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Columbus Blue Jackets

National Hockey League team in Columbus, Ohio
Organization ice_hockey_team Q207507
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Summary

Columbus Blue Jackets is an ice hockey team[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of ice hockey team entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (14,613 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Country: United States[3]
  • Home venue: Nationwide Arena[4]
  • League or competition: National Hockey League[5]
  • Owned by: John P. McConnell[6]
  • Named after: Union Army[7]
  • Location: Columbus[8]
  • Head coach: Dean Evason[9], Rick Bowness[10]
  • Part of: Metropolitan Division[11]
  • Commons category: Columbus Blue Jackets[12]
  • General manager: Doug MacLean[13], Don Waddell[14]
  • Inception: 2000[15]
  • Team captain: Boone Jenner[16], Zach Werenski[17]
  • Sport: ice hockey[18]
  • Mascot: Stinger[19]
  • Official website: http://bluejackets.nhl.com/[20]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Columbus Blue Jackets[21]
  • Topic has template: Q25873887[22]
  • Nickname: Jackets[23]
  • Category for members of a team: Category:Columbus Blue Jackets players[24]
  • Social media followers: 493,588[25], 507,854[26], 518,592[27]

Why It Matters

Columbus Blue Jackets has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 24 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

Related Entities

United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . dispatch.com. dispatch.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . apnews.com. apnews.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . USA Today. Retrieved . usatoday.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 11w ago · Kirilloparma · 2026-07-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Inception → —
    Official website → http://bluejackets.nhl.com/
    Instance of → —
    General manager → Doug MacLean, Scott Howson, Jarmo Kekäläinen +1
    + 24 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ P14470: Concepts/Columbus_Blue_Jackets, Adding missing [[P:P14470|P14470]] and [[P:P9675|P9675]] qualifier based on [[P:P5247|P5247]]"
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