Chris Luongo

Christopher John Luongo (born March 17, 1967) is an American ice hockey coach and former ice hockey player. Luongo played in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Detroit Red Wings, Ottawa Senators, and New York Islanders between 1991 and 1996. The rest of his career, which lasted from 1989 to 2004, was spent in various minor leagues, and then several years in the Deutsche Eishockey Liga. Internationally, Luongo played for the American national team at three World Championships. After retiring from playing, Luongo turned to coaching, and has spent several years as an assistant coach at the American collegiate level.

Biography Luongo was born in Detroit, Michigan, and grew up in Fraser, Michigan. As a youth, he played in the 1980 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament with the Detroit Compuware minor ice hockey team.

Luongo was a stay-at-home defenseman who played in 218 games in his NHL career, scoring 8 goals and 23 assists for 31 points and collecting 176 penalty minutes. Drafted by his hometown Red Wings in 1985, he then accepted a scholarship to Michigan State where he enjoyed a four-year career with the Spartans, earning the team's "Dr. John Downs Outstanding Defensive Player Award" in 1988 and 1989. He spent 1989 to 1992 in the Red Wings organization before signing with the Ottawa Senators as a free agent. After one season in Ottawa, he was traded to the New York Islanders, where he finished his NHL career in 1996.

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

From 1997 to 2004, Luongo played in Germany's Deutsche Eishockey Liga, playing for EV Landshut, Munich Barons, Nuremberg Ice Tigers and the Krefeld Pinguine.

Luongo currently resides in Novi, Michigan, and has two sons, Anthony and Christopher. He also has a dog named Tyson.

Coaching Luongo spent two seasons as an assistant coach with the Wayne State Warriors. In September 2008 he joined the UAH Chargers as an assistant coach under head coach Danton Cole, who was a teammate of Luongo's at Michigan State. In 2010, he was named head coach of the Chargers, and coached the team for two seasons. After leaving UAH in 2012, he took a break from coaching until joining the National Team Development Program from 2015 to 2017 as assistant coach. From 2017 to 2022, Luongo served as the assistant coach for the Michigan State men's hockey team under Cole.

Career statistics Regular season and playoffs Regular seasonPlayoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 1984–85 St. Clair Falcons NAHL 41 2 27 29 — — — — — — 1985–86 Michigan State University CCHA 38 1 5 6 29 — — — — — 1986–87 Michigan State University CCHA 27 4 16 20 38 — — — — — 1987–88 Michigan State University CCHA 45 3 15 18 49 — — — — — 1988–89 Michigan State University CCHA 47 4 21 25 42 — — — — — 1989–90 Phoenix Roadrunners IHL 23 5 9 14 41 — — — — — 1989–90 Adirondack Red Wings AHL 53 9 14 23 37 3 0 0 0 0 1990–91 Detroit Red Wings NHL 4 0 1 1 4 — — — — — 1990–91 Adirondack Red Wings AHL 76 14 25 39 71 2 0 0 0 7 1991–92 Adirondack Red Wings AHL 80 6 20 26 60 19 3 5 8 10 1992–93 Ottawa Senators NHL 76 3 9 12 68 — — — — — 1992–93 New Haven Senators AHL 7 0 2 2 2 — — — — — 1993–94 New York Islanders NHL 17 1 3 4 13 — — — — — 1993–94 Salt Lake Golden Eagles IHL 51 9 31 40 54 — — — — — 1994–95 New York Islanders NHL 47 1 3 4 36 — — — — — 1994–95 Denver Grizzlies IHL 41 1 14 15 26 — — — — — 1995–96 New York Islanders NHL 74 3 7 10 55 — — — — — 1996–97 Milwaukee Admirals IHL 81 10 35 45 69 2 0 0 0 0 1997–98 EV Landshut DEL 48 5 13 18 54 6 0 2 2 18 1998–99 EV Landshut DEL 51 1 14 15 115 3 1 0 1 0 1998–99 Detroit Vipers IHL 11 0 1 1 4 11 0 4 4 16 1999–00 Munich Barons DEL 56 6 11 17 50 12 0 0 0 18 2000–01 Munich Barons DEL 48 3 16 19 77 11 1 0 1 14 2001–02 Nürnberg Ice Tigers DEL 60 7 19 26 50 4 0 0 0 2 2002–03 Nürnberg Ice Tigers DEL 51 6 15 21 65 5 0 1 1 6 2003–04 Krefeld Pinguine DEL 52 5 12 17 70 — — — — — DEL totals 366 33 100 133 481 41 2 3 5 58 NHL totals 218 8 23 31 176 — — — — —

International Year Team Event GP G A Pts PIM 1996 United States WC 8 1 0 1 6 1998 United States WC 6 0 0 0 2 2000 United States WC 5 1 0 1 0 Senior totals 19 2 0 2 8

Head coaching record

Awards and honors Award Year All-NCAA All-Tournament Team 1987 All-CCHA Second Team 1988–89