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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 NHL season|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 NHL season|1999–2000 season]], becoming the first defenceman to win the award since [[Bobby Orr]] in [[1971–72 NHL season|1971–72]]. A mainstay on [[Canada men's national ice hockey team|Team Canada]], Pronger won Olympic gold medals at the [[Ice hockey at the 2002 Winter Olympics#Men's tournament|2002]] and [[Ice hockey at the 2010 Winter Olympics – Men's tournament|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.<ref>{{cite web|title=100 Greatest NHL Players|url=https://www.nhl.com/fans/nhl-centennial/100-greatest-nhl-players|website=NHL.com|access-date=January 27, 2017|date=January 27, 2017}}</ref>
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.<ref>{{cite web | title=The Magazine: Chris Pronger, still at large | publisher=[[The Hockey News]] | author=Campbell, Ken | url=http://www.thehockeynews.com/articles/53795-The-Magazine-Chris-Pronger-still-at-large.html | access-date=November 18, 2013 | date=October 14, 2013 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131019035658/http://www.thehockeynews.com/articles/53795-The-Magazine-Chris-Pronger-still-at-large.html# | archive-date=2013-10-19 | url-status=dead }}</ref> In October 2014, Pronger signed a contract with the NHL to assist its Player Safety Division, and he assists the NHL's Player Safety Division involving St. Louis Blues.
Despite his skill as a player, Pronger was considered one of the NHL's "dirtier" players and was suspended eight times during his NHL career.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.canada.com/theprovince/news/story.html?id%3D92c91de5-d28d-4f77-962c-78bb21cbcacc |title=Archived copy |access-date=2014-03-27 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150607232825/http://www.canada.com/theprovince/news/story.html?id=92c91de5-d28d-4f77-962c-78bb21cbcacc |archive-date=2015-06-07 }}</ref>
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