Paul Ronty

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Paul Ronty
Date of birth July 12, 1928
place of birth Toronto , Ontario , Canada
date of death April 22, 2020
Place of death Newton , Massachusetts , USA
size 183 cm
Weight 73 kg
position center
Shot hand Left
Career stations
1944-1945 Toronto Chevies Aces
1945-1946 Boston Olympics
1946-1947 Hershey Bears
1947-1951 Boston Bruins
1951-1955 New York Rangers
1955 Canadiens de Montréal

Paul Ronty (born July 12, 1928 in Toronto , Ontario , † April 22, 2020 in Newton , Massachusetts , USA ) was a Canadian ice hockey player who played 509 games for the Boston Bruins , New York Rangers and Canadiens de Montréal has played in the National Hockey League (NHL) on the position of the center . The four-time participant in the NHL All-Star Game finished three of his eight NHL seasons among the top six scorers in the league.

Career

Ronty, whose parents immigrated to Canada from Finland in the 1920s , was born in Toronto . He grew up there and spent his junior years there until 1945. The center forward then moved to Boston in the summer of 1945 , where he played a season at the Boston Olympics in the Eastern Hockey League (EHL). The following year he was active for the Hershey Bears from the American Hockey League (AHL) and recommended himself there for a contract with the Boston Bruins from the National Hockey League (NHL).

After the attacker had gained his first experience there in the 1947/48 season , while he mainly continued to play for Hershey, he was a regular for the Bruins from the 1948/49 season. In his first two NHL years, Ronty landed with 49 and 59 points among the top five scorers in the league. Nevertheless, he did not succeed in his three full playing years with the Boston Bruins until September 1951 to be able to play seriously for the Stanley Cup . Only two participations in the All-Star Games in 1949 and 1950 were for the center forward. In September 1951 he was transferred to the New York Rangers in exchange for Gus Kyle , the transfer rights to the Finn Pentti Lund and an undisclosed sum of money .

At the Rangers he fared in the following four seasons but similar to Boston. Although Ronty was one of the best players on the team, which had no chance against the league's stronger franchises . Nevertheless, he ended up in the 1952/53 season once again among the six best point collectors of the regular season. Furthermore, the Canadian recorded further participation in the NHL All-Star Game in 1953 and 1954 . In February 1955 he finally moved to the Canadiens de Montréal via the waiver , who had been looking for a replacement for the injured Ken Mosdell for the upcoming Stanley Cup playoffs in 1955 . However, he was eliminated with the Habs in the first playoff round.

When the Canadiens did not offer him a permanent contract for the following season, but initially only offered him a commitment to the pre-season training camp, the 27-year-old prematurely ended his career in the summer of 1955 and then devoted himself to his family. He settled in the United States and worked successfully as an insurance salesman. Ronty died in April 2020 at the age of 91 in his adopted home Newton , Massachusetts .

Achievements and Awards

Career statistics

Regular season Playoffs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
1944/45 Toronto Chevies Aces OHA-B 9 7th 6th 13 7th 5 6th 6th 12 0
1944/45 Toronto Uptown Tires TMHL 1 1 0 1 0 - - - - -
1945/46 Boston Olympics EHL 49 19th 25th 44 14th 12 6th 11 17th 2
1946/47 Hershey Bears AHL 64 19th 40 59 12 11 0 2 2 2
1947/48 Hershey Bears AHL 31 15th 24 39 2 - - - - -
1947/48 Boston Bruins NHL 24 3 11 14th 0 5 0 4th 4th 0
1948/49 Boston Bruins NHL 60 20th 29 49 11 5 1 2 3 2
1949/50 Boston Bruins NHL 70 23 36 59 8th - - - - -
1950/51 Boston Bruins NHL 70 10 22nd 32 20th 6th 0 1 1 2
1951/52 New York Rangers NHL 65 12 31 43 16 - - - - -
1952/53 New York Rangers NHL 70 16 38 54 20th - - - - -
1953/54 New York Rangers NHL 70 13 33 46 18th - - - - -
1954/55 New York Rangers NHL 55 4th 11 15th 8th - - - - -
1954/55 Canadiens de Montréal NHL 4th 0 0 0 2 5 0 0 0 2
AHL total 95 34 64 98 14th 11 0 2 2 2
NHL overall 488 101 211 312 103 21st 1 7th 8th 6th

( Legend for player statistics: Sp or GP = games played; T or G = goals scored; V or A = assists scored ; Pkt or Pts = scorer points scored ; SM or PIM = penalty minutes received ; +/− = plus / minus balance; PP = overpaid goals scored ; SH = underpaid goals scored ; GW = winning goals scored; 1  play-downs / relegation )

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Joe Pelletier: Boston Bruins Legends: Paul Ronty. greatesthockeylegends.com, August 2010, accessed January 4, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Ronty, Paul
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH July 12, 1928
PLACE OF BIRTH Toronto , Ontario , Canada
DATE OF DEATH April 22, 2020
Place of death Newton , Massachusetts , USA