# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/elmer-lach
# Generated: 2026-08-13T22:31:52.951Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/elmer-lach"
name: "Elmer Lach"
slug: "elmer-lach"
description: "Elmer James Lach was a Canadian professional ice hockey player who played 14 seasons for the Montreal Canadiens in the National Hockey League (NHL). A centre, he was a member of the Punch line, along with Maurice Richard and Toe Blake. Lach led the NHL in scoring twice and was awarded the Hart Trophy in 1945 as the league's most valuable player."
tagline: "Canadian ice hockey player (1918–2015)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Elmer_Lach.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: "1918-01-22"
deathDate: "2015-04-04"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           49.33
  momentum:             2.4375
  historical:           11.860696
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Елмер Лак"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%B1_%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%AA%D8%B4"
    title: "المير لاتش"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elmer_Lach"
    title: "Elmer Lach"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elmer_Lach"
    title: "Elmer Lach"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elmer_Lach"
    title: "Elmer Lach"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elmer_Lach"
    title: "Elmer Lach"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elmer_Lach"
    title: "Elmer Lach"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elmer_Lach"
    title: "Elmer Lach"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elmer_Lach"
    title: "Elmer Lach"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elmer_Lach"
    title: "Elmer Lach"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elmer_Lach"
    title: "Elmer Lach"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D0%B0%D0%BA%2C_%D0%AD%D0%BB%D0%BC%D0%B5%D1%80"
    title: "Лак, Элмер"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elmer_Lach"
    title: "Elmer Lach"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elmer_Lach"
    title: "Elmer Lach"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1332986"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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