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Cliff Ronning

Position: C
Shoots: Left
Height: 5-8    Weight: 165 lbs.
Born: October 1, 1965 in Burnaby, British Columbia

Drafted by the St. Louis Blues in the 7th round (134th overall) of the 1984 NHL Entry Draft.

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Fan Ratings

Fine Details ▪ Last Updated Feb 8, 2012, 9:47AM
All-Time NHL Skater Rank: #319. Dale Hunter… #319. Tom Johnson… #321. CLIFF RONNING… #322. Jere Lehtinen… #323. Ed Jovanovski… 

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Season Age Tm Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1986-87 21 STL NHL 42 11 14 25 10 -1 6 9 2 0 2 68 16.2
1987-88 22 STL NHL 26 5 8 13 5 6 12 4 1 0 1 38 13.2
1988-89 23 STL NHL 64 24 31 55 21 3 18 8 16 0 1 150 16.0
1990-91 25 TOT NHL 59 20 24 44 17 0 10 13 7 0 2 113 17.7
1990-91 25 STL NHL 48 14 18 32 12 2 10 9 5 0 2 81 17.3
1990-91 25 VAN NHL 11 6 6 12 5 -2 0 4 2 0 0 32 18.8
1991-92 26 VAN NHL 80 24 47 71 26 18 42 18 6 0 2 216 11.1
1992-93 27 VAN NHL 79 29 56 85 31 19 30 19 10 0 2 209 13.9
1993-94 28 VAN NHL 76 25 43 68 26 7 42 15 10 0 4 197 12.7
1994-95 29 VAN NHL 41 6 19 25 8 -4 27 3 3 0 2 93 6.5
1995-96 30 VAN NHL 79 22 45 67 24 16 42 17 5 0 1 187 11.8
1996-97 31 PHX NHL 69 19 32 51 19 -9 26 11 8 0 2 171 11.1
1997-98 32 PHX NHL 80 11 44 55 18 5 36 8 3 0 0 197 5.6
1998-99 33 TOT NHL 79 20 40 60 21 -3 42 10 10 0 4 257 7.8 1526 19:19
1998-99 33 PHX NHL 7 2 5 7 2 3 2 0 2 0 1 18 11.1 108 15:22
1998-99 33 NSH NHL 72 18 35 53 19 -6 40 10 8 0 3 239 7.5 1418 19:42
1999-00 34 NSH NHL 82 26 36 62 24 -13 34 19 7 0 2 248 10.5 1490 18:11
2000-01 35 NSH NHL 80 19 43 62 22 4 28 13 6 0 4 237 8.0 1390 17:23
2001-02 36 TOT NHL 81 19 35 54 20 0 32 14 5 0 0 199 9.5 1357 16:45
2001-02 36 NSH NHL 67 18 31 49 18 0 24 14 4 0 0 164 11.0 1121 16:44
2001-02 36 LAK NHL 14 1 4 5 2 0 8 0 1 0 0 35 2.9 236 16:53
2002-03 37 MIN NHL 80 17 31 48 18 -6 24 9 8 0 5 171 9.9 1394 17:25
2003-04 38 NYI NHL 40 9 15 24 9 3 2 7 2 0 0 55 16.4 477 11:56
Career NHL 1137 306 563 869 320 45 453 197 109 0 34 2806 10.9 7635 17:16

