# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/brad-werenka
# Generated: 2026-08-14T08:37:33.146Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/brad-werenka"
name: "Brad Werenka"
slug: "brad-werenka"
description: "John Bradley Werenka is a Canadian former professional ice hockey defenceman. He was drafted by the Edmonton Oilers in the second round of the 1987 NHL entry draft, 42nd overall. Werenka played college hockey for the Northern Michigan University Wildcats, with whom he won the 1991 NCAA hockey title. In addition to his minor pro experience, Werenka went on to play for the Oilers, Quebec Nordiques, Chicago Blackhawks, Pittsburgh Penguins, and Calgary Flames. His career was ended December 29, 2000 due to a concussion suffered in a game. He represented Canada at the 1994 Winter Olympics, winning a silver medal and being named to the All-Star Team."
tagline: "Canadian ice hockey defenceman"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Canada"
  isoCode: "CA"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1969-02-12"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           50.91
  momentum:             10
  historical:           8.010198666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Бред Веренка"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%AF_%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%83%D8%A7"
    title: "براد ويرينكا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brad_Werenka"
    title: "Brad Werenka"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brad_Werenka"
    title: "Brad Werenka"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%AF_%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%86%DA%A9%D8%A7"
    title: "برد ورنکا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brad_Werenka"
    title: "Brad Werenka"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brad_Werenka"
    title: "Brad Werenka"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brad_Werenka"
    title: "Brad Werenka"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brad_Werenka"
    title: "Brad Werenka"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q896880"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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