Joonas Rönnberg (born February 19, 1983) is a Finnish professional

ice hockey Ice hockey (or simply hockey in North America) is a team sport played on ice skates, usually on an Ice rink, ice skating rink with Ice hockey rink, lines and markings specific to the sport. It belongs to a family of sports called hockey. Tw ...

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

. 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 and play their home games at the Utilita Arena. They are currently a member of the Elite Ice Hockey League. The club's main (tit ...

of the UK's

Elite Ice Hockey League The Elite Ice Hockey League (EIHL), sometimes referred to internationally as the British Elite League, is an ice hockey league in the United Kingdom. Formed in 2003 following the demise of the Ice Hockey Superleague, it is the highest level ...

(EIHL). Rönnberg made his

Swedish Hockey League The Swedish Hockey League (SHL; ) is a professional ice hockey league in Sweden and the highest level of the ice hockey in Sweden, Swedish ice hockey system. The league currently consists of 14 teams. The league was founded in 1975, and while Li ...

debut playing with

Leksands IF Leksands Idrottsförening is a Swedish professional ice hockey team from the town of Leksand in the region of Dalarna. The team plays in the top-tier league, Swedish Hockey League (SHL), after succeeding through the 2019 SHL qualifiers and thus ...

during the

2013–14 SHL season The 2013–14 SHL season was the 39th season of the Swedish Hockey League (SHL). The regular season began on 14 September 2013 and ended on 8 March 2014. The following playoffs began on 15 March 2014 and ended on 21 April 2014. It was the first sea ...

. 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 Hockey players Sheffield Steelers players Ice hockey people 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 21st-century Finnish sportsmen {{Finland-icehockey-defenceman-stub