# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/rejean-lemelin
# Generated: 2026-08-14T18:33:59.376Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/rejean-lemelin"
name: "Réjean Lemelin"
slug: "rejean-lemelin"
description: "Réjean M. \"Reggie\" Lemelin is a Canadian former professional ice hockey goaltender and coach. Lemelin played in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Atlanta Flames, Calgary Flames and Boston Bruins. He is perhaps best known for leading the Bruins over the Montreal Canadiens for the first time since 1943, a span of 45 years and 18 series, in the 1988 playoffs. After his playing career, Lemelin spent 13 years as a goaltending coach for the Philadelphia Flyers, who had originally drafted him into the NHL."
tagline: "Canadian ice hockey player"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/30/RejeanLemelin.png"
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: "1954-11-19"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           41.69
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.486250666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R%C3%A9jean_Lemelin"
    title: "Réjean Lemelin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%8A%DA%86%D9%8A%D9%86_%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%85%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%86"
    title: "ريچين ليميلين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/R%C3%A9jean_Lemelin"
    title: "Réjean Lemelin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A0%D0%B5%D0%B6%D0%B0%D0%BD_%D0%9B%D0%B5%D0%BC%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BD"
    title: "Режан Лемелен"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/R%C3%A9jean_Lemelin"
    title: "Réjean Lemelin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/R%C3%A9jean_Lemelin"
    title: "Réjean Lemelin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2178723"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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