Christian Bäckman

Christian Bäckman
Born (1980-04-28) 28 April 1980
Alingsås, Sweden
Height 6 ft 4 in (193 cm)
Weight 210 lb (95 kg; 15 st 0 lb)
Position Defence
Shot Left
National team  Sweden
NHL Draft 24th overall, 1998
St. Louis Blues
Playing career 19982015
Christian Bäckman
Medal record
Representing  Sweden
Men's ice hockey
Olympic Games
2006 Turin
World Championships
2004 Prague
2010 Germany

Christian Rune Bäckman (born 28 April 1980 in Alingsås, Sweden) is a Swedish former professional ice hockey defenceman, who last played for Frölunda HC of the Swedish Hockey League.

Playing career

Bäckman was drafted by St. Louis Blues in the 1998 NHL Entry Draft, 1st round, 24th overall. It was not until the 2002–03 NHL season that he got a contract for play in the NHL. He only played four games for St. Louis in his first season, spending the rest of the season playing for Worcester Ice Cats in the American Hockey League (AHL). Between 2003–04 and 2007–08 he was a regular for St. Louis recording 64 points (19 goals, 45 assists), and 130 penalty minutes in 228 games.[1]

During the 2004–05 NHL lockout Bäckman played for his Swedish youth club Frölunda in Elitserien where he totalled 19 points in 50 games, winning the Elitserien playoffs.[1]

St. Louis announced on 10 August 2006 that the club re-signed Bäckman for a multi-year contract, although no contract details was released.[2] According to Swedish newspaper Aftonbladet the contract gives Bäckman 50 million Swedish kronor (approx. $7 million) over three years.[3]

On 26 February 2008, Bäckman was traded to the New York Rangers in exchange for a 4th round draft pick. On 2 March 2008, in his second game as a Ranger, Bäckman scored his first goal as a Ranger on Antero Niittymäki of the Philadelphia Flyers, off assists from Brendan Shanahan and Scott Gomez.[4]

On 2 July 2008, Bäckman was traded, along with Fedor Tyutin, to the Columbus Blue Jackets for Nikolai Zherdev and Dan Fritsche.

In October 2009, Bäckman signed with Frölunda HC.

Personal life

Christian Rune Bäckman was born 1980 in a small town Alingsås. He has two siblings. He grew up in mostly Alingsås but moved to Gothenburg to start his Ice Hockey career.

Bäckman is married to wife Jeanette Bäckman. Together they have 3 children. William Bäckman born in 2001, Thea Bäckman born in 2004 and Ellie Bäckman born in 2010. He spends his of-season in Gothenburg, Sweden.

Bäckman has since autumn 2015 retired from being a hockeyplayer.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

    Regular season   Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
1998–99 Västra Frölunda HC SEL 490444 40000
1999–00 Västra Frölunda HC SEL 2710114 50000
2000–01 Västra Frölunda HC SEL 501101132 30222
2001–02 Västra Frölunda HC SEL 44741138 100008
2002–03 Worcester IceCats AHL 728192766 30115
2002–03 St. Louis Blues NHL 40000
2003–04 Worcester IceCats AHL 41232
2003–04 St. Louis Blues NHL 665131816 50224
2004–05 Frölunda HC SEL 504151940 1427910
2005–06 St. Louis Blues NHL 526121848
2006–07 St. Louis Blues NHL 617111836
2007–08 St. Louis Blues NHL 45191030
2007–08 New York Rangers NHL 1826820 800012
2008–09 Columbus Blue Jackets NHL 5625732
2009–10 Frölunda HC SEL 4710182846 71236
2010–11 Frölunda HC SEL 21413178
2011–12 Frölunda HC SEL 5511162748 60222
2012–13 Frölunda HC SEL 577152236 61340
SEL totals 3974595140266 554162028
NHL totals 302235679182 1302216

International

Year Team Event GP G A Pts PIM
1999 Sweden Jr. WJC 60330
2000 Sweden Jr. WJC 71126
2004 Sweden WC 91236
2005 Sweden WC 91126
2006 Sweden OG 81236
2010 Sweden WC 903310
Junior int' totals 599202940
Senior int' totals 656142050

Awards

References

  1. 1 2 "Christian Bäckman". Elite Prospects. Retrieved 11 August 2006.
  2. "Blues Sign Christian Backman To Multi-Year Contract". St. Louis Blues Hockey Club L.L.C. Archived from the original on 13 August 2006. Retrieved 11 August 2006.
  3. "Bäckmans lönehöjning: 10 miljoner per år" (in Swedish). Aftonbladet.se. Retrieved 11 August 2006.
  4. "Rangers 5, Flyers 4, SO". 2008-03-02. Retrieved 2008-03-04.

External links

Awards and achievements
Preceded by
Marty Reasoner
St. Louis Blues first round draft pick
1998
Succeeded by
Barret Jackman


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