bruins 4–0, resulting in a 2–2 tie in the series.{{vcite news|title=All even at 2: Inspired Bruins catch Canucks|url=http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2010030414|access-date=June 9, 2011|date=June 9, 2011|publisher=National Hockey League|author=Masiak, Corey|accessdate=June 9, 2011|archive-date=June 11, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110611223042/http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2010030414}} Amidst heavy scrutiny from the media and Canucks fans after the two blowout losses in Games 3 and 4,{{vcite news|title=How do you solve a problem like Roberto Luongo?|url=http://www.macleans.ca/2011/06/17/how-do-you-fix-a-problem-like-roberto-luongo/|access-date=June 19, 2011|date=June 17, 2011|work=Maclean's|author=Gillis, Charlie|accessdate=February 3, 2021|archive-date=April 3, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130403024822/http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/06/17/how-do-you-fix-a-problem-like-roberto-luongo/}}{{vcite news|title=Roberto Luongo's Poor Play Has Created Goaltending Controversy in Vancouver|url=http://www.nesn.com/2011/06/roberto-luongos-poor-play-has-created-goaltending-controversy-in-vancouver.html|access-date=June 19, 2011|date=June 9, 2011|publisher=New England Sports Network|author=Howe, Jeff|accessdate=June 19, 2011|archive-date=June 12, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110612142435/http://www.nesn.com/2011/06/roberto-luongos-poor-play-has-created-goaltending-controversy-in-vancouver.html}} Luongo recovered for Game 5 in Vancouver, stopping all 31 Bruins shots in a 1–0 win for a 3–2 series lead.{{vcite web|title=Canucks win Game 5, one win away from Cup|url=http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2010030415|access-date=June 19, 2011|date=June 11, 2011|publisher=National Hockey League|author=Rosen, Dan|accessdate=June 19, 2011|archive-date=June 14, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110614074914/http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2010030415}} It was his 15th win and fourth shutout of the 2011 postseason and second of the Stanley Cup Finals, tying both of Kirk McLean's single-year playoff team records, previously set in 1994.{{vcite web|title=Playoffs – Vancouver Canucks – Goalie – Goalie Single Season Leaders For Team – Wins|url=http://www.nhl.com/ice/careerstats.htm?fetchKey=00003VANGAHAll&sort=wins&viewName=careerLeadersSingleSeasonGoaliesForTeam|access-date=June 19, 2011|publisher=National Hockey League|accessdate=June 19, 2011|archive-date=October 24, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121024073018/http://www.nhl.com/ice/careerstats.htm?fetchKey=00003VANGAHAll&sort=wins&viewName=careerLeadersSingleSeasonGoaliesForTeam}} Luongo joined Frank McCool as the only goaltender in NHL history to have two 1–0 shutouts in the same Stanley Cup Finals series as McCool's 1–0 victories came 66 years earlier in {{scfy|1945}}.{{cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/blog/statsinfo/post/_/id/21033/luongo-closes-the-door-on-struggles|title=Luongo closes the door on struggles|date=June 11, 2011|accessdate=June 11, 2011|website=ESPN.com|publisher=ESPN Enterprises, Inc.}}{{cite news|url=http://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/stanleycup2011/blog/2011/06/luongo-returns-to-victorious-path.html|title=Luongo returns to victorious path|date=June 11, 2011|accessdate=June 11, 2011|website=CBCSports.ca|first=Tim|last=Wharnsby|publisher=CBC/Radio-Canada}} With an opportunity to clinch the Stanley Cup in Game 6 in Boston, however, he was pulled again in favour of Schneider after allowing three goals on eight shots in less than three minutes in the first period; the game ended in a 5–2 loss, forcing a Game 7 back home in Vancouver.{{vcite news|title=Bruins chase Luongo, force Game 7 with 5–2 win|url=http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2010030416|access-date=June 19, 2011|date=June 14, 2011|publisher=National Hockey League|author=Rosen, Dan|accessdate=June 19, 2011|archive-date=June 15, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110615062937/http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2010030416}} Despite his struggles in Game 6, he was named the starter for the deciding seventh game by head coach Alain Vigneault over Schneider. Although Luongo and the Canucks had a chance to clinch the Stanley Cup in Game 7 at home, the struggles continued for both Luongo individually and for the Canucks as a team as he allowed three goals (two scored by Bruins' centre Patrice Bergeron and one by winger Brad Marchand) on 20 shots, including one shorthanded goal by Bergeron before Marchand scored a second goal by an empty netter, as the Canucks lost the game 4–0 and the series 4–3 against the third-seeded Bruins, one win short of winning the Stanley Cup.{{vcite news|title=Bruins win Cup by blanking Canucks 4–0|url=http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2010030417|access-date=June 19, 2011|date=June 16, 2011|publisher=National Hockey League|author=Rosen, Dan|accessdate=June 19, 2011|archive-date=June 18, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110618235946/http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2010030417}} Luongo had the chance of joining the Triple Gold Club as the first goaltender in this finals series had the Canucks won Game 6 or Game 7.

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Nearly a month and a half into the 2011–12 season, Luongo suffered an upper-body injury that sidelined him for two games. The nature of the injury was unspecified, but was believed to have occurred during a game against his former team, the New York Islanders on November 13, 2011, when he appeared to be in discomfort.{{vcite news|title=Canucks' Luongo out with upper-body injury|url=http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=601686|access-date=January 4, 2012|date=November 15, 2011|publisher=National Hockey League|author=Woodley, Kevin|accessdate=January 5, 2012|archive-date=December 19, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111219072420/http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=601686}} Prior to the injury, Luongo was struggling to perform with his statistics near the bottom of the league.{{vcite news|title=Luongo should be playing, not watching|url=http://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/opinion/2011/10/luongo-should-be-playing-not-watching.html|access-date=January 4, 2012|date=October 26, 2011|publisher=Canadian Broadcasting Corporation|author=Wharnsby, Tim|accessdate=January 5, 2012|archive-date=January 1, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120101021038/http://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/opinion/2011/10/luongo-should-be-playing-not-watching.html}} Upon recovering, Schneider's play relegated Luongo to backup status for five games.{{vcite news|title=Iain MacIntyre: Luongo takes new Canucks role in stride|url=http://sports.nationalpost.com/2011/11/28/iain-macintyre-luongo-takes-new-canucks-role-in-stride/|access-date=January 4, 2012|date=November 28, 2011|work=National Post|author=MacIntyre, Iain|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120718055019/http://sports.nationalpost.com/2011/11/28/iain-macintyre-luongo-takes-new-canucks-role-in-stride/|archive-date=July 18, 2012}}{{vcite news|title=Canucks will keep riding Schneider|date=November 30, 2011|publisher=Postmedia News|author=MacIntyre, Iain}} By December 2011, he resumed as the team's starter with an improved performance.{{vcite news|title=New technique helps Luongo catch fire; Goalie alters his playing position to keep his catching glove extended, and 'it's working out'|date=December 28, 2011|work=The Vancouver Sun|author=MacIntyre, Iain}} The following month, Luongo reached two milestones. On January 4, 2012, he became the 23rd goaltender in league history to play in his 700th game,{{vcite web|title=Career Games Played|url=http://www.nhl.com/ice/careerstats.htm?fetchKey=20122ALLGAHALL&sort=gamesPlayed&viewName=careerLeadersAllSeasonsGoalies|access-date=January 4, 2012|publisher=National Hockey League|accessdate=January 5, 2012|archive-date=January 10, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120110213857/http://www.nhl.com/ice/careerstats.htm?fetchKey=20122ALLGAHALL&sort=gamesPlayed&viewName=careerLeadersAllSeasonsGoalies}} a contest in which he recorded a 3–0 shutout against the Minnesota Wild.{{vcite news|title=Luongo marks milestone in style as Canucks blank Wild|url=http://tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=384266#YourCallTop|access-date=January 4, 2012|date=January 5, 2012|publisher=The Sports Network|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120108083903/http://tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=384266#YourCallTop|archive-date=January 8, 2012}} With his 212th victory as a Canuck on January 21 (a 4–3 win against the San Jose Sharks), he surpassed Kirk McLean as the most-wins goaltender in team history. Luongo accomplished the feat in 364 games, 152 less than McLean.{{cite news|title=Heroic Hodgson|url=http://canucks.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=612252|access-date=January 23, 2012|date=January 21, 2012|publisher=Vancouver Canucks|archive-date=March 25, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140325015316/http://canucks.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=612252|url-status=live}} Facing the eighth-seeded and eventual Stanley Cup champion Los Angeles Kings in the opening round of the 2012 playoffs after helping the Canucks win a second consecutive Presidents' Trophy as the regular season champions, Luongo started the first two games and played well but his team lost both. Vigneault opted to start Schneider for the rest of the series, in order to give the Canucks some momentum on their side,{{cite news|title=NHL Playoffs: Vancouver Canucks' decision to sit Roberto Luongo 'incredibly difficult'|url=https://www.thestar.com/sports/hockey/2012/04/19/nhl_playoffs_vancouver_canucks_decision_to_sit_roberto_luongo_incredibly_difficult.html|access-date=May 11, 2013|publisher=Toronto Star|date=April 19, 2012|archive-date=October 29, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181029070220/https://www.thestar.com/sports/hockey/2012/04/19/nhl_playoffs_vancouver_canucks_decision_to_sit_roberto_luongo_incredibly_difficult.html|url-status=live}} and Luongo remained on the bench for the remainder of the series as the Kings won four games to one. Dressing as a backup for the Canucks' final three playoff games led many in the media to believe that Luongo would be traded in the off-season, in favour of Schneider, who recorded better regular season and playoff statistics than him in 2011–12.{{cite news|title=Cory Schneider Canucks' top dog, so long Luongo|url=https://montrealgazette.com/sports/Canucks+with+Cory+Schneider+looks+like+over+Roberto+Luongo/6483859/story.html|access-date=April 24, 2012|date=April 19, 2012|work=The Province|author=Botchford, Jason|location=Vancouver}}{{dead link|date=September 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} Asked about his role with the Canucks following the defeat, Luongo told reporters that he would waive his no-trade clause if his management asked him to do so.{{cite news|title=Luongo: I'll waive my no-trade clause if I'm asked to|url=http://tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=394097|access-date=April 24, 2012|date=April 24, 2012|publisher=The Sports Network|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120426181404/http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=394097|archive-date=April 26, 2012|url-status=dead}} In June 2012, Schneider was signed to a three-year $12 million contract, which made Luongo expendable, but general manager Mike Gillis' efforts to trade Luongo were unsuccessful owing to his $64 million (U.S.), 12-year contract.{{cite news|url=http://www.cbc.ca/sports-content/hockey/opinion/stanleycup/2013/05/roberto-luongo-says-goodbye-again-to-vancouver.html|title=Roberto Luongo says goodbye (again) to Vancouver|access-date=May 26, 2013|publisher=CBC.ca|archive-date=February 22, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150222025536/http://www.cbc.ca/sports-content/hockey/opinion/stanleycup/2013/05/roberto-luongo-says-goodbye-again-to-vancouver.html|url-status=live}}

