# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/nick-merkley
# Generated: 2026-08-14T14:01:20.731Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/nick-merkley"
name: "Nick Merkley"
slug: "nick-merkley"
description: "Nicholas Merkley is a Canadian professional ice hockey right winger currently playing under contract with the Shanghai Dragons in the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL). Merkley was formerly rated as a top prospect who was widely projected to be a first-round selection in the 2015 NHL entry draft. In the said Draft, he was selected 30th overall by the Arizona Coyotes, the final pick of the opening round."
tagline: "Canadian ice hockey player"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Nick_Merkley_(28176461379)_(cropped1).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: "1997-05-23"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           45.87
  momentum:             1.053984575835476
  historical:           7.04644
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nick_Merkley"
    title: "Nick Merkley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%83_%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%83%D9%84%D9%89"
    title: "نيك ميركلى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nick_Merkley"
    title: "Nick Merkley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nick_Merkley"
    title: "Nick Merkley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nick_Merkley"
    title: "Nick Merkley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicholas_Merkley"
    title: "Nicholas Merkley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niks_M%C4%93rklijs"
    title: "Niks Mērklijs"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BA%D0%BB%D0%B8%2C_%D0%9D%D0%B8%D0%BA"
    title: "Меркли, Ник"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q20652609"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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