Article by A.P. Andes, posted by Kate Cimini
On June 30, 2015, two days after his contract was traded from the Philadelphia Flyers to the cap-needy Arizona Coyotes, St. Louis Blues legendary defenseman, Chris Pronger, “Captain Happy,” was elected to the Hockey Hall of Fame.
Pronger, along with the immortal Nicklas Lidstrom and Lidstrom’s former teammate Sergei Federov, was elected on the first ballot.
Pronger’s former Blues teammate, Phil Housley, four-time Olympian, gold medalist and women’s hockey trailblazer Angela Ruggiero, Peter Karmanos, Jr., and Bill Hay were also elected to the Hall. The induction ceremony will be held November 9 at the Hockey Hall of Fame in Toronto.