PHILADELPHIA — Justin Bieber’s biggest smash hit may have been the one Chris Pronger gave him during All-Star weekend.
Is it too late for Pronger to say sorry?
Well, Pronger, one of the NHL’s greatest defenceman, certainly won’t apologize for the smack down he delivered on Beiber that became a social media sensation because of a photo by the AP’s Mark J. Terrill.
Pronger, who works for the NHL’s Department of Player Safety, joked that he fined himself $5 during a one-man hearing.
Bieber was driven into the boards in the first half of a celebrity exhibition game by a laughing Pronger, who spent 18 years in the league as a hard-nosed defenceman.