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In the lockout-shortened 2012–13 season, both goaltenders split the playing duties although Schneider was the number one goaltender. Luongo handled his demotion with class and remained supportive of Schneider, soon calling the Canucks "Cory's team." Head coach Alain Vigneault said "Cory is our MVP and one of reasons why we got into playoffs. I've got a lot of faith in him and that's why we're going with him". In the opening round of the 2013 playoffs facing the San Jose Sharks, as Schneider had been injured near the end of the season, Luongo started the first two games and played well but his team lost both. Luongo came off the bench in game three after Schneider was pulled in the third period. Luongo was the backup in game four as the Canucks lost in overtime, ending his team's postseason in four straight games.{{cite news|title=Canucks swept out of NHL playoffs by Sharks, with likely sweeping changes to come|url=https://vancouversun.com/sports/hockey/vancouver-canucks/Vancouver+Canucks+swept+playoffs+Jose/8352010/story.html|access-date=May 11, 2013|publisher=Vancouver Sun|archive-date=October 29, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181029070254/http://www.vancouversun.com/sports/hockey/vancouver-canucks/Vancouver+Canucks+swept+playoffs+Jose/8352010/story.html|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=669856|title=Five reasons Canucks were eliminated from playoffs|publisher=NHL.com|access-date=May 26, 2013|archive-date=June 3, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130603033109/http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=669856|url-status=live}} Luongo put his penthouse up for sale, as it was accepted that he had likely played his final game as a Canuck. Although he had nine years left on a 12-year, $64-million contract, which represented a $5.33 million salary cap hit, general manager Mike Gillis remained confident of making a deal in the summer.{{cite web|url=http://sports.nationalpost.com/2013/04/03/roberto-luongos-contract-hurts-both-him-and-canucks/ |access-date=May 26, 2013 |publisher=National Post |title=Roberto Luongo's contract hurts both him and Canucks |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130629225217/http://sports.nationalpost.com/2013/04/03/roberto-luongos-contract-hurts-both-him-and-canucks/ |archive-date=June 29, 2013 }}

Schneider was unexpectedly traded to the New Jersey Devils on June 30, 2013, reinstating Luongo in the starting position for the 2013–14.{{cite web|url=http://sports.nationalpost.com/2013/10/03/roberto-luongo-vancouver-canucks-happy-for-a-fresh-start/|title=Roberto Luongo, Vancouver Canucks happy for a fresh start|author=Joshua Clipperton|date=October 2, 2013|publisher=National Post|access-date=October 8, 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20131008170145/http://sports.nationalpost.com/2013/10/03/roberto-luongo-vancouver-canucks-happy-for-a-fresh-start/|archive-date=October 8, 2013}} John Tortorella, who had replaced Alain Vigneault as Canucks head coach after their first round sweep at the hands of the San Jose Sharks, chose rookie Eddie Läck to start in goal instead of Luongo in the Heritage Classic against the Ottawa Senators at BC Place. Tortorella's decision was unpopular with the crowd as they booed Läck, while Luongo was also unhappy as he had been looking forward to that game all season with it being outside.{{cite web | url=http://sports.nationalpost.com/2014/03/02/ottawa-senators-add-to-vancouver-canucks-woes-with-heritage-classic-win/ | archive-url=https://archive.today/20140305182902/http://sports.nationalpost.com/2014/03/02/ottawa-senators-add-to-vancouver-canucks-woes-with-heritage-classic-win/ | url-status=dead | archive-date=March 5, 2014 | title=Vancouver Canucks coach's decision to bench Roberto Luongo for Heritage Classic illogical and unpopular | publisher=National Post | access-date=March 12, 2014 }}{{cite news | url=https://www.thestar.com/sports/hockey/2014/03/04/canucks_trade_roberto_luongo_to_florida.html | title=Canucks trade Roberto Luongo to Florida | publisher=Toronto Star | access-date=March 12, 2014 | date=March 4, 2014 | archive-date=March 7, 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140307081020/http://www.thestar.com/sports/hockey/2014/03/04/canucks_trade_roberto_luongo_to_florida.html | url-status=live }}{{cite web | url=https://vancouversun.com/sports/Canucks+coach+John+Tortorella+classic+misplay+unpopular+decision/9570156/story.html#ixzz2vlh2RveK | title=Canucks coach John Tortorella's classic misplay an unpopular decision | publisher=Vancouver Sun | access-date=March 12, 2014 | date=November 24, 2001 | archive-date=March 8, 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140308062436/http://www.vancouversun.com/sports/Canucks+coach+John+Tortorella+classic+misplay+unpopular+decision/9570156/story.html#ixzz2vlh2RveK | url-status=dead }}

=Return to Florida (2014–2019)=

On March 4, 2014, a day before the NHL trade deadline, Luongo was traded back to the Florida Panthers along with prospect Steven Anthony in exchange for goaltender Jacob Markström and centre Shawn Matthias. The Canucks retained part of Luongo's salary.{{vcite news|title=Roberto Luongo trade: Florida Panthers acquire goaltender from Canucks|url=https://www.sbnation.com/2014/3/4/5471102/roberto-luongo-trade-florida-panthers-vancouver-canucks|date=March 4, 2014|publisher=SB Nation|author=Brigardi, Matt|accessdate=December 7, 2017|archive-date=January 23, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180123072148/https://www.sbnation.com/2014/3/4/5471102/roberto-luongo-trade-florida-panthers-vancouver-canucks}} Luongo was seen as key to helping build the Panthers into a strong contender.{{cite web | url=https://montrealgazette.com/sports/Luongo+becomes+symbol+revitalization+Panthers+franchise/9601695/story.html | title=Luongo becomes new symbol for revitalization of Panthers' franchise | work=Montreal Gazette | access-date=March 12, 2014 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140312212344/http://www.montrealgazette.com/sports/Luongo+becomes+symbol+revitalization+Panthers+franchise/9601695/story.html | archive-date=March 12, 2014 }}

On March 3, 2015, Luongo suffered a chipped bone in his shoulder in a 3–2 loss to the Toronto Maple Leafs as a result from taking a shot from Leafs' forward Leo Komarov. He would leave the game momentarily but then return to finish the game before missing the next six games.{{cite web|url=https://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/panthers-luongo-takes-puck-high-leaves-game/ |title=Injured Luongo returns to game in dramatic fashion |website=sportsnet.ca |publisher=Sportsnet |author=Mike Johnston |date=March 3, 2015 |access-date=February 17, 2025}} The 2014–15 season would end with the Panthers missing the playoffs for the third straight season and Luongo finishing with a 28–19–12 record, two shutouts, 2.35 GAA and .921 save percentage in 61 games.

