NASCAR driver Ryan Ellis jokes that Preds' Ryan Ellis 'has taken everything'
The similarities are starting to get eerie.
Nashville Predators defenseman Ryan Ellis shares a name with a race car driver - an entire name, it turns out.
BREAKING: Ryan Ellis, Predators defenseman, and Ryan Ellis, NASCAR driver, have the same middle name. It is James. Boom. @ryanellisracing
— Chris Gordon (@Chris_Gordon) June 8, 2017
The Ellis who competes in NASCAR's Camping World Truck and Sprint Cup Series had a perfect response about the Ellis currently competing in the Stanley Cup Final.
my life is not my life
— Ryan Ellis (@ryanellisracing) June 8, 2017
my name is not my name
he has taken everything https://t.co/Urmw25G5v8
But it doesn't end there.
Hahahahahaha 😂 Also their fathers' names are the same. I am convinced that this is Ryan's dad's second family.
— Allison Jane (@allirawrus) June 8, 2017
Both sports figures' fathers are named Jim, which might explain their middle names.
The racing Ellis once again had a brilliant reply.
Good theory. By naming his sons the same thing, he wouldn't forget his son's names.
— Ryan Ellis (@ryanellisracing) June 8, 2017
Unfortunately, the hockey-playing Ellis doesn't appear to be on Twitter, but the racing Ryan posted a picture of the two of them in May, and they originally met in December.
is it still hopping on the bandwagon if I’m on the team? @PredsNHL @Ellis4Captain https://t.co/VGX3fJTHnQ pic.twitter.com/enT7Wdk5Vu
— Ryan Ellis (@ryanellisracing) May 11, 2017
"I grew up playing hockey just as long as I've been racing, so to meet someone who I've watched in world juniors and all that, to see him out there playing, it was really cool to meet the guy who I keep getting angry tweets about," the NASCAR Ellis said with a laugh at the time.
He may not be the Ryan Ellis that hockey fans are looking for, but at least his Twitter game is on point.