# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/sam-lopresti
# Generated: 2026-08-13T14:58:50.568Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/sam-lopresti"
name: "Sam LoPresti"
slug: "sam-lopresti"
description: "Samuel Leo LoPresti was an American ice hockey goaltender. He played senior and professional hockey between 1937 and 1951, including two seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the Chicago Black Hawks. He was named an American Hockey Association (AHA) all-star in 1939–40 and the most valuable player of the United States Hockey League in 1949–50. He is best known for his performance with the Black Hawks on March 4, 1941, when he set an NHL record by facing 83 shots in a regulation game against the Boston Bruins. He was inducted into the United States Hockey Hall of Fame in 1973."
tagline: "American ice hockey player (1917–1984)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/26/SamLoPresti.png"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1917-01-30"
deathDate: "1984-12-11"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           38.15
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.472858666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_LoPresti"
    title: "Sam LoPresti"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%85_%D9%84%D9%88%D9%BE%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%89"
    title: "سام لوپريستى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_LoPresti"
    title: "Sam LoPresti"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_LoPresti"
    title: "Sam LoPresti"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_LoPresti"
    title: "Sam LoPresti"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_LoPresti"
    title: "Sam LoPresti"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2216565"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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