# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/denis-potvin
# Generated: 2026-08-13T13:27:23.301Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/denis-potvin"
name: "Denis Potvin"
slug: "denis-potvin"
description: "Denis Charles Potvin is a Canadian former professional ice hockey defenceman and team captain for the New York Islanders of the National Hockey League (NHL). In his youth, Potvin excelled for the Ottawa 67's for his play that saw him touted as the potential next Bobby Orr. Potvin was drafted as the first-overall pick by the Islanders in 1973. He would play all fifteen seasons in the NHL with the Islanders."
tagline: "Canadian ice hockey player"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Denis_Potvin.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: "1953-10-29"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           49.91
  momentum:             0
  historical:           11.762648
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%96%D1%81_%D0%9F%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%B2%D0%B5%D0%BD"
    title: "Деніс Потвен"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%B3_%D9%BE%D9%88%D8%AA%DA%A4%D9%8A%D9%86"
    title: "دينيس پوتڤين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denis_Potvin"
    title: "Denis Potvin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denis_Potvin"
    title: "Denis Potvin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denis_Potvin"
    title: "Denis Potvin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denis_Potvin"
    title: "Denis Potvin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denis_Potvin"
    title: "Denis Potvin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denis_Potvin"
    title: "Denis Potvin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denis_Potvin"
    title: "Denis Potvin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denis_Potvin"
    title: "Denis Potvin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%87%E3%83%8B%E3%82%B9%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9D%E3%83%88%E3%83%B4%E3%82%A3%E3%83%B3"
    title: "デニス・ポトヴィン"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deniss_Potvins"
    title: "Deniss Potvins"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%B2%D0%B5%D0%BD%2C_%D0%94%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B8"
    title: "Потвен, Дени"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denis_Potvin"
    title: "Denis Potvin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q176314"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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