David Backes

United States David Backes


Date of birth	May 1, 1984
place of birth	Minneapolis , Minnesota , USA
size	188 cm
Weight	98 kg

position	Right wing
number	# 42
Shot hand	Right

Draft

NHL Entry Draft	2003 , 2nd round, 62nd position St. Louis Blues

Career stations

2001-2003	Lincoln Stars
2003-2006	Minnesota State University, Mankato
2006-2016	St. Louis Blues
2016-2020	Boston Bruins
since 2020	Anaheim Ducks

David Anthony Backes (born May 1, 1984 in Minneapolis , Minnesota ) is an American ice hockey player who has been under contract with the Anaheim Ducks in the National Hockey League since February 2020 . Previously, he spent ten years with the St. Louis Blues , which he led five seasons as captain , and four years with the Boston Bruins . With the US national team , he won the silver medal at the 2010 Winter Olympics .

Career

David Backes began his career as a hockey player with the Lincoln Stars, for which he was active from 2001 to 2003 in the junior league United States Hockey League . He was then selected in the 2003 NHL Entry Draft in the second round as a total of 62nd player from the St. Louis Blues . The attacker initially played for the Minnesota State University team, Mankato , for three years before making his professional ice hockey debut for their farm team , the Peoria Rivermen from the American Hockey League , towards the end of the 2005/06 season . While the right- shooter still played parallel for St. Louis in the National Hockey League and Peoria in the American Hockey League in the 2006/07 season , the American was exclusively for the St. Louis Blues in the NHL from the 2007/08 season on ice.

Before the start of the 2011–12 NHL season , Backes was named team captain of the Blues.

After ten years in St. Louis, Backes did not receive a new contract from the Blues after the 2015/16 season, so he joined the Boston Bruins as a free agent in July 2016 . He signed a five-year contract there which should bring him an average annual salary of $ 6 million. Before that, however, the US-American was handed over to the Anaheim Ducks in February 2020 together with Axel Andersson and a first-round vote for the NHL Entry Draft 2020 . In return, Ondřej Kaše moved to the Bruins, who also continue to take over a quarter of Backes' salary.

International

Backes participated in the 2007 , 2008 and 2009 World Championships for the United States . He was also a member of Team USA at the 2010 and 2014 Olympic Winter Games , with the team winning the silver medal in 2010. He also represented his home country at the 2016 World Cup of Hockey .

Achievements and Awards

2003 USHL First All-Star Team
2004 WCHA All-Rookie Team
2006 WCHA Second All-Star Team

2006 NCAA West Second All-American Team
2011 participation in the NHL All-Star Game

International

2010 silver medal at the Olympic Winter Games

Career statistics

Status: end of the 2019/20 season

			Regular season						Playoffs
season	team	league	Sp	T	V	Pt	+/-	SM	Sp	T	V	Pt	+/-	SM
2003/04	Minnesota State University, Mankato	WCHA	39	16	21st	37		66
2004/05	Minnesota State University, Mankato	WCHA	38	17th	23	40		55
2005/06	Minnesota State University, Mankato	WCHA	38	13	29	42		91	-	-	-	-	-	-
2005/06	Peoria Rivermen	AHL	12	5	5	10	+6	10	3	1	1	2	+3	8th
2006/07	Peoria Rivermen	AHL	31	10	3	13	-10	47	-	-	-	-	-	-
2006/07	St. Louis Blues	NHL	49	10	13	23	+6	37	-	-	-	-	-	-
2007/08	St. Louis Blues	NHL	72	13	18th	31	–11	99	-	-	-	-	-	-
2008/09	St. Louis Blues	NHL	82	31	23	54	-3	165	4th	1	2	3	+1	10
2009/10	St. Louis Blues	NHL	79	17th	31	48	-4	106	-	-	-	-	-	-
2010/11	St. Louis Blues	NHL	82	31	31	62	+32	93	-	-	-	-	-	-
2011/12	St. Louis Blues	NHL	82	24	30th	54	+15	101	9	2	2	4th	-5	18th
2012/13	St. Louis Blues	NHL	48	6th	22nd	28	+5	62	6th	1	2	3	± 0	0
2013/14	St. Louis Blues	NHL	74	27	30th	57	+14	119	4th	0	1	1	-3	2
2014/15	St. Louis Blues	NHL	80	26th	32	58	+7	104	6th	1	1	2	+2	2
2015/16	St. Louis Blues	NHL	79	21st	24	45	+4	83	20th	7th	7th	14th	+1	8th
2016/17	Boston Bruins	NHL	74	17th	21st	38	+2	69	6th	1	3	4th	+2	2
2017/18	Boston Bruins	NHL	57	14th	19th	33	+2	53	12	2	1	3	–6	19th
2018/19	Boston Bruins	NHL	70	7th	13	20th	± 0	31	15th	2	3	5	+1	2
2019/20	Boston Bruins	NHL	16	1	2	3	-2	16	-	-	-	-	-	-
2019/20	Anaheim Ducks	NHL	6th	0	3	3	+1	6th	-	-	-	-	-	-
NCAA overall			115	46	73	119		212
AHL total			43	15th	8th	23	-4	57	3	1	1	2	+3	8th
NHL overall			950	245	312	557	+68	1144	82	17th	22nd	39	–7	63

International

Represented the USA at:

year	team	event	result	Sp	T	V	Pt	+/-	SM
2007	United States	WM	5th place	7th	1	2	3	+4	6th
2008	United States	WM	6th place	6th	0	1	1	+2	35
2009	United States	WM	4th Place	9	1	4th	5	+3	33
2010	United States	Olympia		6th	1	2	3	+4	2
2014	United States	Olympia	4th Place	6th	3	1	4th	± 0	6th
2016	United States	World cup	7th place	2	0	0	0	-1	0
Men overall				36	6th	10	16	+12	82

( 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

Commons : David Backes - collection of images, videos and audio files

Player biography on the Anaheim Ducks website
David Backes at eliteprospects.com (English)

Individual evidence

↑ blues.nhl.com, Backes Named 20th Blues Captain
^ Bruins Acquire Ondrej Kase From Anaheim Ducks. nhl.com, February 21, 2020, accessed on February 22, 2020 .

Squad of the Anaheim Ducks in the season 2019/20

personal data
SURNAME	Backes, David
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Backes, David Anthony (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH	May 1, 1984
PLACE OF BIRTH	Minneapolis , Minnesota , USA

[1] ues.nhl.com, Backes Named 20th Blues Captain

[2] Bruins Acquire Ondrej Kase From Anaheim Ducks. nhl.com, February 21, 2020, accessed on February 22, 2020 .