# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/steve-begin
# Generated: 2026-08-12T17:11:44.287Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/steve-begin"
name: "Steve Bégin"
slug: "steve-begin"
description: "Joseph Denis Stéphan Bégin ; born June 14, 1978) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player who was a centre in 13 National Hockey League (NHL) seasons. He was a second-round selection of the Calgary Flames, 40th overall, in the 1996 NHL entry draft, and played with the Flames, Montreal Canadiens, Dallas Stars, Boston Bruins and Nashville Predators in his NHL career. After missing a full season due to injury, Bégin made a successful comeback by rejoining the Flames in 2012–13 before another injury forced his retirement."
tagline: "Canadian ice hockey player"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Steve_Begin.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: "1978-06-14"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           48.3
  momentum:             5.192307692307693
  historical:           9.435064
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D1%82%D1%96%D0%B2_%D0%91%D0%B5%D0%B6%D0%B5%D0%BD"
    title: "Стів Бежен"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%8A%D9%81_%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%AC%D9%86"
    title: "ستيف بيجن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%8A%D9%81_%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%AC%D9%86"
    title: "ستيف بيجن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_B%C3%A9gin"
    title: "Steve Bégin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_B%C3%A9gin"
    title: "Steve Bégin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_B%C3%A9gin"
    title: "Steve Bégin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_B%C3%A9gin"
    title: "Steve Bégin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B5%D0%B6%D0%B5%D0%BD%2C_%D0%A1%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%B2"
    title: "Бежен, Стив"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_B%C3%A9gin"
    title: "Steve Bégin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_B%C3%A9gin"
    title: "Steve Bégin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_B%C3%A9gin"
    title: "Steve Bégin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q282726"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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