Pearson Award as the top player voted by his peers in both 2004 and again in 2007. He was also a finalist for the Hart Memorial Trophy as the league’s most valuable player in 2007. He played junior hockey in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League (QMJHL) for the Val-d’Or Foreurs and the Acadie-Bathurst Titan, winning back-to-back Presient’s Cups and establishing the league’s all-time playoff records in games played and wins. Luongo was the highest drafted goaltender in QMJHL. Luongo’s international debut was at the 1995 World U-17 Hockey Challenge held in Moncton, New Brunswick, while performing with Team Quebec, who won the bronze.Luongo, was the highest drafted goaltender in QMJHL history at the second overall in 1995. His junior career began in 1995-96 with Val-d’Or and he posted six wins in only in 23 games. Luongo was selected in the first round of the 1997 NFL Entry Draft, by the New York Islanders. In addition to being an avid golfer, Luongo also enjoys playing poker.