BEST OF: Chris Pronger: NHL Hall of Famer Unpacks His Career Journey on and Off the Ice
FIRST AIRED: 4/4/23\n\nChris Pronger is a former NHL Hall of Fame defenseman. Chris was drafted second overall by the Hartford Whalers in 1993 and has also played for the St. Louis Blues, Edmonton Oilers, Anaheim Ducks, and Philadelphia Flyers. He\u2019s appeared in the Stanley Cup finals with three different teams and won the Cup with the Ducks in 2007. He also won the Hart Memorial Trophy as the NHL's most valuable player for the 1999\u20132000 season.\n\nA mainstay on Team Canada, Chris won Olympic gold medals at the 2002 and 2010 Winter Olympics and is a member of the Triple Gold Club. Today, Chris runs Well Inspired Travels alongside his wife.\n\nThis Episode\u2019s Heavy-hitter\u2019s:\n\nChris actually didn\u2019t grow up watching hockey other than on Saturday nights, which was the one night a week it came on TV in his area. But he definitely played every day with his older brothers and friends!\n\nChris says he had one of the top 5 Stanley Cup parties of all time, where he invited the Sugar Ray band to come to play.\n\nOne of the biggest challenges retired athletes face is figuring out a new way to spend their time that fulfills them. When you\u2019re a professional athlete, most of your schedule is determined for you, so it\u2019s a new type of pressure once you leave.\n\nWhen he worked with the Florida Panthers as Vice President of Operations, Chris had to remove himself from the everyday wins and losses of the team in order to be an effective leader. Coming in as a former player, it was hard to delineate himself from what was happening on the ice.\n\nChris works on Well Inspired Travels with his wife, and his secret to being business partners with your spouse is to make sure you make time aside from work with the family.\n\nFor more on Chris, please visit: https://www.wellinspiredtravels.com/ and follow him on Instagram @thechrispronger \n\nIf you enjoyed this episode, please leave a review: https://ratethispodcast.com/thepozcast\n\n#thePOZcast is brought to you by our friends at Interseller \u2013 the prospecting + outreach platform of recruiters and sellers. \n\nCheck out a free demo today! https://bit.ly/2Fbm/BZ\n\nThanks for listening, and please follow us on Insta @NHPTalent and Twitter @AdamJPosner.eth \n\nFor more, please visit www.thePOZcast.com Thanks!