# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/mathew-barzal
# Generated: 2026-08-14T02:01:27.665Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/mathew-barzal"
name: "Mathew Barzal"
slug: "mathew-barzal"
description: "Mathew Michael Paul Barzal is a Canadian professional ice hockey player who is a forward for the New York Islanders of the National Hockey League (NHL). Barzal was selected by the Islanders in the first round, 16th overall, of the 2015 NHL entry draft. He won the Calder Memorial Trophy as the NHL's top rookie in 2017–18, the fifth Islander to win the award."
tagline: "Canadian ice hockey player"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Matthew_Barzal_2018-03-03_19486_(cropped).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: "1997-05-26"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           53.02
  momentum:             5.342831700801423
  historical:           11.86784
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/barzal_97"
    handle:    "barzal_97"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/barzal97/"
    handle:    "barzal97"
sources:
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B5%D1%82%D1%8C%D1%8E_%D0%91%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B7%D0%B0%D0%BB"
    title: "Метью Барзал"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%AB%D9%8A%D9%88_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%B2%D8%A7%D9%84"
    title: "ماثيو بارزال"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mathew_Barzal"
    title: "Mathew Barzal"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mathew_Barzal"
    title: "Mathew Barzal"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mathew_Barzal"
    title: "Mathew Barzal"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mathew_Barzal"
    title: "Mathew Barzal"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mathew_Barzal"
    title: "Mathew Barzal"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mathew_Barzal"
    title: "Mathew Barzal"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mathew_Barzal"
    title: "Mathew Barzal"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mathew_Barzal"
    title: "Mathew Barzal"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metj%C5%AB_Barzals"
    title: "Metjū Barzals"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mathew_Barzal"
    title: "Mathew Barzal"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B7%D0%B0%D0%BB%2C_%D0%9C%D1%8D%D1%82%D1%8C%D1%8E"
    title: "Барзал, Мэтью"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mathew_Barzal"
    title: "Mathew Barzal"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17385625"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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