# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/michael-leighton
# Generated: 2026-08-13T06:07:45.675Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/michael-leighton"
name: "Michael Leighton"
slug: "michael-leighton"
description: "Michael W. Leighton is a Canadian former professional ice hockey goaltender who played in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the Chicago Blackhawks, Nashville Predators, Philadelphia Flyers and Carolina Hurricanes. He is currently an assistant coach with the Detroit Red Wings."
tagline: "Canadian ice hockey player"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Michael_Leighton.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: "1981-05-19"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           48.32
  momentum:             15
  historical:           8.567677333333332
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Leighton"
    title: "Michael Leighton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%83%D9%84_%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%AC%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "مايكل ليجتون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Leighton"
    title: "Michael Leighton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Leighton"
    title: "Michael Leighton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Leighton"
    title: "Michael Leighton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Leighton"
    title: "Michael Leighton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maikls_Leitons"
    title: "Maikls Leitons"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Leighton"
    title: "Michael Leighton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D0%B5%D0%B9%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%BD%2C_%D0%9C%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BA%D0%BB"
    title: "Лейтон, Майкл"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Leighton"
    title: "Michael Leighton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q369013"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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