# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/brian-benning
# Generated: 2026-08-13T00:44:21.113Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/brian-benning"
name: "Brian Benning"
slug: "brian-benning"
description: "Brian Anthony Benning is a Canadian former professional ice hockey defenceman who played ten seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the St. Louis Blues, Los Angeles Kings, Philadelphia Flyers, Edmonton Oilers, and Florida Panthers. He is the younger brother of former Vancouver Canucks general manager Jim Benning, and former NCAA player Mark Benning. He is the father of both Toronto Marlies defenceman Matt Benning and Florida Panthers defenceman Mike Benning."
tagline: "Canadian ice hockey defenceman"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d8/BrianBenning.png/330px-BrianBenning.png"
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: "1966-06-10"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           42.55
  momentum:             15
  historical:           6.541973333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%8F%D0%BD_%D0%91%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%BD%D1%96%D0%BD%D0%B3"
    title: "Браян Беннінг"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%A8%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%AC"
    title: "برايان بنينج"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%A8%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%AC"
    title: "برايان بنينج"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Benning"
    title: "Brian Benning"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Benning"
    title: "Brian Benning"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Benning"
    title: "Brian Benning"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Benning"
    title: "Brian Benning"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q911861"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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