Joonas Rönnberg (born February 19, 1983) is a

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professional

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defenceman Defence or defense (in American English) in ice hockey is a player position that is primarily responsible for preventing the opposing team from scoring. They are often referred to as defencemen, D, D-men or blueliners (the latter a reference to ...

. He currently plays for HC Ludwig in Vantaa, Finland. He previously played for

Sheffield Steelers The Sheffield Steelers are a professional ice hockey team located in Sheffield, England. They were formed in 1991 (see 1991 in sport) and play their home games at the Utilita Arena. They are currently a member of the Elite Ice Hockey League. ...

of the UK's

Elite Ice Hockey League The Elite Ice Hockey League (EIHL), sometimes referred to as the British Elite League or, for sponsorship reasons, the Viaplay Elite League, is an ice hockey league in the United Kingdom. Formed in 2003 following the demise of the Ice Hockey ...

(EIHL). Rönnberg made his Swedish Hockey League debut playing with

Leksands IF Leksands Idrottsförening is a Swedish ice hockey team from the town of Leksand in the region of Dalarna. The team plays in the top-tier league, SHL, after succeeding through the 2019 SHL qualifiers and thus earning promotion to the SHL. The c ...

during the 2013–14 SHL season. After four seasons with Leksands, Ronnberg left as a free agent to sign a one-year contract in Germany with Düsseldorfer EG of the DEL on May 26, 2015. In June 2017, Rönnberg moved to the UK to sign for EIHL side the

on a one-year contract.

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* 1983 births Living people Düsseldorfer EG players Espoo Blues players Finnish ice hockey defencemen Ilves players Kiekko-Vantaa players Leksands IF players IK Oskarshamn players SaiPa players Storhamar Dragons players Sheffield Steelers players Sportspeople from Vantaa Finnish expatriate ice hockey players in Sweden Finnish expatriate ice hockey players in Norway Finnish expatriate ice hockey players in England Finnish expatriate ice hockey players in Germany {{Finland-icehockey-defenceman-stub