# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/gaetan-duchesne
# Generated: 2026-08-15T02:35:23.641Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/gaetan-duchesne"
name: "Gaétan Duchesne"
slug: "gaetan-duchesne"
description: "Gaétan Joseph Pierre Duchesne was a Canadian professional ice hockey player. He played with the Washington Capitals, Minnesota North Stars, San Jose Sharks and Florida Panthers in the National Hockey League (NHL). He retired in 1995, then returned in 1996 and became a player-coach with the Quebec Rafales of the International Hockey League and later after retiring again in 1998, an assistant coach with the Quebec Remparts of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League."
tagline: "Canadian ice hockey player (1962–2007)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/GaetanCaps.png/330px-GaetanCaps.png"
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: "1962-07-11"
deathDate: "2007-04-16"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           40.31
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.00972
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%93%D0%B0%D0%B5%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BD_%D0%94%D1%8E%D1%88%D0%B5%D0%BD"
    title: "Гаетан Дюшен"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%BA%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%AA%D8%B4%D8%B3%D9%86"
    title: "غايتان دوتشسن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%AA%D8%B4%D8%B3%D9%86"
    title: "جايتان دوتشسن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ga%C3%A9tan_Duchesne"
    title: "Gaétan Duchesne"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ga%C3%A9tan_Duchesne"
    title: "Gaétan Duchesne"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ga%C3%A9tan_Duchesne"
    title: "Gaétan Duchesne"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ga%C3%A9tan_Duchesne"
    title: "Gaétan Duchesne"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ga%C3%A9tan_Duchesne"
    title: "Gaétan Duchesne"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q721203"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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