# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/mel-bridgman
# Generated: 2026-08-13T22:35:32.827Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/mel-bridgman"
name: "Mel Bridgman"
slug: "mel-bridgman"
description: "Melvin John Bridgman was a Canadian professional ice hockey centre who played 14 seasons in the National Hockey League NHL) for five teams from 1975–76 until 1988–89. He participated in two Stanley Cup Finals with the Philadelphia Flyers and was the team captain for both the Flyers and the New Jersey Devils during his career. He later would become a player agent and front office executive, serving as the first general manager of the contemporary Ottawa Senators franchise."
tagline: "Canadian ice hockey player"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/MelBridgeman.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: "1955-04-28"
deathDate: "2025-11-08"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           44.7
  momentum:             0
  historical:           8.100398666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B5%D0%BB_%D0%91%D1%80%D1%96%D0%B4%D0%B6%D0%BC%D0%B5%D0%BD"
    title: "Мел Бріджмен"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D9%8A%D9%84_%D8%A8%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AF%D8%AC%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "ميل بريدجمان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mel_Bridgman"
    title: "Mel Bridgman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mel_Bridgman"
    title: "Mel Bridgman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mel_Bridgman"
    title: "Mel Bridgman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mel_Bridgman"
    title: "Mel Bridgman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melvin_Bridgman"
    title: "Melvin Bridgman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B6%D0%BC%D0%B5%D0%BD%2C_%D0%9C%D0%B5%D0%BB"
    title: "Бриджмен, Мел"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mel_Bridgman"
    title: "Mel Bridgman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q357240"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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