Luongo ended the 2015–16 season playing in 62 games with a 35–19–6 record, four shutouts, 2.35 GAA and .922 save percentage to help the Panthers qualify for the playoffs for the first time since 2012. During the 2016 playoffs, the Panthers would go on to lose in the first round against Luongo's former team, the New York Islanders in six games with Islanders centre and captain John Tavares scoring the series-winning goal in double overtime of Game 6 to prevent the Panthers from forcing a seventh game.{{cite web|last1=Botte|first1=Peter|title=John Tavares scores in double-OT to lead Islanders past Panthers, win first playoff series since 1993|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/hockey/islanders/tavares-goals-lead-islanders-playoff-series-win-93-article-1.2613158|website=NYDailyNews.com|access-date=August 30, 2016|date=April 25, 2016|archive-date=September 14, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160914203439/http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/hockey/islanders/tavares-goals-lead-islanders-playoff-series-win-93-article-1.2613158|url-status=live}}

In the 2016 off-season, it was revealed that Luongo underwent hip surgery, but would recover in time for the start of the 2016–17 season.{{cite web|url=https://www.miamiherald.com/sports/nhl/florida-panthers/article107933407.html |title=Months after surgery, Luongo takes opening night stage for Florida Panthers |website=miamiherald.com |publisher=Miami Herald |author=George Richards |date=October 13, 2016 |access-date=February 17, 2025}} The season would be a struggle for Luongo and the Panthers as a team as they would miss the playoffs and Luongo would finish with a 17–15–6 record with one shutout, 2.68 GAA and .915 save percentage in 40 games.

On December 4, 2017, in a 5–4 SO loss to the New York Islanders, Luongo suffered a torn groin as a result of sticking his leg out to make a save on a shot from Islanders' defenceman Ryan Pulock, causing him to miss the next 27 games.{{cite web|url=https://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/injury-slows-not-halts-career-former-canuck-roberto-luongo/#:~:text=That%20fire%20has%20brought%20Luongo%20back%2C%20two,that%20it%20had%20the%20potential%20to%20end |title=Injury slows, not halts, career of former Canuck Roberto Luongo |website=sportsnet.ca |publisher=Sportsnet |author=Iain MacIntyre |date=February 13, 2018 |access-date=February 17, 2025}} On April 5, 2018, Luongo played in his 1,000th NHL game in a 3–2 win over the Boston Bruins, becoming just the third goaltender in NHL history to do so, the other two being Patrick Roy and Martin Brodeur.{{cite web|last1=Harisson|first1=Doug|title=Elite company: Roberto Luongo plays in 1,000th NHL game|url=http://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/nhl/panthers-roberto-luongo-1000-games-1.4606430|website=cbc.ca|access-date=May 1, 2018|date=April 5, 2018|archive-date=April 9, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180409165553/http://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/nhl/panthers-roberto-luongo-1000-games-1.4606430|url-status=live}} At the conclusion of the 2017–18 season, Luongo was the Panthers' nomination for the Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy and eventually a finalist for the award by the NHL and became the franchise all-time leader in games played, wins, and shutouts. The season ended with the Panthers missing the playoffs by just one point in the standings.{{cite web|last1=Olive|first1=Jameson|title=2017–18 Season Rewind: Roberto Luongo|url=https://www.nhl.com/panthers/news/2017-18-season-rewind-roberto-luongo/c-298371162|website=NHL.com|access-date=May 1, 2018|date=May 1, 2018|archive-date=May 3, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180503102447/https://www.nhl.com/panthers/news/2017-18-season-rewind-roberto-luongo/c-298371162|url-status=live}} The Masterton Trophy would eventually go to New Jersey Devils forward Brian Boyle.{{cite web |url=https://www.nhl.com/news/masterton-trophy-finalists-brian-boyle-roberto-luongo-jordan-staal-298170142 |title=Masterton Trophy finalists unveiled |website=nhl.com |publisher=National Hockey League |author=NHL.com |date=April 21, 2018 |access-date=April 20, 2024 |archive-date=November 13, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231113014659/https://www.nhl.com/news/masterton-trophy-finalists-brian-boyle-roberto-luongo-jordan-staal-298170142 |url-status=live }}

On February 10, 2019, Luongo played in his 1030th career game against the inner-state rival Tampa Bay Lightning, passing Roy for second all-time behind Brodeur, who played 1,266 games in his career.{{cite web |last1=Hornick |first1=Matt |title=Panthers' Roberto Luongo moves into second place for career appearances by a goaltender |url=http://www.sportingnews.com/us/nhl/news/panthers-roberto-luongo-moves-in-to-second-for-career-appearances-by-a-goaltender/45af9bt2p6c61g0ule6prywnr |website=Sporting News |access-date=February 11, 2019 |date=February 10, 2019 |archive-date=February 12, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190212012937/http://www.sportingnews.com/us/nhl/news/panthers-roberto-luongo-moves-in-to-second-for-career-appearances-by-a-goaltender/45af9bt2p6c61g0ule6prywnr |url-status=live }} With a 4–3 win against the Colorado Avalanche on February 25, Luongo passed Ed Belfour for third-most wins as an NHL goaltender, once again only behind Patrick Roy and Martin Brodeur.{{cite web |title=NHL History – Goalie Wins Leaders |url=https://www.espn.com/nhl/?stat=goaliewins |website=ESPN |access-date=February 26, 2019 |date=February 25, 2019 |archive-date=February 27, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190227060514/http://www.espn.com/nhl/history/leaders/_/stat/goaliewins |url-status=live }}

On June 26, 2019, Luongo announced his retirement from professional hockey, despite having three years left on his contract largely citing lingering effects from surgeries on his hip and groin the previous two seasons.{{Cite web|url=https://www.nhl.com/panthers/news/luongos-open-letter-to-the-fans/c-308071408|title=Luongo's Open Letter to the Fans|website=NHL.com|date=June 26, 2019|access-date=June 26, 2019|archive-date=June 26, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190626201741/https://www.nhl.com/panthers/news/luongos-open-letter-to-the-fans/c-308071408|url-status=live}}

International play

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Luongo made his international debut at the 1995 World U-17 Hockey Challenge in Moncton, New Brunswick, with Team Québec, winning bronze.{{vcite web |title=Roberto Luongo |url=http://www.hockeycanada.ca/index.php?ci_id=11737&la_id=1&ss_id=61000&player_id=12373 |access-date=February 5, 2010 |publisher=Hockey Canada |accessdate=February 6, 2010 |archive-date=June 7, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110607130449/http://www.hockeycanada.ca/index.php?ci_id=11737&la_id=1&ss_id=61000&player_id=12373 }} Three years later, he was named to the Canadian national junior team for the 1998 World Junior Championships in Finland. He played backup to Victoriaville Tigres goaltender Mathieu Garon,{{vcite web |title=1998 IIHF World Junior Championship – Statistics |url=http://hockeycanada.ca/index.php/ci_id/61021/la_id/1.htm |access-date=February 5, 2010 |publisher=Hockey Canada |url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110728010938/http://hockeycanada.ca/index.php/ci_id/61021/la_id/1.htm |archive-date=July 28, 2011}} going winless in three appearances with a 3.70 GAA, as Canada finished in eighth place. Luongo became the starting goaltender the following year at the 1999 World Junior Championships in Winnipeg, Manitoba, appearing in seven of Canada's eight games.{{vcite web|title=1999 IIHF World Junior Championship – Statistics |url=http://hockeycanada.ca/index.php/ci_id/2101/la_id/1.htm |access-date=February 5, 2010 |publisher=Hockey Canada |url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110728003008/http://hockeycanada.ca/index.php/ci_id/2101/la_id/1.htm |archive-date=July 28, 2011}} He recorded a shutout in the first game of the tournament against the Czech Republic, making 36 saves in a 0–0 tie.{{vcite news |title=Junior Hockey: World Championships; Battle of the Goalies Ends in Scoreless Tie |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1998/12/28/sports/junior-hockey-world-championships-battle-of-the-goalies-ends-in-scoreless-tie.html |access-date=February 5, 2010 |date=December 28, 1998 |work=New York Times |accessdate=February 18, 2017 |archive-date=September 6, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160906145840/http://www.nytimes.com/1998/12/28/sports/junior-hockey-world-championships-battle-of-the-goalies-ends-in-scoreless-tie.html }} He went on to help Team Canada to the gold medal game against Russia, but lost in overtime, surrendering a goal to Artem Chubarov.{{vcite news |title=1999 World Junior Championships |url=https://www.usatoday.com/sports/hockey/wjc99/digest.htm |access-date=November 12, 2008 |work=USA Today |url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090106094957/http://www.usatoday.com/sports/hockey/wjc99/digest.htm |archive-date=January 6, 2009}} With a 1.92 GAA and two shutouts, Luongo was given Best Goaltender and All-Star team honours.{{vcite web |title=1999 IIHF World Junior Championship |url=http://hockeycanada.ca/index.php?ci_id=2028&la_id=1 |access-date=February 5, 2010 |publisher=Hockey Canada |url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110728011013/http://hockeycanada.ca/index.php?ci_id=2028&la_id=1 |archive-date=July 28, 2011}}

