Sean Backman

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Sean Backman
Date of birth April 29, 1986
place of birth Cos Cob , Connecticut , USA
size 175 cm
Weight 77 kg
position Right wing
Shot hand Right
Career stations
2005-2006 Green Bay Gamblers
2006-2010 Yale Bulldogs
2010-2011 Texas Stars
2011-2013 Bridgeport Sound Tigers
2013-2015 Manchester monarchs
2015-2017 Ontario Reign
since 2017 Polar bears Berlin

Sean Backman (born April 29, 1986 in Cos Cob , Connecticut ) is an American ice hockey player who has been playing for the Eisbären Berlin in the German Ice Hockey League since August 2017 . Previously, Backman was active in the North American College League and the American Hockey League . His father Mike was also a professional ice hockey player, as were his two brothers-in-law Matt Moulson and Jonathan Quick .

Career

Junior and college league

After Sean Backman was active in his high school days for the Old Farms School in Avon , a city in his home state Connecticut , he moved to the United States Hockey League with the Green Bay Gamblers at the age of 19 . With the Gamblers, he was both the best points player and top scorer of his club in his first season and thus recommended himself for the ice hockey team at the renowned Yale University . Since all Yale sports teams are referred to as Bulldogs, Backman ran the next four years in the ECAC Hockey of the North American University and College League NCAA for the Yale Bulldogs . He was the team's top scorer in three seasons, and twice the best-scoring player. In his first season he was elected the best newcomer to the ECAC, was able to win the main round with his club in his last two seasons and in the 2008/09 season also the championship of the division, where he won the 5-0 final against Cornell University scored three hits. After his final season for Yale in the 2009/10 game year, he was named the best ice hockey player in the Ivy League universities .

Seven years of AHL

For the 2010/11 season he signed his first professional contract as a hockey player with the Dallas Stars from the National Hockey League , for whose farm teams in particular from the AHL the Texas Stars , but also the Idaho Steelheads from the ECHL, he was active. The following two seasons Backman ran for the AHL team of the New York Islanders , the Bridgeport Sound Tigers from his home state Connecticut, on the ice. For the 2013/14 season he stayed in New England and joined the then AHL team Manchester Monarchs . While he was more on the defensive in Bridgeport , among other things in the outnumbered game as a so-called penalty killer, he took on a more offensive role at the Monarchs - as in his college days - and was able to score 61 points (24 goals) at the AHL in his second season Championship of his team 2015. As part of the structural changes within the AHL for the 2015/16 season , in which AHL teams were also established in the state of California , Backman stayed with the AHL representative of the Los Angeles Kings , but from this season they were the Ontario Reign . In his first season on the West Coast he was Ontario's highest point player in the main round and also played the following season for the California team.

Change to Germany in the DEL

In the 2017/18 season , the winger, who is known as a very fast skater, moved abroad for the first time in his career and joined the Eisbären Berlin from the DEL . In his first season for the polar bears he was the team's best scorer in the main round with 45 points and one of the top scorers in the DEL with 24 goals. His contract was then extended by two years to 2020 with the Berliners during the season.

Achievements and Awards

Career statistics

Regular season Play-offs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
2005/06 Green Bay Gamblers USHL 57 29 27 56 30th 3 0 0 0 6th
2006/07 Yale University ECAC 29 18th 13 31 38
2007/08 Yale University ECAC 32 18th 9 27 16
2008/09 Yale University ECAC 32 20th 13 33 44
2009/10 Yale University ECAC 29 21st 14th 35 12
2010/11 Texas Stars AHL 67 7th 16 23 20th 6th 0 0 0 6th
2010/11 Idaho steelheads ECHL 5 2 2 4th 4th - - - - -
2011/12 Bridgeport Sound Tigers AHL 66 7th 11 18th 20th 3 0 0 0 0
2012/13 Bridgeport Sound Tigers AHL 67 11 10 21st 40 - - - - -
2013/14 Manchester monarchs AHL 71 10 16 26th 24 4th 1 0 1 0
2014/15 Manchester monarchs AHL 76 19th 25th 44 34 19th 5 12 17th 8th
2015/16 Ontario Reign AHL 68 21st 34 55 36 13 1 3 4th 8th
2016/17 Ontario Reign AHL 67 12 22nd 34 24 5 0 1 1 0
2017/18 Polar bears Berlin DEL 52 24 21st 45 51 18th 5 6th 11 27
ECAC total 122 77 49 126 110 - - - - -
AHL total 482 87 134 221 198 50 7th 16 23 22nd

( 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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ A Sprinter for the Polar Bears , Berliner Morgenpost , August 10, 2017, accessed on August 20, 2017
  2. ↑ Prospects Sean Backman , Hockey's Future, August 2012, accessed August 21, 2017
  3. ↑ Sean Backman 10 , Yale Bulldogs , December 2, 2009, accessed August 21, 2017
  4. ↑ Dallas Stars sign former Yale forward Sean Backman to one year contract , The Hockey News , March 30, 2010, accessed August 22, 2017
  5. ↑ Texas assigns Backman to Idaho , ECAC Hockey , November 9, 2010, accessed August 22, 2017
  6. ↑ Sean Backman agrees to terms on two-way-deal , Soundtigers.com, August 8, 2011, accessed August 22, 2017
  7. ^ Backman scores contract with Manchester , ECAC Hockey, August 21, 2013, accessed August 22, 2017
  8. ↑ Coachs helped faith make Greenwichs Backman to AHL all-star , Connecticut Post, February 1, 2016, accessed August 22, 2017
  9. ↑ ontarioreign.com, Leading scorer Sean Backman returns to Reign , July 6, 2016, accessed August 22, 2017
  10. ↑ New striker, the Eisbären signed Sean Backman , Berliner Zeitung , May 28, 2017, accessed on August 22, 2017
  11. ↑ Backman Brings Speed ​​Back to the Polar Bears , BZ , May 27, 2017, accessed August 22, 2017
  12. ↑ Player statistics goal scorers DEL 2017/18 main round , Eliteprospects.com, accessed on March 10, 2018
  13. ↑ Sean Backman: A direct hit for Berlin , Berliner Morgenpost , December 30, 2017, accessed on March 10, 2018
  14. ^ AHL announce all-star rooster changes , American Hockey League , January 26, 2016, accessed August 22, 2017
Eisbären Berlin squad in the 2020/21 season
personal data
SURNAME Backman, Sean
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH April 29, 1986
PLACE OF BIRTH Cos Cob