# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/bryan-hextall-jr
# Generated: 2026-08-14T08:20:49.987Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/bryan-hextall-jr"
name: "Bryan Hextall Jr."
slug: "bryan-hextall-jr"
description: "Bryan Lee Hextall Jr. is a Canadian former professional ice hockey forward who played in the National Hockey League from 1962 to 1976. Hextall comes from a family rich in the history of hockey. The son of Bryan Hextall, brother of Dennis Hextall, father of Ron Hextall, and grandfather of Brett Hextall, he played the majority of his NHL career with the Pittsburgh Penguins. He spent time with the New York Rangers, Atlanta Flames, Detroit Red Wings, and the Minnesota North Stars, as well as with additional teams in the American Hockey League, WHL, CSHL, and the EPHL. He retired from the NHL after 549 games, with a total of 99 goals, 161 assists, 260 points, and 736 penalty minutes."
tagline: "Canadian ice hockey player"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Bryan_Hextall_Jr._head_shot.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: "1941-05-23"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           41.29
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.683298666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bryan_Hextall_Jr."
    title: "Bryan Hextall Jr."
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%86_%D9%87%D9%8A%D9%83%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%84_%DA%86%D8%B1."
    title: "بريان هيكستال چر."
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bryan_Hextall_junior"
    title: "Bryan Hextall junior"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%8F%D0%BD_%D0%93%D0%B5%D0%BA%D1%81%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%BB_(%D0%BC%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%B4%D1%88%D0%B8%D0%B9)"
    title: "Браян Гекстолл (молодший)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bryan_Hextall_(hockey_sur_glace%2C_1941)"
    title: "Bryan Hextall (hockey sur glace, 1941)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bryan_Hextall_Jr."
    title: "Bryan Hextall Jr."
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4980156"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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