Chris Pronger was the defenseman nobody wanted to face. He won the Hart Trophy and the Norris Trophy in the same season, lifted the Stanley Cup with Anaheim in 2007, and reached three Stanley Cup Finals with three different teams. Most of what he has built since is about helping other people slow down.
What is Chris Pronger doing now?
As of November 2026, Chris Pronger has three lines of work, and none of them involve clearing the crease. He is a co-founder of Well Inspired Travels, the luxury and wellness travel company he started with his wife, Lauren, and is listed as one of its travel advisors. He works in hockey television and as a public speaker, and in April 2026 he published a memoir. In an interview published by CBS News and The Associated Press in April 2026, he said he had returned to hockey through broadcasting and public speaking, and that he would listen if the right NHL team offered the right job.
| Chris Pronger: then and now | |
|---|---|
| Known for | One of the most feared defensemen of his era |
| Position | Defense, shoots left |
| Born | 10 October 1974, Dryden, Ontario |
| Drafted | 1993, first round, second overall, Hartford Whalers |
| NHL career | 18 seasons, 1,167 games, five teams |
| Stanley Cup | 2007, Anaheim Ducks |
| Last NHL game | November 2011, Philadelphia Flyers |
| Hall of Fame | Hockey Hall of Fame, class of 2015 |
| Current role | Travel company co-founder, broadcaster and speaker, as of November 2026 |
| Latest project | Memoir Earned, April 2026 |
The road there ran through the NHL. While still under contract as a player, he joined the league’s Department of Player Safety in 2014. When that contract expired in 2017, he became a senior adviser in the Florida Panthers front office under general manager Dale Tallon, a job he left in 2020 to focus on the travel company.
Well Inspired Travels: the travel company Chris Pronger and his wife founded
Well Inspired Travels was founded in 2018, and both Chris and Lauren Pronger are listed as advisors in Virtuoso, the luxury travel network. The company builds custom trips around wellness: retreats, honeymoons, couples trips, family getaways and corporate groups, for clients that include athletes, executives and business owners.
His advisor profile lists yacht charters, honeymoons, beach trips, and sports and outdoors among his interests, with destinations from Italy, Greece, and Croatia to the Maldives and St. Barts. The same profile opens with his hockey record: 20 years in the NHL, four Winter Olympics and the Hart and Norris double. Pronger has described the company as his wife’s project, with his role on the business side: making introductions and building the network.
Is Chris Pronger on Hockey Night in Canada?
Yes, on occasion. During the 2025-26 season, Pronger told NHL.com he had done or was booked for three Hockey Night in Canada games. His main television work that season was on Prime Video’s Monday Night Hockey in Canada, which he joined in October 2025. By his own count, he worked 12 of the 25 games, plus 13 or 14 St. Louis Blues broadcasts.
Prime Video moved its Canadian package to Wednesday nights for 2026-27, and he was not among the names in the league’s announcement of that broadcast crew in September 2026. Beyond the TV work, he has built a public speaking business, and his name came up in speculation about the Toronto Maple Leafs front office in the spring of 2026. He said no team had contacted him.
Chris Pronger’s book Earned: release date and what is in it
Chris Pronger’s memoir, “Earned: The True Cost of Greatness From One of Hockey’s Fiercest Competitors”, was released on 14 April 2026 by Mission Driven Press with Simon & Schuster. It is less a season-by-season retelling than a mix of self-help, motivation, and a behind-the-scenes look at his life and career. Pronger called it “more for people than a typical sports book.”
Why did Chris Pronger leave Edmonton?
By his own account, it was never the right fit. St. Louis traded him to Edmonton in August 2005 for Eric Brewer, Jeff Woywitka and Doug Lynch, and he signed a five-year contract. He had 56 points in the regular season and 21 points in 24 playoff games as the Oilers reached the 2006 Stanley Cup Final, which they lost in seven games to Carolina.
Shortly after the Final, he asked to be traded. On 3 July 2006, Edmonton sent him to Anaheim for Joffrey Lupul, Ladislav Smid, and three draft picks. Around the time his book was released, he said the fit had been wrong from the start and that he had always planned to leave the following summer. One season later, he won the Stanley Cup with the Ducks, and Teemu Selanne had his own reaction when Pronger was traded to the Ducks.
Chris Pronger’s stats, teams and Stanley Cup Finals
| Team | Seasons | GP | G | A | P |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hartford Whalers | 1993-94 to 1994-95 | 124 | 10 | 34 | 44 |
| St. Louis Blues | 1995-96 to 2003-04 | 598 | 84 | 272 | 356 |
| Edmonton Oilers | 2005-06 | 80 | 12 | 44 | 56 |
| Anaheim Ducks | 2006-07 to 2008-09 | 220 | 36 | 114 | 150 |
| Philadelphia Flyers | 2009-10 to 2011-12 | 145 | 15 | 77 | 92 |
| Total | 18 seasons | 1,167 | 157 | 541 | 698 |
Figures are from Hockey-Reference. He finished at +183 with 1,590 penalty minutes.
Hartford drafted him second overall in 1993 and traded him to St. Louis for Brendan Shanahan in 1995. In 1999-00, he had 62 points and a +52 plus-minus and won both the Hart Trophy and the Norris Trophy, becoming the first defenseman named league MVP since Bobby Orr in 1972. Philadelphia acquired him from Anaheim in June 2009, and he took the Flyers to the 2010 Final. He also won Olympic gold with Canada in 2002 and 2010.
Chris Pronger’s three runs to the Stanley Cup Final, in 2006, 2007 and 2010, produced 54 of his 121 career playoff points, 45 percent, in 66 of his 173 playoff games. That is 0.82 points per game on the way to the Final, against 0.63 in the rest of his playoff career.
Why Chris Pronger retired, his contract and the Hall of Fame
An eye injury in October 2011 and a concussion later that fall ended his playing career. He played his last NHL game in November 2011 with the Flyers. His contract ran through the 2016-17 season, and in June 2015, Philadelphia traded it, with Nicklas Grossmann, to the Arizona Coyotes for Sam Gagner and a conditional pick. He never played a game for Arizona.
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