Denis Potvin

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National Hockey League player defenceman human ice hockey player

Denis Potvin is a Hall of Fame Canadian defenseman best known as a cornerstone of the New York Islanders dynasty that won four consecutive Stanley Cups in the early 1980s.

Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	As subject	As object
Denis Charles Potvin	0	1
Potvin	0	1

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	National Hockey League player → defenceman → human → ice hockey player →
awardReceived	Calder Memorial Trophy → James Norris Memorial Trophy →
CalderMemorialTrophyYear	1974 →
captainOf	New York Islanders →
careerEnd	1988 →
careerStart	1973 →
championshipCount	4 Stanley Cups as a player →
championshipWithTeam	New York Islanders 1979–80 → New York Islanders 1980–81 → New York Islanders → surface form: New York Islanders 1981–82 New York Islanders → surface form: New York Islanders 1982–83
countryOfCitizenship	Canada →
dateOfBirth	1953-10-29 →
draftedBy	New York Islanders →
draftLeague	National Hockey League → surface form: NHL
draftOverallPick	first overall pick in the 1973 NHL Entry Draft →
draftPosition	1st overall →
draftYear	1973 →
era	1970s–1980s NHL →
familyName	Denis Potvin self-linksurface differs → surface form: Potvin
fullName	Denis Potvin self-linksurface differs → surface form: Denis Charles Potvin
givenName	Denis →
hallOfFameInduction	Hockey Hall of Fame →
hallOfFameInductionYear	1991 →
JamesNorrisMemorialTrophyYear	1976 → 1978 → 1979 →
jerseyNumber	5 →
jerseyNumberRetiredBy	New York Islanders →
languageSpoken	English → French →
league	National Hockey League →
memberOfSportsTeam	New York Islanders →
nationalTeam	Canada →
notableFor	cornerstone of the New York Islanders dynasty → one of the top offensive defencemen of his era →
participatedIn	World Cup of Hockey → surface form: Canada Cup
placeOfBirth	Ottawa → surface form: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
playedFor	New York Islanders →
positionPlayed	defenceman →
roleAfterRetirement	television color commentator →
sexOrGender	male →
shoots	right →
sibling	Jean Potvin →
sport	ice hockey →
wonChampionship	Stanley Cup →
workedFor	Ottawa Senators → surface form: Ottawa Senators (broadcasting)

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Denis Potvin → familyName → Denis Potvin self-linksurface differs →

this entity surface form: Potvin

Denis Potvin → fullName → Denis Potvin self-linksurface differs →

this entity surface form: Denis Charles Potvin

New York Islanders → notablePlayer → Denis Potvin →