Christopher Robert Pronger (/ˈprɒŋɡər/ or /ˈprɒŋər/; born October 10, 1974) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey defenceman and 2015 inductee to the Hockey Hall of Fame. He won the Hart Memorial Trophy as the NHL’s most valuable player for the 1999–2000 season. He later was an advisor to the Florida Panthers of the National Hockey League (NHL).
Originally selected second overall by the Hartford Whalers in the 1993 NHL Entry Draft, Pronger has played for Hartford, the St. Louis Blues, Edmonton Oilers and Anaheim Ducks before being traded to the Philadelphia Flyers before the 2009–10 season. He was captain of the Blues, Ducks and Flyers. He has appeared in the Stanley Cup Finals with three different teams (Edmonton, Anaheim and Philadelphia), winning the Cup with the Ducks in 2007. Pronger won the Hart Memorial Trophy as the NHL’s most valuable player for the 1999–2000 season, becoming the first defenceman to win the award since Bobby Orr in 1971–72. A mainstay on Team Canada, Pronger won Olympic gold medals at the 2002 and 2010 Winter Olympics and is a member of the Triple Gold Club. In 2017, he was named one of the “100 Greatest NHL Players” in history.
Pronger’s playing career ended in November 2011 due to post-concussion syndrome related to three separate hits suffered during his career; he also suffers from vision impairment due to being hit in the eye(s) by the blade of another player’s stick.
He is the younger brother for fellow NHL player Sean Pronger.
| Position | Defenceman/Défenseur |
| International Hockey |  CanadaWorld Junior Championships (1993  )World Championships (1997 )Olympic Games (1998, 2002 , ’06, & ’10 ) |
| Club Hockey | Stratford Cullitons – Mid-Western Junior Hockey League (Ontario, Canada Junior B Hockey) Peterborough Petes – Ontario Hockey League (Canada High Junior) Hartford Whalers – National Hockey League St. Louis Blues – NHL Edmonton Oilers – NHL Anaheim Ducks – NHL Phildelphia Flyers – NHL |
| Awards and Honors | CHL/OHL Max Kaminsky Trophy1 (1993) Plus-Minus Award (1993) All-Star (1993) CHL Defenceman of the Year (1993) NHL First Round Draft Pick (1993) Cover Athlete EA Sports NHL 2000 Stanley Cup Champion (2007) James Norris Memorial Trophy2 (2000) Hart Memorial Trophy3 (2000) Plus-Minus Award (1998-2000) All-Star Game (1999, 2000, ’01, ’02, ’04, & ’08) All-Rookie Team (1994) Hockey Hall of Fame (2015) Captaincies St. Louis Blues (1997-2003) Anaheim Ducks (2007-08) Philadelphia Flyers (2011-13) International IIHF All Time Canada Team (2020) Triple Gold Club (WC 1997, OG 2002, Stanley Cup 2007) |
Career Statistics
Transactions
| 1995-07-27 | Traded by the Hartford Whalers to the St. Louis Blues for Brendan Shanahan. |
| 1995-10-29 | Suspended four games for slashing Washington’s Pat Peake |
| 1998-12-17 | Suspended four games for high stick foul on Phoenix’s Jeremy Roenick |
| 2000-10-11 | Suspended one game for leaving the bench during an altercation involving Los Angeles’ Kelly Buchberger |
| 2002-04-03 | Suspended 2 games for cross-checking Dallas’ Brenden Morrow |
| 2004-03-13 | Suspended one game for kicking Calgary’s Ville Nieminen |
| 2005-08-02 | Traded by the St. Louis Blues to the Edmonton Oilers for Eric Brewer, Doug Lynch and Jeff Woywitka. |
| 2006-07-03 | Traded by the Edmonton Oilers to the Anaheim Ducks for 1st round draft pick in 2007 (later traded to Phoenix – Phoenix selected Nick Ross), 1st round draft pick in 2008 (Jordan Eberle), 2nd round draft pick in 2008 (later traded to NY Islanders – NY Islanders selected Travis Hamonic), Joffrey Lupul and Ladislav Šmíd. |
| 2007-05-16 | Suspended Hit one play off game for blow to head of Detroit’s Tomas Holmstrom |
| 2007-06-03 | Suspended Hit one play off game for blow to head of Ottawa’s Dean McAmmond |
| 2008-03-15 | Suspended 8 games Stomping on leg of Vancouver’s Ryan Kesler |
| 2009-06-26 | Traded by the Anaheim Ducks with Ryan Dingle to the Philadelphia Flyers for 1st round draft pick in 2009 (later traded to Columbus – Columbus selected John Moore), 1st round draft pick in 2010 (Emerson Etem), future considerations, Joffrey Lupul and Luca Sbisa. |
| 2015-06-27 | Traded by the Philadelphia Flyers with Nicklas Grossmann to the Arizona Coyotes for 3rd round draft pick in 2017 and Sam Gagner. |