Chris Pronger Reveals How He Nearly Lost a Million Dollars

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James Connelly
September 10, 2023 (5:00 PM)

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Legendary defenseman Chris Pronger revealed how one of his Hall of Fame teammates nearly cost him $1 million.

Backstory

Chris Pronger is known as one of the best defensemen in NHL history. Boasting one of the most impressive resumes one can have, Pronger has multiple gold medals for Canada, a Stanley Cup, a Norris trophy, a Hart trophy, and many all-star nods to go with it.

He recently shared a story about the time he nearly lost $1 million because of his hall-of-fame teammate, Grant Fuhr.

Pronger went on the Missin Curfew podcast hosted by Shane O'Brien and Scottie Upshall and shared the hilarious story.

Pronger Nearly Loses $1 Million

Pronger shared how he had a $1 million bonus based on his +/- with the St. Louis Blues and how he clarified that if he were to have a good game, he would reach the mark.

He starts off by mentioning how Fuhr was terrible at playing the puck.

"Arguably one of the worst puck playing goalies of all time, terrible with the puck," began Pronger. "And I go back and I go into the corner and I'm like 'Fuhrsy Fuhrsy!' and then boom! He smokes me in the chest with the puck."

Then Fuhr let in a bad goal while Pronger was on the ice:

"We're late in the game in the third period and Fuhrsy let's in a s***ty goal," said Pronger. "I've already prepped everybody, it's a meaningless game other than that bonus and I'm like 'Hey! You know what this means man c'mon."

Fuhr clearly wasn't happy with Pronger's attitude so he had an all-time response.

"Oh! Hey Prongs... is there a bonus on the line? You want me to funnel another one in?" - Grant Fuhr

Pronger's full rendition of the story can be watched here:

As seen on Hockey Feed - Pronger on how Fuhr nearly cost him a million dollars.