CONTENTS

FOREWORD

by Brian Burke

PRESS BOX EPISTLES

by Chris Pronger

1   BLACKOUT

2   THE BEGINNING

3   JOURNEYROOKIE

4   THE LAME DUCK

5   REALITY CHECK AND THE SUMMER OF SEAN

6   THE MINNOW OF ALL TRADE BAIT

7   MY 99 LINE

8   SOMETHING UGLY IS BRUIN

9   OUTWARD BOUND

10   SLAVA BLACKSOCKS AND THE YO-YO YEAR

11   THE COLUMBUS STRAITJACKETS

12   FOURTH MAN ON THE PILE

13   GERMANY: NEIN DANKE!

14   SEAN’S BROTHER

15   MY FAREWELL TOUR—OR NOT

APPENDIX

Pronger All-Stars

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS