# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/bernie-geoffrion
# Generated: 2026-08-15T04:37:00.544Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/bernie-geoffrion"
name: "Bernie Geoffrion"
slug: "bernie-geoffrion"
description: "Joseph André Bernard Geoffrion, nicknamed \"Boom Boom\" or \"Boum Boum\", was a Canadian professional ice hockey player and coach. Generally considered one of the innovators of the slapshot, he was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1972 following a 16-year career with the Montreal Canadiens and New York Rangers of the National Hockey League. In 2017 Geoffrion was named one of the '100 Greatest NHL Players' in history."
tagline: "Canadian ice hockey player (1931–2006)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Bernard_Geoffrion_Chex.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Canada"
  isoCode: "CA"
category:
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  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1931-02-14"
deathDate: "2006-03-11"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           12.96354266666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "بيرنى جيوفريون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Bernie Geoffrion"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernie_Geoffrion"
    title: "Bernie Geoffrion"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Bernie Geoffrion"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernie_Geoffrion"
    title: "Bernie Geoffrion"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernard_Geoffrion"
    title: "Bernard Geoffrion"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Bernie Geoffrion"
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    title: "Bernie Geoffrion"
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  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q826558"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump