# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/dave-steckel
# Generated: 2026-08-13T03:13:56.578Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/dave-steckel"
name: "Dave Steckel"
slug: "dave-steckel"
description: "David Steckel is an American former professional ice hockey center. He played in the National Hockey League for the Washington Capitals, the New Jersey Devils, Toronto Maple Leafs and Anaheim Ducks, before finishing his hockey career with the Thomas Sabo Ice Tigers of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL). He was known for his faceoff proficiency during his career."
tagline: "American ice hockey player"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Dave_Steckel_Hershey.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1982-03-15"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           42.88
  momentum:             5.806451612903226
  historical:           6.344241333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Steckel"
    title: "Dave Steckel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D8%A7%DA%A4_%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%8A%D9%83%D9%8A%D9%84"
    title: "داڤ ستيكيل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Steckel"
    title: "Dave Steckel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Steckel"
    title: "Dave Steckel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Steckel"
    title: "Dave Steckel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Steckel"
    title: "David Steckel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%BA%D0%B5%D0%BB%2C_%D0%94%D1%8D%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4"
    title: "Стекел, Дэвид"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q743581"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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