# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/dean-evason
# Generated: 2026-08-13T06:01:36.610Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/dean-evason"
name: "Dean Evason"
slug: "dean-evason"
description: "Dean Clement Evason is a Canadian professional ice hockey coach and former player. He previously served as head coach of the Minnesota Wild and Columbus Blue Jackets of the National Hockey League (NHL). Evason was selected by the Washington Capitals in the fifth round of the 1982 NHL entry draft. Evason was born in Flin Flon, Manitoba, but grew up in Brandon, Manitoba."
tagline: "Canadian ice hockey player and coach"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Dean_Evason.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: "1964-08-22"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           44.64
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.377433333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B5%D0%BD_%D0%86%D0%B2%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%BE%D0%BD"
    title: "Ден Івасон"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%86_%D8%A7%D9%8A%DA%A4%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "داين ايڤاسون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dean_Evason"
    title: "Dean Evason"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dean_Evason"
    title: "Dean Evason"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dean_Evason"
    title: "Dean Evason"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dean_Evason"
    title: "Dean Evason"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dean_Evason"
    title: "Dean Evason"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1181066"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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