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Tom Rowe, the General Manager of the Florida Panthers has announced the hiring of Leo Luongo as goaltending coach for the clubs American Hockey League (AHL) affiliate the Springfield Thunderbirds.

Luongo, 31, was previously the goaltending coach for the Swiss National League A’s HC Lugano. Having spent the past three seasons with the club in which he also served as the goaltending/video coach for the 2015 Spengler Cup tournament and Team Canada in 2013 and 2014 in that time.

[email protected] hire Leo Luongo – younger brother of @strombone1 – to be goalie coach of AHL Springfield Thunderbirds — –George Richards– (@GeorgeRichards) June 28, 2016

The Montreal, Quebec native was rumored to be on the short list for the the goalie coach position within the Ottawa Senators system after they moved their affiliate goalie coach, Pierre Groulx, to the NHL club.

Before head off to Europe, he worked as a goaltending consultant and instructor for Hockey Canada from 2009-2011. He also previously spent time with the Acadie-Bathurst Titan club of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League (QMJHL) from 2007-2013 before being a voluntary goaltending coach for the American Hockey League’s Syracuse Crunch for the 2012-13 season.

Luongo, is the younger brother of current Florida Panthers starting goaltender Roberto Luongo.

Panthers hire Leo Luongo