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CHRIS
PRONGER
DEFENSE | PRAWN-guhr, KRIHS
BIRTHDATE: October 10, 1974 | BIRTHPLACE: Dryden, Ontario
HEIGHT: 6’6” | WEIGHT: 220 | SHOOTS: Left | Season: 19th NHL, 4th Flyers
ACQUIRED: Trade from Anaheim - June 26, 2009
2011-12
On Dec. 15, was ruled out for the remainder of the 2011-12 regular season and playoffs after being diagnosed with severe
post-concussion syndrome… underwent surgery on Nov. 28 to remove loose bodies from his left knee… posted a pair of
assists on Nov. 19 at WPG… recorded three assists on Nov. 14 at CAR… missed six games after receiving a high stick
to the eye on Oct. 24 vs. TOR… started the season with a five-game scoring streak (1-5-6).
CAREER
2010-11: Playoffs: Had one assist in three games played… Missed the last three games of the ECSF vs. Boston with a
lower body injury… Missed first five games of ECQF vs. Buffalo while recovering from a broken hand. Regular Season:
Underwent surgery to repair broken hand on 3/17 and missed the team’s final 16 regular season games. .. Had four assist
game vs. Montreal on 1/25… Underwent surgery on 12/17 to repair broken bone in foot, and missed 13 games… Had
two assists at Washington on 11/20… Played in his 100th game as a Flyer vs. Tampa Bay on 11/18… Had a three-game
point streak from 11/11-11/15 (0G, 3A)…Scored two power play goals vs. NY Islanders on 10/30. 2009-10: Recipient of
the Bobby Clarke Trophy as the team’s most valuable player and recipient of the Barry Ashbee Trophy as the team’s most
outstanding defenseman, both as voted by a panel of sportscasters and sportswriters… Led the team in assists (45),
blocks (189 – 5th in NHL), plus/minus (+22), average time-on-ice (25:55) and the Flyers defense in points (55), which also
ranked third overall on the Flyers and fifth overall in the NHL… Became the first Flyers defenseman to record 50 or more
points in a season since Eric Desjardins, who also had 55 points, did so in 1999-00… Played in his 1,100 NHL game on 4/2
vs. Montreal… Scored the game-winning-goal with 2.1 seconds left vs. Chicago on 3/13 (new Flyers home-ice record
for latest GWG in 3rd)… Recorded his 500th NHL assist at Florida on 3/3… Won a gold medal with Team Canada for the
second time (2002) in his fourth Olympics (2nd wearing an “A”, 2002), where he had five points (5A) and a +3 rating in
seven games… Had a five-game point streak (8pts - 1G,7A) from 1/3-1/12…Had recorded over 28 minutes of ice time
in a game 11x this season and over 30 minutes six times… Had 11 multi-point games on the season… Had a six-game
point streak (10/31-11/14)… Had first goal as a Flyer at New Jersey on 10/3… Reached his 1,500 penalty minute vs. NY
Islanders on 12/8… Was +4 in Game 4 of the Stanley Cup Finals vs. Chicago... Had assist in Game 3 and two assists in
Game 1… Had three assists in Eastern Conference Final vs. Montréal… Recorded 6 pts (2G,4A) in Eastern Conference
Semi Finals … Had 5 pts (2G,3A) in Eastern Conference Quarter Finals… Recorded a point in each of the first 4 games of
the series…2008-09: Appeared in the Stanley Cup Playoffs for the 13th consecutive season, posting a total of 10 points
(2G,8A) and 12 penalty minutes in 13 contests… Recorded four points (1G,3A), six PIM and a plus/minus rating of +6 in the
Ducks’ six-game series win over the Sharks in the WCQF… Recorded six points (1G,5A) and six PIM in their seven-game
series against the DET… Appeared in all 82 games for the first time in his NHL career… Finished second on Anaheim’s
defense in goals (11), assists (37) and points (48)…Collected his 600th NHL point on Mar. 18 vs. NSH… Appeared in his
1,000th NHL game, earning an assist, Feb. 20 at DET… Had a season-high six-game point streak (3G,5A-8pts) from Oct.
29-Nov. 7, falling one game shy of his career high… 2007-08: Appeared in his 900th NHL game (scored the GWG in OT
for a 4-3 Ducks victory) on Dec. 10 at CLS... Recorded his 400th career assist on Oct. 15 vs. DET… Appeared in all six
games against Dallas in the WCQF scoring five points (2G,3A), and finished tied with Ryan Getzlaf for the team lead in
the playoffs… 2006-07: Won his first Stanley Cup with ANH…Among playoff leaders, T-1st in plus/minus (+10), T-3rd in
PPA, 4th in average TOI (30:11), T-4th in assists (12) and T-7th in points (15)… Ranked second among NHL defensemen
and tied for second overall on the Ducks in postseason scoring…Set club records for goals, assists and points by
defenseman in a postseason…Finished tied for second in club history for most points in a single playoff season…Had
a five-game point streak with seven points (2G,5A) from Apr. 13-25, the longest by a Duck in the 2007 postseason…
Finished the regular season ranked T-6th among NHL defensemen in points (59), sixth in assists (46) and first in points per
game (.89)… Led the Ducks in plus/minus (+27) being a plus-or-even player in 58 of 66 games and breaking the franchise
record for highest plus/minus by a defenseman in a season…Recorded his 500th NHL point on Feb. 15 at PHX 2005-06:
Led Edmonton to the 2006 Stanley Cup Final…Recorded 21 points (5G,16A) in the playoffs, the most points scored by an
NHL defenseman in the postseason since Brian Leetch had 34 points for the 1994 NYR… Played over 40 minutes twice
in the playoffs…Recorded two points (1G,1A) in Game 1 of the SCF at CAR, including the first penalty shot goal in SCF
history (there had been eight previous penalty shots taken in Final history, none resulting in goals)…Collected a team
record-tying three assists in one period in Game 5 of the WCQF on Apr. 29 at DET… Played a game-high 47:17 in Game 3
of the WCQF on Apr. 25 vs. DET…In the regular season, led Oilers defensemen with 56 points (12G,44A)…Ranked fourth
among NHL defensemen in power-play scoring and 15th overall with 42 points (10G,32A)…Recorded 12 multiple-point
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