# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/roland-melanson
# Generated: 2026-08-13T17:49:57.346Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/roland-melanson"
name: "Roland Melanson"
slug: "roland-melanson"
description: "Roland Joseph \"Rollie the Goalie\" Melanson is a Canadian ice hockey coach and former goaltender in the National Hockey League (NHL). After a lengthy career in the NHL with the New York Islanders, Minnesota North Stars, Los Angeles Kings, New Jersey Devils, and Montreal Canadiens, Melanson began working as a goaltending coach."
tagline: "Canadian ice hockey player"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Roland_Melanson_84-85.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: "1960-06-28"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           43.2
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.224012
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A0%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B4_%D0%9C%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%BE%D0%BD"
    title: "Роланд Меленсон"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF_%D9%85%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "رولاند ميلانسون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roland_Melanson"
    title: "Roland Melanson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roland_Melanson"
    title: "Roland Melanson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roland_Melanson"
    title: "Roland Melanson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roland_Melanson"
    title: "Roland Melanson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%BE%D0%BD%2C_%D0%A0%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B4"
    title: "Мелансон, Роланд"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roland_Melanson"
    title: "Roland Melanson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q360854"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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