{"id":68031,"date":"2020-02-09T02:10:54","date_gmt":"2020-02-09T07:10:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonhockey.com\/?p=68031"},"modified":"2020-02-09T02:10:54","modified_gmt":"2020-02-09T07:10:54","slug":"st-louis-blues-to-retire-chris-pronger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2020\/02\/09\/st-louis-blues-to-retire-chris-pronger\/","title":{"rendered":"Chris Pronger to Have Number Retired by St. Louis Blues"},"content":{"rendered":"

On Saturday, February 9th, the St. Louis Blues announced that they will retire Chris Pronger<\/strong><\/a>, who wore number 44.<\/p>\n

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No. 44 will hang up there with the greats, and that’s right where it belongs. https:\/\/t.co\/ThPXLEDMEE<\/a> #stlblues<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/VEsyDdcv8P<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 St. Louis Blues (@StLouisBlues) February 9, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Pronger and fellow Blues legend Al MacInnis<\/a><\/strong> were at a season ticket holder event on Saturday afternoon when MacInnis surprised Pronger with the news.<\/p>\n

Chris Pronger Will Have Number Retired by Blues<\/h2>\n

In a press release<\/a> Pronger said, “You look at the names that are up there, the Blues greats – from Bobby (Plager and Gassoff) to Bernie (Federko) to Brian Sutter to Hullie (Brett Hull) to Al – you look at the names up there and they are synonymous with the St. Louis Blues, and to be up there is very special.”<\/p>\n

The Hockey Hall of Famer was drafted second overall by the Hartford Whalers in the 1993 NHL Draft. Two years later Pronger was traded to St. Louis in a blockbuster deal that had fellow Hall of Famer Brendan Shanahan<\/a><\/strong> going to Hartford.<\/p>\n

Pronger played nine seasons with the Blues. He played 598 regular-season games and scored 84 goals, 272 assists, 356 points and 931 penalty minutes. He was a four-time All-Star as a Blue. In the 1999-2000 season, Pronger had 62 points on a President’s Trophy winning team. That year, hebecame the second defenceman in NHL history, along with Bobby Orr<\/a><\/strong>, to win the Norris and Hart Trophies in the same season. Pronger was traded from St. Louis to the Edmonton Oilers in the summer of 2005.<\/p>\n

He will be the eighth player in franchise history to have his jersey retired. The other players are MacInnis (no.2), Bobby Gassoff<\/strong> (no. 3), Bob Plager<\/a> <\/strong>(no.5) Barclay Plager<\/a> <\/strong>(no. 8) Brian Sutter<\/strong> (no. 11), Brett Hull<\/strong> (no.16) and Bernie Federko<\/a><\/strong> (no. 24). The Blues have not announced the exact date they will retire Pronger.<\/p>\n

Main Photo:<\/p>\n

Embed from Getty Images<\/a>