Luongo first appeared with the Canadian men's team at the 2001 World Championships in Germany. He played backup to Fred Brathwaite of the Calgary Flames before injuring his finger during the first game of the qualification round against Switzerland on May 4, 2001.{{vcite web |title=Goaltender Dan Cloutier added to Team Canada |url=http://hockeycanada.ca/index.php/ci_id/10558/la_id/1.htm |access-date=February 5, 2010 |date=May 4, 2001 |publisher=Hockey Canada |url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101124082827/http://hockeycanada.ca/index.php/ci_id/10558/la_id/1.htm |archive-date=November 24, 2010}}

During his next appearance at the 2003 World Championships in Finland, Luongo began the tournament as backup to the Phoenix Coyotes' Sean Burke. He earned wins against Latvia in the preliminaries and Switzerland in the qualifying round. During the semifinals against the Czech Republic, Luongo replaced Burke after he left the game with a lower-body injury eight minutes into the second period. Luongo allowed four goals in relief, but earned the win as Canada defeated the Czechs 8–4.{{vcite news |title=Canada battles to gold final |url=http://www.canoe.ca/NewsStand/LondonFreePress/Sports/2003/05/10/83780.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120729185715/http://www.canoe.ca/NewsStand/LondonFreePress/Sports/2003/05/10/83780.html |url-status=usurped |archive-date=July 29, 2012 |access-date=February 5, 2010 |date=May 10, 2003 |work=London Free Press }}{{vcite news |title=Luongo between pipes in world hockey final |url=http://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/luongo-between-pipes-for-canada-in-world-hockey-final-1.411676 |access-date=January 24, 2018 |date=May 10, 2003 |work=CBC Sports |accessdate=January 24, 2018 |archive-date=March 9, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160309054628/http://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/luongo-between-pipes-for-canada-in-world-hockey-final-1.411676 }} With Burke still out for the gold medal game, Luongo made 49 saves against Sweden in a 3–2 overtime win. Despite Luongo's medal-round efforts, Burke was named the Best Goaltender for the tournament, as he played in the majority of Team Canada's games.{{vcite news |title=Canada wins world hockey gold |url=http://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/canada-wins-world-hockey-gold-1.362404 |access-date=January 24, 2018 |date=May 11, 2003 |work=CBC Sports |accessdate=January 24, 2018 |archive-date=August 9, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160809133947/http://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/canada-wins-world-hockey-gold-1.362404 }} The gold medal-winning 2003 team was later named the Canadian Press national sports team of the year on January 2, 2004.{{vcite web |title=2003 Men's World Team – CP Team of the Year! |title.= |url=http://hockeycanada.ca/index.php/ci_id/10918/la_id/1.htm |access-date=February 5, 2010 |date=January 2, 2004 |publisher=Hockey Canada |url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110728011031/http://hockeycanada.ca/index.php/ci_id/10918/la_id/1.htm |archive-date=July 28, 2011}}

Luongo made his third appearance at the World Championships in 2004 in the Czech Republic. He played in seven games as the starting goaltender, recording a 2.32 GAA and one shutout, as Canada captured its second straight gold medal at the tournament, beating Sweden 5–3 in the final.{{vcite web |title=Team Canada Rallies Again |url=http://hockeycanada.ca/index.php/ci_id/4919/la_id/1.htm |access-date=February 5, 2010 |date=May 15, 2004 |publisher=Hockey Canada |url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110728011135/http://hockeycanada.ca/index.php/ci_id/4919/la_id/1.htm |archive-date=July 28, 2011}} Several months later, Luongo competed for Team Canada in the 2004 World Cup as backup to Martin Brodeur of the New Jersey Devils. It marked Luongo's first international tournament in which all NHL players were eligible, as the annual World Championships conflict with the Stanley Cup playoffs. He had another opportunity to step in as the starting goaltender when Brodeur pulled out prior to the semi-final game against the Czech Republic due to a sprained wrist.{{vcite news |title=Brodeur out, Luongo in |url=http://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/brodeur-out-luongo-in-for-team-canada-1.516554 |access-date=January 24, 2018 |date=September 10, 2004 |work=CBC Sports |accessdate=January 24, 2018 |archive-date=May 30, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160530111158/http://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/brodeur-out-luongo-in-for-team-canada-1.516554 }} Filling in for Brodeur, Luongo made 37 of 40 stops in a 4–3 overtime victory to put Team Canada into the finals against Finland.{{vcite news |title=Lecavalier saves Canada's bacon in OT vs. Czech Republic |url=https://www.usatoday.com/sports/hockey/2004-09-11-canada-cr_x.htm |access-date=November 12, 2008 |date=September 11, 2004 |work=USA Today |accessdate=September 10, 2017 |archive-date=July 8, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120708180254/http://www.usatoday.com/sports/hockey/2004-09-11-canada-cr_x.htm }} Brodeur returned for the championship game to backstop Team Canada to a 3–2 win.{{vcite news |title=Hockey joy in Canada, but for how long? |title.= |url=https://www.usatoday.com/sports/hockey/2004-09-14-world-cup-final_x.htm |access-date=November 12, 2008 |date=September 14, 2004 |work=USA Today |accessdate=September 10, 2017 |archive-date=July 11, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120711200433/http://www.usatoday.com/sports/hockey/2004-09-14-world-cup-final_x.htm }}

Luongo appeared in his fourth World Championships in 2005. Owing to the 2004–05 NHL lockout, all NHL players were available for the tournament in Austria, and Luongo played backup to Brodeur.{{vcite news |title=Austrian arena earns accolades from NHL players |url=https://www.usatoday.com/sports/olympics/winter/2005-05-01-worlds-notes_x.htm |access-date=February 5, 2010 |date=May 1, 2005 |work=USA Today |accessdate=September 10, 2017 |archive-date=June 4, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110604120121/http://www.usatoday.com/sports/olympics/winter/2005-05-01-worlds-notes_x.htm }} He appeared in two games, including a shutout win against Slovenia in the round-robin.{{vcite news |title=Canada trounces Slovenia at hockey worlds |url=https://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/canada-trounces-slovenia-at-hockey-worlds-1.533831 |date=May 3, 2005 |work=CBC Sports |access-date=February 6, 2010 |archive-date=June 4, 2011 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110604161556/http://www.cbc.ca/sports/story/2005/05/03/can-slo050503.html }} Luongo earned a silver medal as Team Canada was shut out by the Czech Republic 3–0 in the final.{{vcite web |title=Canada captures silver, Joe Thornton named tournament MVP |url=http://hockeycanada.ca/index.php/ci_id/5016/la_id/1.htm |access-date=February 5, 2010 |date=May 15, 2005 |publisher=Hockey Canada |url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110608190908/http://www.hockeycanada.ca/index.php/ci_id/5016/la_id/1.htm |archive-date=June 8, 2011}}

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Luongo was named to his first Winter Olympics in 2006. The tournament was held in Turin, Italy, his country of cultural origin. He again played behind Brodeur and appeared in two games. He made his Olympic debut in the second game of the round-robin with a 5–1 win against Germany.{{vcite news |title=Gagne leads Canada past Germany |url=https://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=155166&hubname=nhl |url-status=dead|access-date=February 5, 2010 |work=The Sports Network |date=February 16, 2006 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120913222754/http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=155166&hubname=nhl |archive-date=September 13, 2012 }} His second appearance of the tournament was a loss to Finland, also in the round-robin.{{vcite news |title=Men's Hockey: Canada falls to Finland |url=https://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=155556&hubname=nhl |url-status=dead|access-date=February 5, 2010 |date=February 19, 2006 |work=The Sports Network |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120913175827/http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=155556&hubname=nhl |archive-date=September 13, 2012 }}