NHL Miscellaneous

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Per Game Adjusted Plus/Minus Point Shares
Season Age Tm Lg GP G A PTS GC PIM S G A PTS GC TGF PGF TGA PGA +/- OPS DPS PS
1986-87 21 STL NHL 42 0.26 0.33 0.60 0.23 0.14 1.62 9 12 21 8 31 9 23 0 -1 1.0 0.6 1.7
1987-88 22 STL NHL 26 0.19 0.31 0.50 0.19 0.46 1.46 4 7 11 4 16 6 4 0 6 0.3 0.5 0.8
1988-89 23 STL NHL 64 0.38 0.48 0.86 0.33 0.28 2.34 20 25 45 18 68 41 25 1 3 3.2 1.0 4.2
1990-91 25 TOT NHL 59 0.34 0.41 0.75 0.29 0.17 1.92 17 21 38 15 72 41 31 0 0 2.8 0.7 3.5
1990-91 25 STL NHL 48 0.29 0.38 0.67 0.26 0.21 1.69 12 16 28 11 50 29 19 0 2 1.7 0.6 2.3
1990-91 25 VAN NHL 11 0.55 0.55 1.09 0.45 0.00 2.91 5 5 10 4 22 12 12 0 -2 1.0 0.1 1.1
1991-92 26 VAN NHL 80 0.30 0.59 0.89 0.32 0.53 2.70 21 41 62 23 97 33 48 2 18 4.3 1.6 5.9
1992-93 27 VAN NHL 79 0.37 0.71 1.08 0.40 0.38 2.65 24 45 69 25 102 33 50 0 19 5.6 1.1 6.8
1993-94 28 VAN NHL 76 0.33 0.57 0.89 0.34 0.55 2.59 23 39 62 23 106 49 51 1 7 5.0 1.2 6.2
1994-95 29 VAN NHL 41 0.15 0.46 0.61 0.21 0.66 2.27 10 33 43 14 40 20 24 0 -4 1.3 0.4 1.6
1995-96 30 VAN NHL 79 0.28 0.57 0.85 0.31 0.53 2.37 21 43 64 23 92 18 59 1 16 4.6 1.3 5.9
1996-97 31 PHX NHL 69 0.28 0.46 0.74 0.28 0.38 2.48 20 33 53 20 71 30 50 0 -9 3.9 0.7 4.6
1997-98 32 PHX NHL 80 0.14 0.55 0.69 0.22 0.45 2.46 13 50 63 21 72 30 40 3 5 3.7 1.1 4.8
1998-99 33 TOT NHL 79 0.25 0.51 0.76 0.27 0.53 3.25 23 46 69 25 73 28 49 1 -3 4.1 1.3 5.4
1998-99 33 PHX NHL 7 0.29 0.71 1.00 0.34 0.29 2.57 2 6 8 3 8 4 1 0 3 0.6 0.2 0.9
1998-99 33 NSH NHL 72 0.25 0.49 0.74 0.26 0.56 3.32 21 40 61 22 65 24 48 1 -6 3.4 1.1 4.5
1999-00 34 NSH NHL 82 0.32 0.44 0.76 0.29 0.41 3.02 29 39 68 26 78 31 60 0 -13 5.0 1.4 6.4
2000-01 35 NSH NHL 80 0.24 0.54 0.78 0.27 0.35 2.96 21 46 67 24 78 39 35 0 4 4.4 2.1 6.6
2001-02 36 TOT NHL 81 0.23 0.43 0.67 0.25 0.40 2.46 22 40 62 23 68 29 41 2 0 4.2 1.7 5.9
2001-02 36 NSH NHL 67 0.27 0.46 0.73 0.27 0.36 2.45 21 35 56 21 62 26 37 1 0 4.2 1.4 5.6
2001-02 36 LAK NHL 14 0.07 0.29 0.36 0.11 0.57 2.50 1 5 6 2 6 3 4 1 0 0.0 0.3 0.3
2002-03 37 MIN NHL 80 0.21 0.39 0.60 0.22 0.30 2.14 19 34 53 20 74 40 41 1 -6 3.2 1.6 4.9
2003-04 38 NYI NHL 40 0.23 0.38 0.60 0.23 0.05 1.38 11 17 28 11 35 13 19 0 3 2.5 0.5 3.0
Career NHL 1137 0.27 0.50 0.76 0.28 0.40 2.47 307 571 878 323 1173 490 650 12 45 59.2 18.9 78.0

