# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/daren-puppa
# Generated: 2026-08-14T06:08:50.230Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/daren-puppa"
name: "Daren Puppa"
slug: "daren-puppa"
description: "Daren James Puppa is a Canadian former professional ice hockey goaltender in the NHL. During his career, he played for the Buffalo Sabres, Tampa Bay Lightning, and the Toronto Maple Leafs. He won the Calder Cup with the Rochester Americans in 1987. He won the 1985 NCAA Championship with the RPI Engineers. He is the cousin of NHL hockey player Ralph Backstrom."
tagline: "Canadian ice hockey player"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/DarenPuppa.png/330px-DarenPuppa.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: "1965-03-23"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           48.68
  momentum:             20.21367521367522
  historical:           7.251264
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%BD_%D0%9F%D1%83%D0%BF%D0%BF%D0%B0"
    title: "Дарен Пуппа"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%86_%D9%BE%D9%88%D9%BE%D8%A7"
    title: "دارين پوپا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daren_Puppa"
    title: "Daren Puppa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daren_Puppa"
    title: "Daren Puppa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daren_Puppa"
    title: "Daren Puppa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daren_Puppa"
    title: "Daren Puppa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daren_Puppa"
    title: "Daren Puppa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daren_Puppa"
    title: "Daren Puppa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q727401"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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