# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/brent-sopel
# Generated: 2026-08-14T08:27:09.255Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/brent-sopel"
name: "Brent Sopel"
slug: "brent-sopel"
description: "Brent Bernard Sopel is a Canadian former professional ice hockey defenceman who played the majority of his career in the National Hockey League (NHL). Sopel was originally selected 144th overall at the 1995 NHL entry draft by the Vancouver Canucks. He has also played for the New York Islanders, Los Angeles Kings, Chicago Blackhawks, Atlanta Thrashers and Montreal Canadiens, winning the Stanley Cup in 2010 with Chicago."
tagline: "Professional ice hockey player"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Brent_Sopel_chicago_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
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: "1977-01-07"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           45.79
  momentum:             0
  historical:           10.10126266666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%82_%D0%A1%D0%BE%D0%BF%D0%B5%D0%BB"
    title: "Брент Сопел"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%AA_%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%BE%D9%8A%D9%84"
    title: "برينت سوپيل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brent_Sopel"
    title: "Brent Sopel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brent_Sopel"
    title: "Brent Sopel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brent_Sopel"
    title: "Brent Sopel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brent_Sopel"
    title: "Brent Sopel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brent_Sopel"
    title: "Brent Sopel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brents_Sopels"
    title: "Brents Sopels"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brent_Sopel"
    title: "Brent Sopel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%BE%D0%BF%D0%B5%D0%BB%2C_%D0%91%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%82"
    title: "Сопел, Брент"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brent_Sopel"
    title: "Brent Sopel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brent_Sopel"
    title: "Brent Sopel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q909829"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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