The similarities are striking.
Both were seventh-round draft picks. Both measured in shy of 5-foot-10. And as much as defensemen have tried to chase them down the ice, those defensemen were often left seeing only the “Ronning” on the back of both their jerseys.
Cliff Ronning made a career of it for 17 seasons in the NHL. Now his son, Rangers prospect Ty Ronning, is ready to begin charting his own path through the league.
“His journey is different than mine and that’s the beauty of this,” Cliff said recently.