# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/sami-kapanen
# Generated: 2026-08-14T10:17:22.587Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/sami-kapanen"
name: "Sami Kapanen"
slug: "sami-kapanen"
description: "Sami Hannu Antero Kapanen is a Finnish professional ice hockey coach and former player. He played 12 NHL seasons for the Hartford Whalers, Carolina Hurricanes and Philadelphia Flyers. He is the majority owner of KalPa in the Finnish league. Kapanen's son, Kasperi Kapanen, is a member of the Edmonton Oilers."
tagline: "Finnish ice hockey player and coach"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Kapanen_Sami_KalPa_2009_1.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1973-06-14"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           51.93
  momentum:             15
  historical:           14.94194266666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%90%A8%E7%B1%B3%C2%B7%E5%8D%A1%E5%B8%95%E5%AE%81"
    title: "萨米·卡帕宁"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%89_%D9%83%D8%A7%D9%BE%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%86"
    title: "سامى كاپانين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sami_Kapanen"
    title: "Sami Kapanen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sami_Kapanen"
    title: "Sami Kapanen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sami_Kapanen"
    title: "Sami Kapanen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%85%DB%8C_%DA%A9%D8%A7%D9%BE%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "سامی کاپان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sami_Kapanen"
    title: "Sami Kapanen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sami_Kapanen"
    title: "Sami Kapanen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sami_Kapanen"
    title: "Sami Kapanen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%82%AC%EB%AF%B8_%EC%B9%B4%ED%8C%8C%EB%84%A8"
    title: "사미 카파넨"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sami_Kapanens"
    title: "Sami Kapanens"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sami_Kapanen"
    title: "Sami Kapanen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sami_Kapanen"
    title: "Sami Kapanen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B0%D0%BF%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B5%D0%BD%2C_%D0%A1%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%B8"
    title: "Капанен, Сами"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sami_Kapanen"
    title: "Sami Kapanen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sami_Kapanen"
    title: "Sami Kapanen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sami_Kapanen"
    title: "Sami Kapanen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%B0%D0%BC%D1%96_%D0%9A%D0%B0%D0%BF%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B5%D0%BD"
    title: "Самі Капанен"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q385944"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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