# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/matt-pelech
# Generated: 2026-08-13T15:35:58.453Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/matt-pelech"
name: "Matt Pelech"
slug: "matt-pelech"
description: "Matt Pelech is a Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman and forward who last played for and captained the Belfast Giants of the Elite Ice Hockey League (EIHL). He formerly played with the Calgary Flames and the San Jose Sharks of the National Hockey League (NHL). Pelech was a draft pick of the Flames, selected in the first round, 26th overall in the 2005 NHL entry draft and made his NHL debut in 2009 as a defenceman with the Flames. He has since switched to right wing and become known as an enforcer. His brothers, Michael Pelech and Adam Pelech, also play professionally."
tagline: "Ice hockey player from Canada"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Matt_Pelech.PNG?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: "1987-09-04"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           38.79
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.474298666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matt_Pelech"
    title: "Matt Pelech"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%AA_%D9%BE%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%B4"
    title: "مات پيليتش"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matt_Pelech"
    title: "Matt Pelech"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matt_Pelech"
    title: "Matt Pelech"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matt_Pelech"
    title: "Matt Pelech"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matt_Pelech"
    title: "Matt Pelech"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3299546"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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