Today In NHL History - Pronger's Heart Attack

On May 10th in 1998, Chris Pronger caught a slapshot in the chest courtesy of Detroit Red Wings defenseman Dmitri Mironov causing the St. Louis Blues blueliner to suffer an acute heart attack, with his team down 4-1 with 16 minutes remaining in Game 2 of the Western Conference Semifinal.

Further footage may be found at the 3:35 mark of the video below.

Pronger recovered from the freak incident, returning to play four days later. Detroit beat St. Louis that afternoon 6-1, eventually winning the series in six games en route to their second consecutive Stanley Cup.

That's today in NHL history.