Pronger's trip home

Eventually real life – consisting of being one of the NHL‘s biggest names and a new Stanley Cup champion – resumed and enveloped this Northwestern Ontario town on Wednesday as Pronger made a public appearance alongside hockey‘s Holy Grail that culminated with a parade and a photo session involving over 2,000 people at the Dryden Memorial Arena.

Declared Chris Pronger Day, which in reality was a quick 18-hour stay for the Anaheim Ducks defenceman (and just a four-hour stopover for the Cup), organizers made sure to use every hour of it wisely, handing Pronger the Hoc-Key to the city, retiring his Eagles high school jersey and renaming the second rink at the arena after him.

— The Chronicle Journal