NHL Playoffs

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Season Age Tm Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1985-86 20 STL NHL 5 1 1 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 11 9.1
1986-87 21 STL NHL 4 0 1 1 -1 0 0 0 0 0 8 0.0
1988-89 23 STL NHL 7 1 3 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 15 6.7
1990-91 25 VAN NHL 6 6 3 9 1 12 4 2 0 2 22 27.3
1991-92 26 VAN NHL 13 8 5 13 5 6 7 1 0 1 49 16.3
1992-93 27 VAN NHL 12 2 9 11 8 6 2 0 0 0 35 5.7
1993-94 28 VAN NHL 24 5 10 15 -2 16 3 2 0 2 69 7.2
1994-95 29 VAN NHL 11 3 5 8 -5 2 2 1 0 2 20 15.0
1995-96 30 VAN NHL 6 0 2 2 0 6 0 0 0 0 12 0.0
1996-97 31 PHX NHL 7 0 7 7 2 12 0 0 0 0 11 0.0
1997-98 32 PHX NHL 6 1 3 4 -1 4 1 0 0 0 17 5.9
2001-02 36 LAK NHL 4 0 1 1 -1 2 0 0 0 0 3 0.0 45 11:09
2002-03 37 MIN NHL 17 2 7 9 -3 4 1 1 0 0 37 5.4 283 16:39
2003-04 38 NYI NHL 4 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 0 0 3 0.0 23 5:44
Career NHL 126 29 57 86 1 72 20 9 0 7 312 9.3 351 14:01

Other Standard

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1982-83 17 New Westminster Royals BCJHL 52 83 68 151 22
1983-84 18 New Westminster Bruins WHL 71 69 67 136 10
1984-85 19 New Westminster Bruins WHL 70 89 108 197 20
1985-86 20 Canada Nat-Tm 71 55 63 118 53
1986-87 21 Canada Nat-Tm 26 17 16 33 12
1988-89 23 Peoria Rivermen IHL 12 11 20 31 8
1989-90 24 HC Asiago Italy 36 67 49 116 25
1990-91 25 Canada WEC-A 10 1 4 5 8
Career 1 Season BCJHL 52 83 68 151 22
Career 1 Season IHL 12 11 20 31 8
Career 1 Season Italy 36 67 49 116 25
Career 2 Seasons Nat-Tm 97 72 79 151 65
Career 1 Season WEC-A 10 1 4 5 8
Career 2 Seasons WHL 141 158 175 333 30

Other Playoffs

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1983-84 18 New Westminster Bruins WHL 9 8 13 21 10
1984-85 19 New Westminster Bruins WHL 11 10 14 24 4
1989-90 24 HC Asiago Italy 6 7 12 19 4
Career 1 Season Italy 6 7 12 19 4
Career 2 Seasons WHL 20 18 27 45 14

