While Nicklas Lidstrom can lay claim to seven Norris Trophies and he and Scott Niedermayer won more Stanley Cups, there may not have been a more dominant defenceman of the era than Chris Pronger.
At 6-foot-6 and 220 lbs, Pronger could take over a game with his sheer size and physicality, but he could just as easily control the flow of play with the puck on his stick.
Pronger is set to enter the Hockey Hall of Fame on Monday. Here is a look at his career by the numbers.
1 – The number of times Pronger hoisted the Stanley Cup, having been a member of the Ducks team that toppled the Ottawa Senators in five games in 2007.
2 – The number of Hartford Whalers draft picks to make their way into the Hockey Hall of Fame. Ron Francis is the other.
3 – Pronger helped three teams reach the Stanley Cup Final. Edmonton (2006), Anaheim, and Philadelphia (2010).
6 – The number of NHL All-Star games Pronger was selected to appear in.
26 – The number of players who can lay claim to a spot in hockey’s Triple Gold Club as winners of the Stanley Cup, an Olympic gold medal, and a World Championship gold medal. Pronger joined the club in 2007 after winning a Cup with the Ducks. He grabbed his first Olympic gold in 2002 and was a member of Canada’s World Championship squad that captured gold in 1997.
157 – The number of goals scored by Chris Pronger in 18 NHL seasons.
+183 – Pronger’s career plus/minus rating. The defenceman led the league with the highest mark twice in his career, 1997-98 (+47) and 1999-2000 (+52).
698 – Pronger’s career point total.
1,167 – The number of games Pronger played over the course of his career.
2000 – The year Pronger walked away from the NHL Awards with the Norris Trophy and the Hart Memorial Trophy.
$575,000 – The salary Pronger will be paid this season and next by the Arizona Coyotes.
$4,941,429 – The average annual value that counts against the salary cap from the seven-year, $34.55-million contract Pronger is riding out on injured reserve.
