The Florida Panthers retired the number 1 jersey of goalie Roberto Luongo on Saturday. It happened prior to their contest against the Montreal Canadiens at BB&T Center in Sunrise. Luongo is a Montreal native and the ceremony was broadcast internationally on Hockey Night In Canada.
Luongo became the third uniform number to be retired by the club. The Panthers first president Bill Torrey had the number 93 retired on October 23, 2010 and the Panthers first owner H. Wayne Huizenga had the number 37 put up to the rafters on January 19, 2018
Luongo ended up setting all the goaltender records in Florida Panthers franchise history during two stints with the team. He had 233 victories, 38 shutouts, 572 games played, 16,086 saves and a .919 save percentage in 11 seasons with the Panthers.
He is near the top on the all-time list for goalie accomplishments in the National Hockey League. Luongo inished his NHL career third in goalie wins with 489, niinth in shutouts with 77, second with 1,044 games played and second with 28,409 saves.
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