Chris Pronger
| Chris Pronger | |||
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| Hockey Hall of Fame, 2015 | |||
Pronger playing at the 2010 Winter Olympics
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| Born |
October 10, 1974 Dryden, Ontario, Canada |
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| Height | 6 ft 6 in (198 cm) | ||
| Weight | 220 lb (100 kg; 15 st 10 lb) | ||
| Position | Defence | ||
| Shot | Left | ||
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NHL team Former teams |
Arizona Coyotes Hartford Whalers St. Louis Blues Edmonton Oilers Anaheim Ducks Philadelphia Flyers |
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| National team |
 Canada
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| NHL Draft | 2nd overall, 1993 Hartford Whalers |
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| Playing career | 1993–2011 | ||
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| Representing Canada
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| Men's ice hockey | ||
| Olympic Games | ||
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2002 Salt Lake City | |
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2010 Vancouver | |
| World Championships | ||
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1997 Finland | |
| World Junior Championships | ||
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1993 Sweden | |
Christopher Robert Pronger (/ˈprɒŋɡər/ or /ˈprɒŋər/; born October 10, 1974) is a Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman who is currently under contract with the Arizona Coyotes of the National Hockey League (NHL). He has not played since 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. Though not officially retired, he is not expected to play again. In October 2014, Pronger signed a contract with the NHL to assist its Player Safety Division, although he is excused from any decisions directly affecting the Coyotes, with whom he still remains under a player contract.
Originally selected 2nd 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, having also captained the Blues and Ducks during that time. 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 Trophy as the league's most valuable player for the 1999–2000 season and was the first defenceman to win the award since Bobby Orr in 1972. A mainstay on Team Canada, Pronger won Olympic gold medals at Salt Lake City 2002 and Vancouver 2010 and is a member of the Triple Gold Club. On January 27, 2017, in a ceremony during the All-Star Weekend in Los Angeles, Pronger was part of the second group of players to be named one of the '100 Greatest NHL Players' in history.
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