Birthday: April 4, 1979 (Age 31)
Hometown: Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Height: 6 ft. 3 in.
Weight: 217 lb.
Position: Goalie Current Team: Vancouver Canucks
Past Teams: New York Islanders (1999), Florida Panthers (2000)
Hockey Stuff: - 4th overall in 1997
- represented Canada in the 2006 Turin Olympics and the 2010 Vancouver Olympics - received a gold medal at the 2010 Vancouver Olympics
- plays in the butterfly style of goaltending (for those of you who do not know what that means, it's a technique where the goalie drops 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)
- NHL YoungStars Game (2002)
- NHL Second All-Star Team (2003, 2007) - Mark Messier Leadership Award March (2007)
- NHL All-Star Game (2004, 2007, 2008, 2009)
- Scotiabank Fan Fav Award (2009)
Why I love him:
1. He's italian (we gotta stick together)
2. He resigned from being captain of the Canucks. Thank you, Luongo.
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