Chris Pronger

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CanadaCanada  Chris Pronger Ice hockey player
Hockey Hall of Fame , 2015
Chris Pronger
Date of birth October 10, 1974
place of birth Dryden , Ontario , Canada
size 198 cm
Weight 100 kg
position defender
number # 20
Shot hand Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 1993 , 1st lap, 2nd position
Hartford Whalers
Career stations
1991-1993 Peterborough Petes
1993-1995 Hartford Whalers
1995-2005 St. Louis Blues
2005-2006 Edmonton Oilers
2006-2009 Anaheim Ducks
2009-2011 Philadelphia Flyers

Christopher Robert Pronger (born October 10, 1974 in Dryden , Ontario ) is a former Canadian ice hockey player and current official who played 1340 games for the Hartford Whalers , St. Louis Blues , Edmonton Oilers , Anaheim Ducks and Philadelphia Flyers played in the National Hockey League . Pronger is considered one of the most successful defenders of all time and has been a member of the Triple Gold Club , the winner of the Stanley Cup , the Olympic Ice Hockey Tournament and the Ice Hockey World Championship , and a member of the Hockey Hall of Fame since 2015 . The defender was the last player in his position to win the Hart Memorial Trophy as Most Valuable Player in the summer of 2000, the last time Bobby Orr had done before him in 1972. The former team captain of the Blues, Ducks and Flyers, who was banned eight times in the course of his career, had to end his career in November 2011 as a result of several concussions that went hand in hand with a visual impairment .

Since June 2017 Pronger, whose seven-year contract as a player signed in the summer of 2010 expired at the end of the 2016/17 season, has been Senior Advisor to the President of Hockey Operations for the Florida Panthers in the NHL. His older brother Sean also played for a few years in the National Hockey League and completed a total of 274 missions for seven different teams.

Career

The extremely robust Canadian is one of the best defenders in the entire league thanks to his uncompromising commitment. Before Chris Pronger moved to his current club, the Philadelphia Flyers, for family reasons, he played the first two NHL seasons for the then Hartford Whalers , then ten years with the St. Louis Blues , one year with the Edmonton Oilers and three years the Anaheim Ducks . Pronger was selected second by the Hartford Whalers in the 1993 NHL Entry Draft .

Pronger in the jersey of the Philadelphia Flyers

Pronger was team captain of the St. Louis Blues from 1997 to 2002 and took part twice in an NHL All-Star Game (1999 and 2000). In 2000 he played his statistically best season, in which he posted 14 goals and 48 assists. That season he was honored with the Hart Memorial Trophy as Most Valuable Player. Before the 2005/06 NHL season , Chris Pronger was transferred from the St. Louis Blues to the Edmonton Oilers. In exchange, Eric Brewer , Jeff Woywitka and Doug Lynch moved from Edmonton to St. Louis.

With the Edmonton Oilers Pronger immediately moved into the Stanley Cup finals and was a contender for the Conn Smythe Trophy , but the team lost in seven games against the Carolina Hurricanes . Contrary to all expectations, Pronger did not stay in Edmonton, but was transferred from the Edmonton Oilers to the Anaheim Ducks at his own request . In Anaheim he had a successful first season and was nominated for the James Norris Memorial Trophy , which is awarded to the best defender. In addition, the team moved to the final of the Western Conference . There Pronger was suspended for a game after a gang check against Tomas Holmström . The Anaheim Ducks finally managed to beat the Detroit Red Wings in six games, so that Pronger was in the final of the Stanley Cup for the second time in a row, this time against the Ottawa Senators . After he was banned for a game in game three after a check against Dean McAmmond , he managed to hold the Stanley Cup in his own hands for the first time in game five.

By winning the Stanley Cup with the Anaheim Ducks in the 2006/07 season, the Canadian defender is one of the few members of the Triple Gold Club . On June 26, 2009, Pronger went to the Philadelphia Flyers as part of a transfer deal while Joffrey Lupul was returning to Anaheim. In the 2009/10 season Pronger stood with the Flyers in the Stanley Cup final, but lost in six games against the Chicago Blackhawks . During the 2011/12 season he suffered a concussion and an opposing stick hit his eye; since then his vision has been restricted. In January 2013, the captaincy he held at the Flyers was transferred to Claude Giroux after Pronger had not played a game since November 2011. The Flyers therefore put him on the Injured Reserve List for three consecutive seasons , so Pronger's salary was not part of the Flyers' salary cap . However, this was only possible because the defender had not officially ended his active career. Instead, he acted as a scout for the Flyers and sighted young players.

