Chris Luongo
Christopher " Chris " Luongo ( born March 17, 1967 in Detroit, Michigan ) is a retired American professional ice hockey player and coach, who in his active years from 1985 to 2004 among others for the Detroit Red Wings, Ottawa Senators and New York Islanders has played in the National Hockey League.
Career
Chris Luongo started his career as a hockey player in the team of Michigan State University, where he was active from 1985 to 1989. Previously, he was selected as the junior player in the NHL Entry Draft in 1985 in the fifth round, when a total of 92 players from the Detroit Red Wings, for whom he made his debut in the National Hockey League in the 1990/91 season, where he in four games a template was. However, during his time in the franchise of the Detroit Red Wings, he played mainly for their farm team, the Phoenix Roadrunners of the International Hockey League and the Adirondack Red Wings of the American Hockey League, where he won in the 1991/92 season with Adirondack of the Calder Cup. On 9 September 1992, the right-handed shooter received a contract with the Ottawa Senators, for in 76 games, he stood in the following season on the ice. From 1993 to 1996 he played for their league rival New York Islanders, and then a year for the Milwaukee Admirals of the IHL.
In the summer of 1997, Luongo was the EV Landshut committed from the DEL, for he stood in the following two seasons on the ice. After Bayern in 1999 their DEL license sold to the Americans the newly founded Munich Barons joined, with whom he 2000 German champion in the season 1999 /. The following year he again reached with the Barons the DEL finals, defeated there with his team, however, the DEL record champion Adler Mannheim. Subsequently, the former national team played two years for the Nuremberg Ice Tigers, before he ended his career in the 2003/04 season the reigning champion Krefeld Penguins. In the 2006/07 season Luongo worked as an assistant coach for the team of Wayne State University.
Internationally
For the U.S., Luongo took part in the World Championships in 1996, 1998 and 2000.