# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jarmo-kekalainen
# Generated: 2026-08-14T22:52:52.166Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jarmo-kekalainen"
name: "Jarmo Kekäläinen"
slug: "jarmo-kekalainen"
description: "Jarmo Kekäläinen is a Finnish professional ice hockey executive and former player who is the general manager for the Buffalo Sabres of the National Hockey League (NHL). He briefly played in the NHL with the Boston Bruins and Ottawa Senators, as well as in Europe with Ilves, KalPa, Tappara, and Västerås IK. Following his retirement, Kekäläinen has served as an executive, most notably as general manager of the Columbus Blue Jackets from 2013 to 2024."
tagline: "Ice hockey player and manager"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jarmo_Kek%C3%A4l%C3%A4inen_(2012).png?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1966-07-03"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           50.05
  momentum:             3.788113695090439
  historical:           5.658762666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jarmo_Kek%C3%A4l%C3%A4inen"
    title: "Jarmo Kekäläinen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%86%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%85%D9%88_%D9%83%D9%8A%D9%83%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%86"
    title: "چارمو كيكالاينين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jarmo_Kek%C3%A4l%C3%A4inen"
    title: "Jarmo Kekäläinen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jarmo_Kek%C3%A4l%C3%A4inen"
    title: "Jarmo Kekäläinen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jarmo_Kek%C3%A4l%C3%A4inen"
    title: "Jarmo Kekäläinen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jarmo_Kek%C3%A4l%C3%A4inen"
    title: "Jarmo Kekäläinen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1683539"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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