Roberto Luongo shows up in a beer league

For the past few years, he’s been working in the Panthers’ offices, but he’s still a goalie at heart.

We saw him on the heels of the 2023 All-Star Game, when he jumped on the ice in his Panthers gear on the night of the league’s famous skills competition.

But recently, he’s taken it to another level.

A Florida beer league was missing a goalie for a game. So the club in question put out a “goalie wanted” ad so they could play hockey.

And you see where I’m going with this.

Luongo saw the ad and decided to show up. So it was with his Panthers stock that the Québécois entered the room and lent himself to the game for an evening.

Roberto Luongo responded to a “goalie needed” ad on Facebook and helped a beer league team defeat the 5-time defending champions in their playoff game 4-2

(via IG/bryceshockeylife) pic.twitter.com/OkNdjvPUXY

– B/R Open Ice (@BR_OpenIce) September 10, 2024

In the playoff game, Luongo’s club won 4-2. Imagine the reaction, despite the defeat, of the two boys who managed to outwit one of the great goalies in history…

Luongo helped eliminate the league’s defending champions, which surely made his “new team” very happy.

Guys like that are still hockey fans. After all, he didn’t have to show up in such a league to play, but he did anyway. #ForTheLoveOfTheGame

Overtime

– Nice picture.

Meredith Gaudreau posted this photo of Cole Caufield & her late husband Johnny Gaudreau when they played together at the World Championships back in May pic.twitter.com/SsFmQZCtPg

– /r/Habs (@HabsOnReddit) September 10, 2024

– Rookie games will be on RDS.

For those wondering if this weekend’s two Prospect Showdown games between Canadiens and Maple Leafs rookies at Bell Centre will be televised I have been told both games will be on RDS or RDS2 and will also be streamed on #Habs social media platforms. pic.twitter.com/0bF62ZmoiF

– Stu Cowan (@StuCowan1) September 10, 2024