Similarity Scores

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Thru 17 Years Adjusted Point Shares (Best to Worst)
Player 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17
Cliff Ronning 6.8 6.6 6.4 6.2 5.9 5.9 5.9 5.4 4.9 4.8 4.6 4.2 3.5 3.0 1.7 1.6 0.8
Dave Keon 91.1 8.9 7.4 6.5 6.4 6.3 6.1 6.0 5.1 5.0 4.8 4.5 4.3 4.2 4.0 3.8 2.9 1.3
Saku Koivu 89.1 7.4 6.9 5.9 5.6 5.5 5.5 5.4 5.2 5.1 5.0 4.0 3.7 3.3 2.2 0.1
Syd Howe 88.8 6.2 5.3 5.2 4.8 4.8 4.7 4.3 4.1 4.0 3.2 2.8 2.6 2.0 1.4 0.6 -0.1 -0.1
Trevor Linden 88.8 7.6 6.3 6.0 5.9 5.7 4.5 4.3 3.9 3.7 3.6 3.3 3.2 3.2 3.2 2.9 2.4 0.7
Alex Delvecchio 87.3 7.2 7.0 6.8 6.7 6.3 5.9 5.7 5.6 5.6 5.2 4.8 4.6 4.2 4.1 4.1 3.0 0.0
Butch Goring 87.1 7.8 7.0 6.9 6.4 6.0 5.9 5.6 5.4 4.3 3.7 2.8 2.7 2.4 1.6 0.9 0.4
Bryan Smolinski 86.9 6.8 6.4 5.8 5.2 5.1 5.0 4.9 4.4 4.2 3.5 3.5 3.4 3.3 1.8 0.2
Steve Thomas 86.7 8.3 7.5 7.3 6.9 6.4 6.0 5.9 5.5 4.3 3.5 3.3 3.2 2.7 2.7 2.2 1.8 -0.5
Brian Bellows 86.1 9.5 7.4 7.0 6.9 6.5 6.4 5.9 5.8 4.8 4.1 3.8 3.8 3.6 3.5 2.0 1.2 1.0
Geoff Courtnall 85.6 7.9 7.2 6.9 6.6 6.4 6.2 6.1 5.0 4.3 3.8 3.5 2.4 1.8 1.2 1.1 0.6 -0.1
Career Adjusted Point Shares (Best to Worst)
Player 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
Cliff Ronning 6.8 6.6 6.4 6.2 5.9 5.9 5.9 5.4 4.9 4.8 4.6 4.2 3.5 3.0 1.7 1.6 0.8
Dave Keon 90.8 8.9 7.4 6.5 6.4 6.3 6.1 6.0 5.1 5.0 4.8 4.5 4.3 4.2 4.0 3.8 2.9 1.3 -0.9
Saku Koivu 89.1 7.4 6.9 5.9 5.6 5.5 5.5 5.4 5.2 5.1 5.0 4.0 3.7 3.3 2.2 0.1
Syd Howe 88.8 6.2 5.3 5.2 4.8 4.8 4.7 4.3 4.1 4.0 3.2 2.8 2.6 2.0 1.4 0.6 -0.1 -0.1
Trevor Linden 88.0 7.6 6.3 6.0 5.9 5.7 4.5 4.3 3.9 3.7 3.6 3.3 3.2 3.2 3.2 2.9 2.4 2.0 1.0 0.7
Butch Goring 87.1 7.8 7.0 6.9 6.4 6.0 5.9 5.6 5.4 4.3 3.7 2.8 2.7 2.4 1.6 0.9 0.4
Bryan Smolinski 86.9 6.8 6.4 5.8 5.2 5.1 5.0 4.9 4.4 4.2 3.5 3.5 3.4 3.3 1.8 0.2
Brian Bellows 86.1 9.5 7.4 7.0 6.9 6.5 6.4 5.9 5.8 4.8 4.1 3.8 3.8 3.6 3.5 2.0 1.2 1.0
Steve Thomas 85.9 8.3 7.5 7.3 6.9 6.4 6.0 5.9 5.5 4.3 3.5 3.3 3.3 3.2 2.9 2.7 2.7 2.2 1.8 1.7 -0.5
Geoff Courtnall 85.6 7.9 7.2 6.9 6.6 6.4 6.2 6.1 5.0 4.3 3.8 3.5 2.4 1.8 1.2 1.1 0.6 -0.1
Andrew Brunette 85.6 8.2 7.6 6.9 6.5 6.2 5.5 5.5 5.1 4.9 4.5 4.4 2.9 2.1 0.8 0.7

Appearances on Leaderboards, Awards, and Honors

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Games Played

1991-92 NHL 80 (3)
1999-00 NHL 82 (2)

Assists

Career NHL 563 (86)

Shots

Career NHL 2806 (98)

Adjusted Assists

Career NHL 571 (88)

Transactions

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March 5, 1991: Traded to Vancouver by St. Louis with Geoff Courtnall, Robert Dirk, Sergio Momesso and St. Louis' 5th round choice (Brian Loney) in 1992 Entry Draft for Dan Quinn and Garth Butcher, March 5, 1991.

July 1, 1996: Signed as a free agent by Phoenix, July 1, 1996.

October 31, 1998: Traded to Nashville by Phoenix with Richard Lintner for future considerations, October 31, 1998.

March 16, 2002: Traded to Los Angeles by Nashville for Jere Karalahti and Los Angeles' 4th round choice (Teemu Lassila) in 2003 Entry Draft, March 16, 2002.

June 22, 2002: Traded to Minnesota by Los Angeles for Minnesota's 4th round choice (Aaron Rome) in 2002 Entry Draft, June 22, 2002.

January 9, 2004: Signed as a free agent by NY Islanders, January 9, 2004.

February 15, 2006: Officially announced his retirement, February 15, 2006.

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