Chris Pronger is an absolute legend.
On Monday, the St. Louis Blues retired Pronger’s No. 44 to the rafters in a long-awaited ceremony that was previously postponed due to the pandemic. In his 18-year NHL career, Pronger spent nine of those with the Blues as one of the league’s peskiest and hard-hitting defensemen of his time.
Though Pronger won the only Stanley Cup of his career with the Anaheim Ducks in 2007, he’s fondly remembered as an integral part of the Blues from the mid-90s and beyond. In his jersey retirement ceremony on Monday, Pronger pulled the most Chris Pronger move of all time and chugged a beer on the ice after his speech to the St. Louis faithful.
When you slam a beer at your jersey retirement ceremony, you truly are one of the greats. Congratulations @chrispronger. #stlblues pic.twitter.com/XQN8oqVRw3
— St. Louis Blues (@StLouisBlues) January 18, 2022
While Pronger’s NHL career abruptly ended after sustaining a horrific concussion while with the Philadelphia Flyers in 2011 and he’s struggled with post-concussion syndrome since, it’s great to see him get the sendoff he deserves in the most epic way possible.
