# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/colin-patterson
# Generated: 2026-08-13T09:12:26.998Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/colin-patterson"
name: "Colin Patterson"
slug: "colin-patterson"
description: "Colin Alexander Patterson is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player who played ten seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL). An undrafted player, he signed as a free agent with the Calgary Flames in 1983 after three seasons of college hockey with the Clarkson Golden Knights. A defensive specialist, Patterson played eight years with the Flames and was a member of their 1989 Stanley Cup championship team. After missing virtually the entire 1990–91 NHL season due to a knee injury, Patterson returned to the NHL for two seasons as a member of the Buffalo Sabres. He retired in 1994 after playing one season in Slovenia for HK Olimpija Ljubljana."
tagline: "Canadian ice hockey player"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Colin_Patterson.png?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: "1960-05-11"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           40.09
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.478330666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colin_Patterson_(Eishockeyspieler)"
    title: "Colin Patterson (Eishockeyspieler)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D9%88%D9%84%D9%86_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%AA%D8%B1%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "كولن باترسون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D9%88%D9%84%D9%86_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%AA%D8%B1%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "كولن باترسون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colin_Patterson"
    title: "Colin Patterson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colin_Patterson_(ice_hockey)"
    title: "Colin Patterson (ice hockey)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colin_Patterson_(hockey_sur_glace)"
    title: "Colin Patterson (hockey sur glace)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2982647"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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