In June 2015, Pronger and Nicklas Grossmann were transferred to the Arizona Coyotes in exchange for Sam Gagner and a success-based draft option . There, too, a comeback Prongers was unlikely; rather, his contract was "relocated" to Arizona due to the Salary Cap. Just three days after the move, Pronger was announced as one of the players to be inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in November 2015 . Pronger has been Senior Advisor to the President of Hockey Operations at the Florida Panthers since June 2017 , having previously advised the NHL's Department of Player Safety for three years .

International

In 1998 Chris Pronger was the youngest player to join the Canadian national team at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano . After the disappointing 4th place, he won the gold medal four years later in Salt Lake City . This after he had become world champion with Canada in 1997 and junior world champion in 1993 . Another title came with winning the Olympic gold again at the 2010 Winter Olympics .

Achievements and Awards

Pronger at the celebrations following Anaheim's Stanley Cup win

International

Career statistics

Regular season Play-offs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM +/- Sp T V Pt SM +/-
1990/91 Stratford Cullitons OHA-B 48 15th 37 52 132 - - - - - - -
1991/92 Peterborough Petes OHL 63 17th 45 62 90 - 10 1 8th 9 28 -
1992/93 Peterborough Petes OHL 61 15th 62 77 108 - 21st 15th 25th 40 51 -
1993/94 Hartford Whalers NHL 81 5 25th 30th 113 -3 - - - - - -
1994/95 Hartford Whalers NHL 43 5 9 14th 54 -12 - - - - - -
1995/96 St. Louis Blues NHL 78 7th 18th 25th 110 -18 13 1 5 6th 16 ± 0
1996/97 St. Louis Blues NHL 79 11 24 35 143 +15 6th 1 1 2 22nd ± 0
1997/98 St. Louis Blues NHL 81 9 27 36 180 +47 10 1 9 10 26th -2
1998/99 St. Louis Blues NHL 67 13 33 46 113 +3 13 1 4th 5 28 -2
1999/00 St. Louis Blues NHL 79 14th 48 62 92 +52 7th 3 4th 7th 32 ± 0
2000/01 St. Louis Blues NHL 51 8th 39 47 75 +21 15th 1 7th 8th 32 +10
2001/02 St. Louis Blues NHL 78 7th 40 47 120 +23 9 1 7th 8th 24 +5
2002/03 St. Louis Blues NHL 5 1 3 4th 10 -2 7th 1 3 4th 14th +3
2003/04 St. Louis Blues NHL 80 14th 40 54 88 -1 5 0 1 1 16 +1
2004/05 St. Louis Blues NHL not played because of lockout
2005/06 Edmonton Oilers NHL 80 12 44 56 74 +2 24 5 16 21st 26th +10
2006/07 Anaheim Ducks NHL 66 13 46 59 69 +27 19th 3 12 15th 26th +10
2007/08 Anaheim Ducks NHL 72 12 31 43 128 -1 6th 2 3 5 12 -1
2008/09 Anaheim Ducks NHL 82 11 37 48 88 ± 0 13 2 8th 10 12 +4
2009/10 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 82 10 45 55 79 +22 23 4th 14th 18th 36 +5
2010/11 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 50 4th 21st 25th 44 +7 3 0 1 1 4th -3
2011/12 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 13 1 11 12 10 +1 - - - - - -
OHL total 124 32 107 139 198 - 31 16 33 49 79 -
NHL overall 1167 157 541 698 1590 +183 173 26th 95 121 326 +40

International

Represented Canada to:

year team event result Sp T V Pt SM
1993 Canada U20 World Cup 1st place, gold 7th 1 3 4th 6th
1997 Canada WM 1st place, gold 9 0 2 2 12
1998 Canada Olympia 4th Place 6th 0 0 0 4th
2002 Canada Olympia 1st place, gold 6th 0 1 1 2
2006 Canada Olympia 7th place 6th 1 2 3 16
2010 Canada Olympia 1st place, gold 7th 0 5 5 2
Juniors overall 7th 1 3 4th 6th
Men overall 34 1 10 11 36

( Legend for player statistics: Sp or GP = games played; T or G = goals scored; V or A = assists scored ; Pkt or Pts = scorer points scored ; SM or PIM = penalty minutes received ; +/− = plus / minus balance; PP = overpaid goals scored ; SH = underpaid goals scored ; GW = winning goals scored; 1  play-downs / relegation )

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personal data
SURNAME Pronger, Chris
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Pronger, Christopher Robert (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian ice hockey player and official
DATE OF BIRTH October 10, 1974
PLACE OF BIRTH Dryden , Ontario