# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/drew-bannister
# Generated: 2026-08-13T19:16:58.391Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/drew-bannister"
name: "Drew Bannister"
slug: "drew-bannister"
description: "Drew Bannister is a Canadian professional ice hockey coach and former player who most recently was the head coach for the St. Louis Blues of the National Hockey League (NHL). He played in the NHL for the Tampa Bay Lightning, Edmonton Oilers, Mighty Ducks of Anaheim and New York Rangers. He finished his playing career as a player and head coach for the Braehead Clan of the British Elite Ice Hockey League. Bannister was born in Belleville, Ontario, but grew up in Sudbury, Ontario."
tagline: "Canadian ice hockey player and coach"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0c/Drew_Bannister_2024.jpg"
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: "1974-04-09"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           44.84
  momentum:             14
  historical:           5.685818666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drew_Bannister"
    title: "Drew Bannister"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D8%B1%D9%88_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%B1"
    title: "درو بانستر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D8%B1%D9%88_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%B1"
    title: "درو بانستر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D1%80%D1%8E_%D0%91%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BD%D1%96%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%80"
    title: "Дрю Банністер"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drew_Bannister"
    title: "Drew Bannister"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drew_Bannister"
    title: "Drew Bannister"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q206684"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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