Leading up to the 2010 Winter Olympics, to be held in Luongo's NHL hometown of Vancouver, Luongo and Brodeur were considered locks to be named to the national team heading into the summer orientation camp in August 2009 and speculation began as to who would be appointed the starting position.{{vcite news |title=Broduer, Luongo lead Team Canada's group of goalies |url=http://www.sportingnews.com/nhl/article/2009-08-26/brodeur-luongo-lead-team-canadas-group-goalies |access-date=February 1, 2010 |date=August 26, 2009 |work=Sporting News |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100217104641/http://www.sportingnews.com/nhl/article/2009-08-26/brodeur-luongo-lead-team-canadas-group-goalies |archive-date=February 17, 2010 }}{{vcite news |title=Goalies Brodeur, Luongo pushed by dark horses |url=http://www.ctvolympics.ca/hockey/news/newsid=14774.html |access-date=February 1, 2010 |date=August 26, 2009 |work=CTV News |accessdate=February 2, 2010 |archive-date=February 4, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100204105353/http://www.ctvolympics.ca/hockey/news/newsid=14774.html }} On December 31, 2009, Luongo was selected to Team Canada, along with Brodeur and Marc-André Fleury of the Pittsburgh Penguins as the three goaltenders.{{vcite news |title=Canucks' Roberto Luongo will accept any role with team |url=http://www.faceoff.com/hockey/teams/vancouver-canucks/story.html?id=2393202&add_feed_url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.faceoff.com%2Fscripts%2FSP6Atom.aspx%3Fid%3D830270 |access-date=February 1, 2010 |date=December 30, 2009 |work=Vancouver Sun |url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100117175045/http://www.faceoff.com/hockey/teams/vancouver-canucks/story.html?id=2393202 |archive-date=January 17, 2010}}{{Better source needed|date=March 2024}} Luongo was given the start for the first game against Norway. He recorded his first Olympic shutout, making 15 saves in an 8–0 win to open the tournament.{{vcite news |title=Team Canada routs Norway in Olympic opener |url=https://www.cbc.ca/sports/2.722/team-canada-routs-norway-in-olympic-opener-1.880326 |date=February 16, 2010 |work=CBC Sports |access-date=February 17, 2010 |archive-date=February 18, 2010 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100218115459/http://www.cbc.ca/olympics/hockey/story/2010/02/16/spo-hockey-canada-norway.html }} After Brodeur surrendered four goals in a 5–3 loss to the United States in their final preliminary game, Luongo replaced him as the starting goaltender.{{vcite news |title=Luongo gets start against Germany |url=https://www.cbc.ca/sports/2.722/luongo-gets-start-against-germany-1.971992 |date=February 22, 2010 |work=CBC Sports |access-date=February 24, 2010 |archive-date=February 25, 2010 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100225142708/http://www.cbc.ca/olympics/hockey/story/2010/02/22/spo-luongo-rumours.html }} He helped Canada to four consecutive single-elimination game wins against Germany, Russia, Slovakia and the United States to capture the gold medal. During the semifinal against Slovakia, Luongo made a game-saving stop against Canucks teammate Pavol Demitra with nine seconds to go in regulation. With Slovakia's goaltender pulled and down by a goal, the puck bounced to Demitra by the side of the net. Out of position, Luongo managed to get his glove on the puck, deflecting it away from the net and preserving the win.{{vcite news|title=Olympic hockey: Luongo makes 'huge' save that really mattered off Canuck teammate|url=https://vancouversun.com/sports/Olympic+hockey+Luongo+makes+huge+save+that+really+mattered+Canuck+teammate/2619495/story.html|access-date=May 17, 2010|date=February 26, 2010|work=Vancouver Sun|author=Brad Ziemer|accessdate=October 4, 2018|archive-date=October 29, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181029070000/http://www.vancouversun.com/sports/Olympic+hockey+Luongo+makes+huge+save+that+really+mattered+Canuck+teammate/2619495/story.html}} In the subsequent gold medal game, Luongo made 34 saves in Canada's overtime win against the United States.{{vcite news |title=With golden moment, Luongo erases all doubt |url=https://montrealgazette.com/sports/2010wintergames/sports/2626982/story.html |date=March 1, 2010 |work=Montreal Gazette |url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100323015827/http://www.montrealgazette.com/sports/2010wintergames/sports/2626982/story.html |archive-date=March 23, 2010}}

The following month, Luongo carried the torch into Robson Square in Downtown Vancouver for the 2010 Paralympics on March 11, 2010.{{vcite news|title=Luongo carries Paralympic torch in Vancouver|url=http://tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=313571|access-date=March 12, 2010|work=The Sports Network|date=March 11, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100314044410/http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=313571|archive-date=March 14, 2010}}

Four years later, Luongo was selected to Team Canada for his third straight Olympics. Heading into the Sochi Games as the incumbent starter, there was much debate among the media as to whether he or Montreal Canadiens goaltender Carey Price would play most of Canada's games.{{cite news|title=Why Luongo should start for Canada against Finland – and the rest of the Olympics|url=http://www.thehockeynews.com/blog/why-luongo-should-start-for-canada-against-finland-and-the-rest-of-the-olympics/|access-date=February 26, 2014|date=February 14, 2014|author=Porteau, Adam|work=The Hockey News|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140302152903/http://www.thehockeynews.com/blog/why-luongo-should-start-for-canada-against-finland-and-the-rest-of-the-olympics/|archive-date=March 2, 2014|url-status=dead}}

Playing style

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Luongo played in the butterfly style of goaltending, dropping to his knees with his skates pointing outwards and his pads meeting in the middle in order to cover the bottom portion of the net.{{vcite news|author=Larry Pynn |title=Luongo suffers common goalie injury |url=http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/story.html?id=bf287419-24e7-469a-9629-17df18db1afe |access-date=December 21, 2009 |date=November 25, 2008 |work=Vancouver Sun |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110604132706/http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/story.html?id=bf287419-24e7-469a-9629-17df18db1afe |archive-date=June 4, 2011 |url-status=dead}} Owing to the style of play, groin injuries are common for butterfly goaltenders. Luongo suffered one during the 2008–09 season and missed 24 games.

As an athletic goaltender, Luongo was known for having quick reflexes,{{vcite web |title=Roberto Luongo |url=http://www.legendsofhockey.net/LegendsOfHockey/jsp/SearchPlayer.jsp?player=18338 |access-date=December 21, 2009 |publisher=Hockey Hall of Fame |accessdate=December 21, 2009 |archive-date=February 4, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120204231143/http://www.legendsofhockey.net/LegendsOfHockey/jsp/SearchPlayer.jsp?player=18338 }} particularly with his glove.{{vcite news |title=Archive: Luongo a natural born leader |url=http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/story.html?id=091620fe-1996-439f-9732-bd73d42a5a7c |access-date=December 21, 2009 |date=April 23, 2007 |work=Vancouver Sun |url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110604133031/http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/story.html?id=091620fe-1996-439f-9732-bd73d42a5a7c |archive-date=June 4, 2011}} One of Luongo's early goaltending coaches, François Allaire, remembered Luongo to have had the "best catching glove [he'd] ever seen in a kid" when he first came to his goaltending school in Sainte-Thérèse-de-Gaspé, Québec, at the age of 14. Allaire is known to be a strong proponent of the butterfly style.{{vcite news|title=Roberto Luongo was drafted earlier than any other |url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1010324/1/index.htm |access-date=December 21, 2009 |date=June 30, 1997 |work=CNN Sports Illustrated |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110604120037/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1010324/1/index.htm |archive-date=June 4, 2011 |url-status=dead}} At 6 feet and 3 inches, Luongo was able to cover a lot of net with his size. Observers also noted the strong concentration, competitiveness and mental aspects of his game. On the other hand, his puck-handling skills have been described as a weakness.

His style began to be directed during his midget years with Allaire and Montreal-Bourassa goaltending coach Mario Baril. Luongo sent tapes of his play to Allaire during his rookie season in the QMJHL and his former goaltending coach advised him to be more aggressive and come out of the net more to cut off angles and challenge shooters. the Canucks hired a new goaltending coach, Roland Melanson, prior to the 2010–11 season. Working with Melanson, Luongo began playing deeper in his crease against Allaire's original advice, allowing him to maintain positioning for rebounds.{{vcite web|title=Melanson has brought subtle changes to Luongo's game|url=http://tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=348428|access-date=January 7, 2011|date=January 7, 2011|publisher=The Sports Network|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110111040427/http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=348428|archive-date=January 11, 2011}}

Vancouver Canucks head coach Alain Vigneault said in March 2007 that Luongo played best with more playing time over the length of the season.{{vcite news |title=Canucks' goalie Luongo good for the long haul |url=http://www.canada.com/saskatoonstarphoenix/news/sports/story.html?id=894236b4-dd75-424f-b64e-f66db2e1529c |access-date=December 21, 2009 |date=March 29, 2007 |work=Saskatoon Star Phoenix |url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110604133343/http://www.canada.com/saskatoonstarphoenix/news/sports/story.html?id=894236b4-dd75-424f-b64e-f66db2e1529c |archive-date=June 4, 2011}} Throughout his career, he garnered lots of playing time, including four consecutive 70-game seasons from 2003–04 to 2007–08 between the Florida Panthers and Canucks. He was known to suffer from slow starts to the season, usually in the first month of October.{{vcite news |title=Vengeance best served on ice |url=http://www.faceoff.com/hockey/columnists/bios/story.html?id=7751df10-0b78-4b0c-80ff-aa025fd858e1&add_feed_url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.canada.com%2Ftopics%2Fsports%2Fhockey%2Ffaceoff%2Fbotchford.atom%3Fviewer%3Dhttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.faceoff.com%2Fhockey%2Fcolumnists%2Fbios%2Fstory.html |access-date=December 21, 2009 |date=October 8, 2008 |work=The Province |url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120318003328/http://www.faceoff.com/hockey/columnists/bios/story.html?id=7751df10-0b78-4b0c-80ff-aa025fd858e1&add_feed_url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.canada.com%2Ftopics%2Fsports%2Fhockey%2Ffaceoff%2Fbotchford.atom%3Fviewer%3Dhttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.faceoff.com%2Fhockey%2Fcolumnists%2Fbios%2Fstory.html |archive-date=March 18, 2012}}{{Better source needed|date=March 2024}} In his first three Octobers with the Canucks, Luongo posted a combined 10–13–0 record and a .899 save percentage{{vcite news |title=Canucks still in search of first win; Luongo struggles |url=https://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=293886 |access-date=December 21, 2009 |work=The Sports Network |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091210101740/http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=293886 |archive-date=December 10, 2009 }} – numbers that were well below his career pace.{{#tag:ref|In October 2010, he allowed 20 goals over 7 games (2 wins and 4 losses). The following year, he opened the season with a 3.45 GAA and .868 save percentage over seven games.|group=note}}

