# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ron-hextall
# Generated: 2026-08-13T01:34:57.876Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ron-hextall"
name: "Ron Hextall"
slug: "ron-hextall"
description: "Ronald Jeffrey Hextall is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player and executive. He was most recently the general manager of the Pittsburgh Penguins of the National Hockey League (NHL). Hextall was a goaltender for 13 seasons for the Philadelphia Flyers, Quebec Nordiques, and New York Islanders from 1986 to 1999. He served as assistant general manager for the Flyers for one season, and was promoted to general manager of the Philadelphia Flyers, replacing Paul Holmgren on May 7, 2014. He held this position for four and a half seasons. Before this he served as assistant general manager for the Los Angeles Kings, who won the Stanley Cup in 2012."
tagline: "Canadian ice hockey player"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ron_Hextall_(Philadelphia_Flyers_GM).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: "1964-05-03"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           52.93
  momentum:             3.36
  historical:           10.49675866666667
  currentAttention:     3.88
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  239
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A0%D0%BE%D0%BD_%D0%93%D0%B5%D0%BA%D1%81%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%BB"
    title: "Рон Гекстолл"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%86_%D9%87%D9%8A%D9%83%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%84"
    title: "رون هيكستال"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_Hextall"
    title: "Ron Hextall"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_Hextall"
    title: "Ron Hextall"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_Hextall"
    title: "Ron Hextall"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_Hextall"
    title: "Ron Hextall"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronald_Hextall"
    title: "Ronald Hextall"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_Hextall"
    title: "Ron Hextall"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rons_Hekstals"
    title: "Rons Hekstals"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A5%D0%B5%D0%BA%D1%81%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%BB%2C_%D0%A0%D0%BE%D0%BD"
    title: "Хекстолл, Рон"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_Hextall"
    title: "Ron Hextall"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_Hextall"
    title: "Ron Hextall"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1345138"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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