| Born: | October 10, 1974 | Draft: | 1993 Whalers 2nd Overall |
| Hometown: | Dryden, Ontario | Position: | D |
| Known For: | Hall of Fame | Shoots: | Left |
| National Team: | Canada |
Christopher Robert Pronger (October 10, 1974) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey defenseman who was a senior advisor of hockey operations for 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 defenseman 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.
Chris Pronger Statistics
Trade Tracker
| Date | Traded From | Traded With | Traded To | Traded For |
| July 27, 1995 |  | – |  | Brendan Shanahan |
| August 2, 2005 |  | – |  | First-Round Pick (Nick Ross) First-Round Pick (Jordan Eberle) Second-Round Pick (Travis Hamonic) Joffrey Lupul Ladislav Smid |
| June 26, 2009 | | Ryan Dingle |  | First-Round Pick (John Moore) First-Round Pick (Emerson Etem) Joffrey Lupul Lucas Sbisa |
| June 27, 2015 | | Nicklas Grossman |  | Third-Round Pick (Sam Gagner) |
Deeper Dive
- The Destructive Aftermath of Chris Pronger
- Philadelphia Flyers Lookback: Adding Chris Pronger
- Best St. Louis Blues Defensemen by Decade
- Former Blues Defenseman Chris Pronger Inducted Into HHOF
- Best Defensemen in Blues History
Achievements
- OHL First All-Star Team — 1993
- OHL Most Outstanding Defenseman — 1993
- CHL Best Defenseman — 1993
- U20 WJC Gold Medal — 1993
- IIHF World Championships — 1997
- Olympic Gold Medal — 2002, 2010
- NHL All-Rookie Team — 1994
- Selected to Six All-Star Games — 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2008
- James Norris Memorial Trophy — 2000
- Hart Memorial Trophy — 2000
- NHL First Team All-Star — 2000
- NHL Second Team All-Star — 1998, 2004, 2007
- Stanley Cup Champion — 2007
- Inducted into Hockey Hall of Fame — 2015
- Introduced into IIHF All-Time Canada Team — 2020
- No. 44 Jersey to be Retired by Blues in 2021-22 Season