Luongo received the Mark Messier Leadership Award in his first season with the Canucks for the month of March 2007. Prior to the 2008–09 season, his third season with Vancouver, he was named Markus Näslund's successor as team captain and the first goaltender to be named a captain in 59 years. Teammate Mattias Öhlund, who served as alternate captain to Luongo for one season, described him as a vocal leader,{{vcite news |title=Luongo shocked to get 'C' |url=http://www.canada.com/reginaleaderpost/news/sports/story.html?id=1b04ab77-55b1-438b-9574-554c0cb0f2ad |access-date=February 6, 2010 |date=October 1, 2008 |work=Regina Leader Post |url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110604133511/http://www.canada.com/reginaleaderpost/news/sports/story.html?id=1b04ab77-55b1-438b-9574-554c0cb0f2ad |archive-date=June 4, 2011}} while Luongo has also identified that quality in himself. General manager Mike Gillis described his commitment level as "unprecedented", adding that "he'd be a great example for our younger guys", at the time of the captaincy announcement. He served in that capacity for two seasons before relinquishing the captaincy prior to the 2010–11 season to forward Henrik Sedin.

Post-playing career

The Panthers would then retire his number on March 7, 2020, with Luongo becoming the first player to earn this honor with the franchise.{{cite web|url=https://www.cbssports.com/nhl/news/roberto-luongo-becomes-first-florida-panthers-player-to-have-his-number-retired/|title=Roberto Luongo becomes first Florida Panthers player to have his number retired|website=CBS Sports|last=Fernandez|first=Gabriel|date=March 7, 2020|access-date=August 13, 2020|archive-date=October 30, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201030113753/https://www.cbssports.com/nhl/news/roberto-luongo-becomes-first-florida-panthers-player-to-have-his-number-retired/|url-status=live}}

Luongo served as Assistant GM for Canada's hockey team during the 2022 Winter Olympics.{{cite web |title=Hockey Canada names Men's Olympic Team management group for Beijing 2022 |url=https://www.hockeycanada.ca/en-ca/news/2022-olym-olympic-management-unveiled |website=www.hockeycanada.ca |access-date=February 3, 2021 |archive-date=February 3, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210203150859/https://hockeycanada.ca/en-ca/news/2022-olym-olympic-management-unveiled |url-status=live }}

Luongo joined the Panthers' front office in 2019, as a special advisor to general manager Bill Zito.{{cite web |url=https://www.nhl.com/panthers/info/roberto-luongo |title=Roberto Luongo - Special Advisor to General Manager |publisher=Florida Panthers |access-date=July 14, 2024 |quote=Roberto Luongo was named the Florida Panthers Special Advisor to the General Manager on Nov. 13, 2019. |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240714195456/https://www.nhl.com/panthers/info/roberto-luongo |archive-date=July 14, 2024}}{{cite magazine|last=Dwork|first=David|title=Hall of Fame goaltender Roberto Luongo fills in at Florida Panthers practice|magazine=The Hockey News|date=December 28, 2023|url=https://thehockeynews.com/nhl/florida-panthers/latest-news/hall-of-fame-goaltender-roberto-luongo-fills-in-at-florida-panthers-practice|access-date=May 26, 2024}} He won his first Stanley Cup as an executive with the Panthers in 2024 as the Panthers defeated the Edmonton Oilers in seven games in the 2024 Stanley Cup Finals.{{cite web |last=Kulesa |first=Anna |url=https://www.nhl.com/news/topic/short-shifts/florida-panthers-engraved-on-stanley-cup/ |title=Panthers' names engraved on Stanley Cup |website=nhl.com |date=July 13, 2024 |access-date=July 14, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240714184728/https://www.nhl.com/news/topic/short-shifts/florida-panthers-engraved-on-stanley-cup |archive-date=July 14, 2024}}

Personal life

While playing with the Florida Panthers, Luongo met his wife, Gina (née Cerbone), at a team hangout called the Pizza Time Trattoria. Gina is the daughter of the Italian restaurant owner, Umberto Cerbone,{{vcite news|title=Panthers still rue day Luongo left |url=http://www.canada.com/theprovince/news/sports/story.html?id=f5e45ad2-613b-410d-8b48-27785e3c3c1c |access-date=August 29, 2009 |date=February 1, 2008 |work=The Province |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110604132721/http://www.canada.com/theprovince/news/sports/story.html?id=f5e45ad2-613b-410d-8b48-27785e3c3c1c |archive-date=June 4, 2011 |url-status=dead}}{{vcite news |title=Bobby Lu's baby all started with visit to Italian trattoria; Meal at Luongo's favourite |date=February 11, 2010 |work=The Province |author=Gordon McIntyre }} who is originally from Naples, while Gina's mother is from Palermo. Luongo proposed to Gina under the Bridge of Sighs in Venice in 2004.{{vcite news|title=L'Italiano Roberto Luongo saracinesca dell'hockey |url=http://espresso.repubblica.it/dettaglio/l?%ABitaliano%BB%3Cbr%3Eroberto-luongo%3Cbr%3E%ABsaracinesca%BB-dell?hockey/2049509 |date=November 17, 2008 |work=L'espresso |author=Marangoni, Marco |language=Italian |archive-date=February 18, 2013 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130218152448/http://espresso.repubblica.it/dettaglio/l?%ABitaliano%BB%3Cbr%3Eroberto-luongo%3Cbr%3E%ABsaracinesca%BB-dell%3Fhockey/2049509 |url-status=dead}} They lived in Broward County, Florida, during his tenure with the Panthers. However within a month of moving into a new home in Florida, Luongo was traded to Vancouver. They subsequently moved into the Vancouver neighbourhood of Yaletown, while spending Luongo's off-seasons in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.{{vcite news |title=Luongo skipping All-Star Game to be with his pregnant wife |url=https://www.usatoday.com/sports/hockey/nhl/canucks/2008-01-09-luongo_N.htm |work=USA Today |date=January 9, 2008 |access-date=June 5, 2008 |accessdate=September 10, 2017 |archive-date=June 4, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110604120126/http://www.usatoday.com/sports/hockey/nhl/canucks/2008-01-09-luongo_N.htm }} Luongo had been chosen as a starting goaltender for the 2008 NHL All-Star Game, but he chose not to attend in order to be with Gina, who was pregnant at the time and had returned to Florida.{{vcite news |author=Iain MacIntyre |title=Daddy Luongo rejoins Canucks |url=http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/story.html?id=e13f9287-6312-4ecb-9ed4-d012677902e1&k=64459 |work=Vancouver Sun |access-date=June 5, 2008 |date=March 28, 2008 |url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080531154640/http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/story.html?id=e13f9287-6312-4ecb-9ed4-d012677902e1&k=64459 |archive-date=May 31, 2008}} Their daughter was born on March 27, 2008. On December 27, 2010, Gina gave birth to the couple's son.{{vcite news |author=Kuzma, Ben |title=Luongo's wife gives birth to baby boy, goalie will back up Schnieder in Dallas on Friday |url=http://communities.canada.com/theprovince/blogs/whitetowel/archive/2010/12/29/luongo-s-wife-gives-birth-to-boy-goalie-will-back-up-schneider-in-dallas-on-friday.aspx |work=The Province |access-date=December 29, 2010 |date=December 27, 2010 |url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120707145041/http://communities.canada.com/theprovince/blogs/whitetowel/archive/2010/12/29/luongo-s-wife-gives-birth-to-boy-goalie-will-back-up-schneider-in-dallas-on-friday.aspx |archive-date=July 7, 2012}}

Luongo is involved with several charities. Like many Canucks players, he spent time with Canuck Place, a children's hospice in Vancouver. He also sponsored a spectator's box in Rogers Arena that was reserved for underprivileged children to attend Canucks games. At the end of games in which he was named one of the three stars, he was known to give away his goaltenders stick to a fan in the crowd. In the summer of 2009, he hosted the Roberto Luongo Golf Open to benefit Montreal Children's Hospital, Sainte-Justine Hospital, and a seniors centre network in Saint-Léonard. After the Stoneman Douglas High School shooting, Luongo, who lives in Parkland, gave a pre-game speech acknowledging the victims of the shooting and calling for action against mass shootings.{{Cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/nhl/story/_/id/22732729|title=Roberto Luongo on Parkland: 'We need to keep talking about this'|date=March 12, 2018|website=ESPN.com|access-date=January 2, 2019|archive-date=January 3, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190103005133/http://www.espn.com/nhl/story/_/id/22732729|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|url=https://thehockeywriters.com/roberto-luongo-tribute/|title=Tape2Tape: Luongo Pays Tribute to Hometown|date=February 23, 2018|website=The Hockey Writers|access-date=January 2, 2019|archive-date=January 3, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190103055656/https://thehockeywriters.com/roberto-luongo-tribute/|url-status=live}}

In addition to being an avid golfer, Luongo also enjoys playing poker.

