Christian Backman
 Christian Backman 
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| Date of birth | April 28, 1980 |
| place of birth | Alingsås , Sweden |
| size | 193 cm |
| Weight | 95 kg |
| position | defender |
| number | # 5 |
| Shot hand | Left |
| Draft | |
| NHL Entry Draft |
1998 , 1st lap, 24th position St. Louis Blues |
| Career stations | |
| 1998-2002 | Västra Frölunda HC |
| 2002-2008 | St. Louis Blues |
| 2004-2005 | Frölunda HC |
| 2008 | New York Rangers |
| 2008-2009 | Columbus Blue Jackets |
| 2009-2015 | Frölunda HC |
Christian Bäckman (born April 28, 1980 in Alingsås ) is a former Swedish ice hockey player who was last under contract with Frölunda HC from Svenska Hockeyligan until August 2015 .
Career
Christian Bäckman began his career as an ice hockey player in the youth of Västra Frölunda HC , where he was active until 1998. He was then selected in the 1998 NHL Entry Draft in the first round as the 24th player of the St. Louis Blues . After the defender initially played four years in the Elitserien for Frölunda, he made his debut in the National Hockey League for the Blues in the 2002/03 season , for which he was on the ice for the following six seasons. The only exception was the 2004/05 season , when the left shooter played during the lockout in his Swedish homeland at his ex-club Frölunda HC, with which he became Swedish champions for the first time in his career . He was also elected to the Swedish All-Star Team and had the best plus / minus balance of all players in the playoffs .
After Bäckman had finished the 2007/08 season with the New York Rangers , he then signed a contract with their league rivals Columbus Blue Jackets , with which he reached the Stanley Cup playoffs for the first time in franchise history in 2009 , in which he was not used has been. After the season he became a so-called unrestricted free agent and returned to Sweden in October 2009 and signed a five-year contract with his home club, Frölunda HC. There he completed six more seasons before ending his active professional career in summer 2015.
International
For Sweden , Bäckman took part in the U20 Junior World Championships in 1999 and 2000 , as well as the World Championships in 2004 and 2005 . He was also part of Sweden's squad at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin , where he and his team were Olympic champions.
Achievements and Awards
- 1998 gold medal at the U18 European Junior Championship
- 2004 silver medal at the world championship
- 2005 Swedish champion with the Frölunda HC
- 2005 Swedish All-Star Team
- 2005 Best plus / minus statistics of the Elitserien playoffs
- 2006 gold medal at the Olympic Winter Games
- 2010 bronze medal at the world championship
Career statistics
| Regular season | Play-offs | |||||||||||||
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| season | team | league | Sp | T | V | Pt | SM | Sp | T | V | Pt | SM | ||
| 1996/97 | Västra Frölunda HC | U20 super elite | 26th | 2 | 5 | 7th | 16 | |||||||
| 1997/98 | Västra Frölunda HC | U18-Allsvenskan | 4th | 4th | 1 | 5 | 2 | |||||||
| 1997/98 | Västra Frölunda HC | U20 super elite | 28 | 5 | 14th | 19th | 12 | |||||||
| 1998/99 | Västra Frölunda HC | U20 super elite | 9 | 0 | 4th | 4th | 12 | |||||||
| 1998/99 | Västra Frölunda HC | Elitserien | 49 | 0 | 4th | 4th | 4th | 4th | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1999-2000 | Västra Frölunda HC | U20 super elite | 6th | 2 | 2 | 4th | 0 | |||||||
| 1999-2000 | Västra Frölunda HC | Elitserien | 27 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 14th | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1999-2000 | Gislaveds SK | Allsvenskan | 21st | 5 | 2 | 7th | 8th | |||||||
| 2000/01 | Västra Frölunda HC | Elitserien | 50 | 1 | 10 | 11 | 32 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||
| 2001/02 | Västra Frölunda HC | Elitserien | 44 | 7th | 4th | 11 | 38 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8th | ||
| 2002/03 | Worcester IceCats | AHL | 72 | 8th | 19th | 27 | 66 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | ||
| 2002/03 | St. Louis Blues | NHL | 4th | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 2003/04 | Worcester IceCats | AHL | 4th | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 2003/04 | St. Louis Blues | NHL | 66 | 5 | 13 | 18th | 16 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4th | ||
| 2004/05 | Frölunda HC | Elitserien | 50 | 4th | 15th | 19th | 40 | 14th | 2 | 7th | 9 | 10 | ||
| 2005/06 | St. Louis Blues | NHL | 52 | 6th | 12 | 18th | 48 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 2006/07 | St. Louis Blues | NHL | 61 | 7th | 11 | 18th | 36 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 2007/08 | St. Louis Blues | NHL | 45 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 30th | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 2007/08 | New York Rangers | NHL | 18th | 2 | 6th | 8th | 20th | 8th | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| 2008/09 | Columbus Blue Jackets | NHL | 56 | 2 | 5 | 7th | 32 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 2009/10 | Frölunda HC | Elitserien | 47 | 10 | 18th | 28 | 46 | 7th | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6th | ||
| 2010/11 | Frölunda HC | Elitserien | 21st | 4th | 13 | 17th | 8th | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| NHL overall | 302 | 23 | 56 | 79 | 182 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 16 | ||||
( Legend for player statistics: Sp or GP = games played; T or G = goals scored; V or A = assists scored ; Pkt or Pts = scorer points scored ; SM or PIM = penalty minutes received ; +/− = plus / minus balance; PP = overpaid goals scored ; SH = underpaid goals scored ; GW = winning goals scored; 1 play-downs / relegation )
Web links
- Christian Bäckman at hockeydb.com (English)
- Christian Bäckman at legendsofhockey.net (English)
- Christian Bäckman at eurohockey.com
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Backman, Christian |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Backman, Christian |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swedish ice hockey player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 28, 1980 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Alingsås , Sweden |