Chris Pronger
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Christopher Robert Pronger is a Canadian former professional ice hockey defenceman. He won the Hart Memorial Trophy as the NHL's most valuable player for the 1999–2000 season and was inducted to the H
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Chris Pronger with the Anaheim Ducks in April 2007
Pronger with the Philadelphia Flyers in March 2010
Pronger in 2007 after winning the Stanley Cup with the Anaheim Ducks in June 2007
Hartford Whalers
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The Hartford Whalers were a professional ice hockey team based for most of its 25-year existence in Hartford, Connecticut. The club played in the World Hockey Association from 1972 until 1979, and in
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…of Fame in 2015. Pronger was later 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 played for Hartford, the St. Louis Blues, Edmonton Oilers and Anaheim Ducks before being traded to the Philadelphia…
Whaler banners hanging from the Hartford Civic Center rafters in 2007. The numbers 2, 9, and 19 were retired while the team was still in Hartford and honor Rick Ley, Gordie Howe, and John McKenzie, respectively. In 2006, the numbers 5, 10, and 11 were added by Hartford Wolf Pack management in honor of Ulf Samuelsson, Ron Francis, and Kevin Dineen, respectively. These are joined by a banner commemorating the Whalers' 1986-87 Adams Division championship and 1972-73 WHA East Division championship.