In September 2011, Luongo was inducted into the Italian Walk of Fame in Toronto, Ontario.{{cite news|author=Yuen, Jenny|url=http://www.torontosun.com/2011/09/05/italian-walk-of-fame-honours-stars|title=Italian Walk of Fame honours stars|newspaper=Toronto Sun|access-date=October 25, 2011|archive-date=February 2, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140202093619/http://www.torontosun.com/2011/09/05/italian-walk-of-fame-honours-stars|url-status=live}} He was inducted into the Florida Sports Hall of Fame in 2021.{{Cite web|url=https://flasportshof.org/fshofmember/roberto-luongo/|title=Robero Luongo|website=Florida Sports Hall of Fame|access-date=April 3, 2022|archive-date=March 15, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220315005547/https://flasportshof.org/fshofmember/roberto-luongo/|url-status=live}}

Career statistics

=Regular season and playoffs=

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bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="3" bgcolor="#ffffff"\| ! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff"\| ! colspan="10" bgcolor="#e0e0e0"\|Regular season ! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff"\| ! colspan="8" bgcolor="#e0e0e0"\|Playoffs
bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! Season ! Team ! League ! GP !! W !! L !! T !! OTL !! MIN !! GA !! SO !! GAA !! SV% ! GP !! W !! L !! MIN !! GA !! SO !! GAA !! SV%
1994–95 \| Montreal-Bourassa \| QMAAA \| 25	10	14	0	—	1,465	94	0	3.85	— \| —	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 1995–96 \| Val-d'Or Foreurs \| QMJHL \| 23	6	11	4	—	1,201	74	0	3.70	.878 \| 3	0	1	68	5	0	4.41	.865
1996–97 \| Val-d'Or Foreurs \| QMJHL \| 60	32	21	2	—	3,302	171	2	3.10	.902 \| 13	8	5	777	44	0	3.39	.904
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 1997–98 \| Val-d'Or Foreurs \| QMJHL \| 54	33	19	0	—	3,043	157	7	3.09	.899 \| 17	14	3	1,019	37	2	2.17	.933
1998–99 \| Val-d'Or Foreurs \| QMJHL \| 21	6	10	2	—	1,476	77	1	3.93	.902 \| —	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 1998–99 \| Acadie–Bathurst Titan \| QMJHL \| 22	14	7	1	—	1,342	74	0	3.31	.914 \| 23	16	6	1,400	64	0	2.74	.915
1999–00 \| Lowell Lock Monsters \| AHL \| 26	10	12	4	—	1,517	74	1	2.93	.908 \| 6	3	3	359	18	0	3.00	.919
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 1999–00 \| New York Islanders \| NHL \| 24	7	14	1	—	1,292	70	1	3.24	.908 \| —	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2000–01 \| Louisville Panthers \| AHL \| 3	1	2	0	—	178	10	0	3.38	.917 \| —	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 2000–01 \| Florida Panthers \| NHL \| 47	12	24	7	—	2,628	107	5	2.44	.920 \| —	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2001–02 \| Florida Panthers \| NHL \| 58	16	33	4	—	3,030	140	4	2.77	.915 \| —	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 2002–03 \| Florida Panthers \| NHL \| 65	20	34	7	—	3,627	164	6	2.71	.918 \| —	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2003–04 \| Florida Panthers \| NHL \| 73	25	33	14	—	4,252	172	7	2.43	.931 \| —	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 2005–06 \| Florida Panthers \| NHL \| 75	35	30	—	9	4,305	213	4	2.97	.914 \| —	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2006–07 \| Vancouver Canucks \| NHL \| 76	47	22	—	6	4,490	171	5	2.29	.921 \| 12	5	7	847	25	0	1.77	.941
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 2007–08 \| Vancouver Canucks \| NHL \| 73	35	29	—	9	4,232	168	6	2.38	.917 \| —	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2008–09 \| Vancouver Canucks \| NHL \| 54	33	13	—	7	3,181	124	9	2.34	.920 \| 10	6	4	618	26	1	2.52	.914
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 2009–10 \| Vancouver Canucks \| NHL \| 68	40	22	—	4	3,899	167	4	2.57	.913 \| 12	6	6	707	38	0	3.22	.895
2010–11 \| Vancouver Canucks \| NHL \| 60	38	15	—	7	3,590	126	4	2.11	.928 \| 25	15	10	1,427	61	4	2.56	.914
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 2011–12 \| Vancouver Canucks \| NHL	55	31	14	—	8	3,162	127	5	2.41	.919 \| 2	0	2	117	7	0	3.59	.891
2012–13 \| Vancouver Canucks \| NHL \| 20	9	6	—	3	1,197	51	2	2.56	.907 \| 3	0	2	140	6	0	2.57	.915
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 2013–14 \| Vancouver Canucks \| NHL \| 42	19	16	—	6	2,418	96	3	2.38	.917 \| —	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2013–14 \| Florida Panthers \| NHL \| 14	6	7	—	1	804	33	1	2.46	.924 \| —	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 2014–15 \| Florida Panthers \| NHL \| 61	28	19	—	12	3,528	138	2	2.35	.921 \| —	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2015–16 \| Florida Panthers \| NHL \| 62	35	19	—	6	3,602	141	4	2.35	.922 \| 6	2	4	439	15	0	2.05	.934
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 2016–17 \| Florida Panthers \| NHL \| 40	17	15	—	6	2,327	104	1	2.68	.915 \| —	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2017–18 \| Florida Panthers \| NHL \| 35	18	11	—	2	1,966	104	3	2.47	.929 \| —	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 2018–19 \| Florida Panthers \| NHL \| 43	18	16	—	5	2,347	122	1	3.12	.899 \| —	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="3"\|NHL totals ! 1,044 !! 489 !! 392 !! 33 !! 91 !! 59,879 !! 2,515 !! 77 !! 2.52 !! .919 ! 70 !! 34 !! 35 !! 4,295 !! 178 !! 5 !! 2.49 !! .918

=International=

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bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! Year ! Team ! Event ! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff"\| ! GP !! W !! L !! T !! MIN !! GA !! SO !! GAA !! SV%
1998 \| Canada \| WJC \| 3	0	2	0	145	7	0	2.89	.901
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 1999 \| Canada \| WJC \| 7	4	2	1	405	13	2	1.93	.942
2001 \| Canada \| WC \| 2	2	0	0	84	2	0	1.44	.949
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 2003 \| Canada \| WC \| 4	3	0	1	212	7	1	1.98	.930
2004 \| Canada \| WC \| 7	5	1	1	440	17	1	2.32	.919
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 2004 \| Canada \| WCH \| 1	1	0	0	64	3	0	2.82	.925
2005 \| Canada \| WC \| 2	1	0	1	120	3	1	1.50	.930
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 2006 \| Canada \| OLY \| 2	1	1	0	119	3	0	1.51	.929
2010 \| Canada \| OLY \| 5	5	0	0	308	9	1	1.76	.927
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 2014 \| Canada \| OLY \| 1	1	0	0	60	0	1	0.00	1.000
bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan=4\| Junior totals ! 10 !! 4 !! 4 !! 1 !! 550 !! 20 !! 2 !! 2.18 !! .932
bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="4"\|Senior totals ! 24 !! 19 !! 2 !! 3 !! 1,406 !! 44 !! 5 !! 1.88 !! .929

Awards and achievements

=QMJHL=

class="wikitable"

! Award !! Year(s)

Mike Bossy Trophy

1997

President's Cup champion

1998, 1999

=NHL=

class="wikitable" ! Award !! Year(s)
NHL YoungStars Game	2002{{vcite news \|title=Kovalchuk shoots out the lights in YoungStars game \|url=http://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/kovalchuk-shoots-out-the-lights-in-youngstars-game-1.352306 \|access-date=January 24, 2018 \|date=February 1, 2002 \|work=CBC Sports \|accessdate=January 24, 2018 \|archive-date=August 9, 2016 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160809134000/http://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/kovalchuk-shoots-out-the-lights-in-youngstars-game-1.352306 }}
NHL Second All-Star Team	2004, 2007{{vcite news \|title=Roberto Luongo \|url=https://www.tsn.ca/nhl/teams/players/bio/?id=1050 \|access-date=February 6, 2010 \|work=The Sports Network \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100204093817/http://tsn.ca/nhl/teams/players/bio/?id=1050 \|archive-date=February 4, 2010 }}
Mark Messier Leadership Award	March 2007{{vcite news \|title=Luongo honored with Mark Messier award \|url=https://www.espn.com/nhl/news/story?id=2807921 \|date=March 22, 2007 \|work=ESPN \|access-date=February 6, 2010 \|archive-date=June 4, 2011 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110604120004/http://sports.espn.go.com/nhl/news/story?id=2807921 }}
NHL All-Star Game	2004, 2007, 2008,{{#tag:ref\|Named as starter but did not play.\|group=note}} 2009, 2015, 2016
Scotiabank Fan Fav Award	2009
William M. Jennings Trophy	2011
Stanley Cup champion (as executive)	2024

