Chris Luongo

Chris Luongo
Chris Luongo
Born	March 17, 1967 (age 57); Detroit, Michigan, U.S.
Height	5 ft 10 in (178 cm)
Weight	206 lb (93 kg; 14 st 10 lb)
Position	Defence
Shot	Right
Played for	Krefeld Pinguine ; Nürnberg Ice Tigers ; Munich Barons ; EV Landshut ; New York Islanders ; Ottawa Senators ; Detroit Red Wings
Playing career	1989–2004 Coaching career
Biographical details
Alma mater	Michigan State University
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
2005-2006	Motor City Mechanics
2006–2008	Wayne State (assistant)
2008–2010	Alabama-Huntsville (assistant)
2010–2012	Alabama-Huntsville
2015-2017	U.S. NTDP
2017-2022	Michigan State (assistant)
Head coaching record
Overall	6–54–3 (.119)

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

Biography

Luongo was born in Detroit, Michigan, and grew up in Fraser, Michigan.^[1] As a youth, he played in the 1980 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament with the Detroit Compuware minor ice hockey team.^[2]

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

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

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

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

Coaching

Luongo spent two seasons as an assistant coach with the Wayne State Warriors. In September 2008 he joined the UAH Chargers as an assistant coach under head coach Danton Cole, who was a teammate of Luongo's at Michigan State. In 2010, he was named head coach of the Chargers,^[3] and coached the team for two seasons.^{[citation needed]} After leaving UAH in 2012, he took a break from coaching until joining the National Team Development Program from 2015 to 2017 as assistant coach. Since 2017, Luongo has served as the assistant coach for the Michigan State men's hockey team under Cole.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

			Regular season					Playoffs
Season	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	Pts	PIM
1996	United States	WC	8	1	1	6
1998	United States	WC	6	0	0	2
2000	United States	WC	5	1	1	0
Senior totals			19	2	2	8

Head coaching record

Statistics overview
Season	Team	Overall
Alabama-Huntsville Chargers Independent (2010–2012)
2010–11	Alabama–Huntsville	4–26–2
2011–12	Alabama–Huntsville	2–28–1
Alabama-Huntsville:		6–54–3
Total:		6–54–3
National champion Postseason invitational champion Conference regular season champion Conference regular season and conference tournament champion Division regular season champion Division regular season and conference tournament champion Conference tournament champion

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Awards and honors

Award	Year
All-NCAA All-Tournament Team	1987	^[5]
All-CCHA Second Team	1988–89	^[6]

References

^ "Wayne State Warriors, Official Athletic Site". Archived from the original on 2008-12-02. Retrieved 2009-04-04.
^ "Pee-Wee players who have reached NHL or WHA" (PDF). Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament. 2018. Retrieved 2019-01-16.
^ Jamie Gilliam (July 9, 2010). "Luongo named head hockey coach". UAH Chargers Ice Hockey. The University of Alabama in Huntsville. Archived from the original on 17 July 2011. Retrieved 8 July 2010.
^ "Alabama-Huntsville Chargers Hockey Year-by-Year". Alabama-Huntsville Chargers. Archived from the original on 2013-12-05. Retrieved 2014-08-06.
^ "NCAA Frozen Four Records" (PDF). NCAA.org. Retrieved 2013-06-19.
^ "CCHA All-Teams". College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved May 19, 2013.

External links

Biographical information and career statistics from NHL.com, or Eliteprospects.com, or Eurohockey.com, or Hockey-Reference.com, or The Internet Hockey Database

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[1] "Wayne State Warriors, Official Athletic Site". Archived from the original on 2008-12-02. Retrieved 2009-04-04.

[2] "Pee-Wee players who have reached NHL or WHA" (PDF). Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament. 2018. Retrieved 2019-01-16.

[Luongo-3] Jamie Gilliam (July 9, 2010). "Luongo named head hockey coach". UAH Chargers Ice Hockey. The University of Alabama in Huntsville. Archived from the original on 17 July 2011. Retrieved 8 July 2010.

[4] "Alabama-Huntsville Chargers Hockey Year-by-Year". Alabama-Huntsville Chargers. Archived from the original on 2013-12-05. Retrieved 2014-08-06.

[ncaa-5] "NCAA Frozen Four Records" (PDF). NCAA.org. Retrieved 2013-06-19.

[6] "CCHA All-Teams". College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved May 19, 2013.

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v t e Alabama–Huntsville Chargers men's ice hockey
Home ice	Von Braun Center (1979–2021)
Head coaches	Joe Ritch (1979–1982) Doug Ross (1982–2007) Danton Cole (2007–2010) Chris Luongo (2010–2012) Kurt Kleinendorst (2012–2013) Mike Corbett (2013–2020) Lance West (2020–2021)
Seasons	1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21
Conference affiliations	Independent (1985–1999, 2010–2013) College Hockey America (1999–2010) WCHA (2013–2021)
All-time leaders	Tony Guzzo (179 Points) Mario Mazzuca (96 Goals) Derek Puppa (66 Wins)
National championships	1995–96 (DII) 1997–98 (DII)
NCAA Tournament appearances	2007 2010
Conference Tournament titles	College Hockey America: 2007 2010
Players	Alumni
University of Alabama in Huntsville Huntsville, AL