=International=

class="wikitable" ! Award !! Year(s)
World Junior Best Goaltender	1999
World Junior All-Star team	1999
IIHF World Championship gold medallist	2003, 2004
World Cup champion	2004
Winter Olympic gold medallist	2010, 2014

=Vancouver Canucks=

class="wikitable" ! Award !! Year(s)
Most Exciting Player Award	2007
Cyclone Taylor Award	2007, 2008
Molson Cup	2007,{{vcite web \|title=Canucks Team Awards Announced \|url=http://canucks.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=452705 \|access-date=February 5, 2010 \|date=May 4, 2008 \|publisher=Vancouver Canucks \|accessdate=February 6, 2010 \|archive-date=June 15, 2012 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120615044025/http://canucks.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=452705 }} 2008, 2009, 2011{{vcite news\|title=Canucks announce 2011 team awards\|url=http://canucks.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=558674\|access-date=April 8, 2011\|date=April 7, 2011\|publisher=Vancouver Canucks\|accessdate=April 8, 2011\|archive-date=April 9, 2011\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110409222208/http://canucks.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=558674}}
Team Captain	2008–2010

Records

=Val-d'Or Foreurs=

Most wins in a season – 32 in 1996–97

=QMJHL=

Most shutouts in a season – 7 in 1997–98 (tied with Nick Sanza, 1974–75; Adam Russo, 2002–03; Kevin Poulin, 2009–10)
Most wins in single playoffs – 16 in 1999 (tied with Michel Morisette, 1982; Éric Fichaud, 1994; Eric Lafrance, 2003; Jonathan Bernier, 2007; Ryan Mior, 2008; Nicola Riopel, 2010)
Most games played all-time, playoffs – 56 from 1995–99 surpassed Marc Denis, 43 games played, 1994–97)
Most minutes played all-time, playoffs – 3,264:22 from 1995 to 1999 (surpassed Marc Denis, 2,518:07, 1994–97)
Most wins all-time, playoffs – 38 from 1995 to 1999 (surpassed Robert Desjardins, 30, 1984–87)
Most shots faced all-time, playoffs – 1,808 from 1995 to 1999 (surpassed Manny Fernandez, 1,351, 1991–94)

=NHL=

Most saves in a single season – 2,303 in 2003–04 (surpassed Félix Potvin, 2,214 in 1996–97)
Most shots faced in a single season – 2,488 in 2005–06 (surpassed himself, 2,475 in 2003–04){{vcite web |title=Career Stats – Regular season – Goalie – Goalie Single Season Leaders for Team – Saves |url=http://www.nhl.com/ice/careerstats.htm?fetchKey=00002ALLGAHAll&sort=saves&viewName=careerLeadersSingleSeasonGoaliesForTeam |access-date=February 5, 2010 |publisher=National Hockey League |accessdate=February 6, 2010 |archive-date=June 4, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110604120044/http://www.nhl.com/ice/careerstats.htm?fetchKey=00002ALLGAHAll&sort=saves&viewName=careerLeadersSingleSeasonGoaliesForTeam }}
Most shots faced in a single playoff game – 76 on April 11, 2007
Most home games played in a single season – 41 in 2006–07
Most regular season overtime wins, all-time – 49 (as of 2008–09)

=Florida Panthers=

Longest shutout streak – 144:51 minutes in 2002–03
Most shutouts in a season – 7 in 2003–04 (surpassed himself, six shutouts in 2002–03; tied with Tomáš Vokoun, 2009–10)
Most wins in a season – 35 in 2005–06 (surpassed John Vanbiesbrouck, 27 wins in 1996–97)
Most games played in a season – 75 in 2005–06 (surpassed himself, 72 games played in 2003–04){{vcite web |title=Career Stats – Regular season – Florida Panthers – Goalie – Goalie Career Leaders for Team – Games Played |url=http://www.nhl.com/ice/careerstats.htm?fetchKey=00002FLOGAHAll&sort=gamesPlayed&viewName=careerLeadersSingleSeasonGoaliesForTeam |access-date=February 5, 2010 |publisher=National Hockey League |accessdate=February 6, 2010 |archive-date=June 4, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110604120108/http://www.nhl.com/ice/careerstats.htm?fetchKey=00002FLOGAHAll&sort=gamesPlayed&viewName=careerLeadersSingleSeasonGoaliesForTeam }}
Most games played all-time – 318{{vcite web |title=Career Stats – Florida Panthers – Goalie – Goalie Career Leaders for Team – Games Played |url=http://www.nhl.com/ice/careerstats.htm?fetchKey=00002FLOGAHAll&sort=gamesPlayed&viewName=careerLeadersForTeamGoalies |access-date=February 5, 2010 |publisher=National Hockey League |accessdate=February 6, 2010 |archive-date=June 4, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110604120050/http://www.nhl.com/ice/careerstats.htm?fetchKey=00002FLOGAHAll&sort=gamesPlayed&viewName=careerLeadersForTeamGoalies }}
Most wins all-time – 108 (surpassed John Vanbiesbrouck, 106 wins)
Most shutouts all-time – 26 (surpassed John Vanbiesbrouck, 13 shutouts){{vcite web |title=Career Stats – Florida Panthers – Goalie – Goalie Career Leaders for Team – Shutouts |url=http://www.nhl.com/ice/careerstats.htm?fetchKey=00002FLOGAHAll&sort=shutOuts&viewName=careerLeadersForTeamGoalies |access-date=February 5, 2010 |publisher=National Hockey League |accessdate=February 6, 2010 |archive-date=June 4, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110604120119/http://www.nhl.com/ice/careerstats.htm?fetchKey=00002FLOGAHAll&sort=shutOuts&viewName=careerLeadersForTeamGoalies }}

=Vancouver Canucks=

Most saves in a single game – 72 on April 11, 2007
Longest shutout streak – 242:36 minutes in 2008–09 (surpassed himself, 184:20 minutes in 2007–08)
Most wins in a season – 47 in 2006–07 (surpassed Kirk McLean, 38 in 1991–92)
Most games played in a season – 75 in 2006–07 (surpassed Gary Smith, 72 in 1974–75){{vcite web |title=Career Stats – Regular season – Vancouver Canucks – Goalie – Goalie Single Season Leaders for Team – Games Played |url=http://www.nhl.com/ice/careerstats.htm?fetchKey=00002VANGAHAll&sort=gamesPlayed&viewName=careerLeadersSingleSeasonGoaliesForTeam |access-date=February 5, 2010 |publisher=National Hockey League |accessdate=February 6, 2010 |archive-date=June 4, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110604120129/http://www.nhl.com/ice/careerstats.htm?fetchKey=00002VANGAHAll&sort=gamesPlayed&viewName=careerLeadersSingleSeasonGoaliesForTeam }}
Most shutouts in a season – 9 in 2008–09 (surpassed Dan Cloutier – 7 in 2001–02)
Lowest GAA in a season – 2.11 in 2010–11 (surpassed Dan Cloutier – 2.27 in 2003–04)
Most shutouts all-time – 33 (surpassed Kirk McLean, 20)
Most wins all-time – 224 (after end of 2011–2012 season; surpassed Kirk McLean, 211){{cite web|title=Vancouver Canucks – Goalie Career for Team – Wins|url=http://www.nhl.com/ice/careerstats.htm?gameType=2&team=VAN&position=G&country=&active=&viewName=careerLeadersForTeamGoalies|access-date=January 23, 2012|publisher=National Hockey League}}

Notes

References

External links

{{Ice hockey stats}}
[http://www.hockeycanada.ca/index.php?ci_id=11737&la_id=1&ss_id=61000&player_id=12373 Roberto Luongo] at Hockey Canada
[http://www.hockeygoalies.org/bio/luongo.html Roberto Luongo] at HockeyGoalies.org
{{Cite web |url=http://www.goaliesarchive.com/masks/luongo.html |title=Roberto Luongo goalie masks at GoaliesArchive.com |access-date=September 22, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070211021128/http://www.goaliesarchive.com/masks/luongo.html |archive-date=February 11, 2007 |url-status=usurped}}
{{Team Canada|roberto-luongo}}
{{Olympics.com|roberto-luongo|org_archive=20201016154452}}
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{{succession box | before = Jean-Pierre Dumont | title = New York Islanders first round draft pick | years = 1997 | after = Eric Brewer}}

{{succession box | before = David Aebischer | title = World Junior Best Goaltender | years = 1999 | after = Rick DiPietro}}

{{succession box | before = Award created | title = Scotiabank Fan Fav Award| years = 2009 | after = Award discontinued}}

{{succession box | before = Martin Brodeur | title = Winner of the William M. Jennings Trophy | with = Cory Schneider | years = 2011 | after = Brian Elliott, Jaroslav Halák}}

{{succession box | before = Markus Näslund | title = Vancouver Canucks captain | years = 2008–2010 | after = Henrik Sedin}}

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