# Christian Bäckman

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Swedish professional ice hockey player
Ice hockey player

Christian Bäckman
Born | (1980-04-28) 28 April 1980 (age 42) Alingsås, Sweden
Height | 6 ft 4 in (193 cm)
Weight | 210 lb (95 kg; 15 st 0 lb)
Position | Defence
Shot | Left
Played for | Frölunda HC St. Louis Blues New York Rangers Columbus Blue Jackets
National team | Sweden
NHL Draft | 24th overall, 1998 St. Louis Blues
Playing career | 1998–2015

Christian Rune Bäckman (born 28 April 1980) is a Swedish former professional ice hockey defenceman. He played over 300 games in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the St. Louis Blues, New York Rangers and Columbus Blue Jackets, and spent the latter part of his career with Frölunda HC of the Swedish Hockey League.[1]

## Playing career[ edit ]

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.[2]

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.[2]

St. Louis announced on 10 August 2006 that the club re-signed Bäckman for a multi-year contract, although no contract details was released.[3] According to Swedish newspaper Aftonbladet the contract gives Bäckman 50 million Swedish kronor (approx. $7 million) over three years.[4]

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.[5]

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 signalled the conclusion of his North American career by signing with Frölunda HC.

## Personal life[ edit ]

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 off-season in Gothenburg, Sweden.

## Career statistics[ edit ]

### Regular season and playoffs[ edit ]

|  | Regular season |  | Playoffs
--- | --- | --- | --- | ---
Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM
1996–97 | Västra Frölunda HC | J20 | 26 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 16 | — | — | — | — | —
1997–98 | Västra Frölunda HC | J20 | 28 | 5 | 14 | 19 | 12 | — | — | — | — | —
1998–99 | Västra Frölunda HC | J20 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 12 | — | — | — | — | —
1998–99 | Västra Frölunda HC | SEL | 49 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
1999–2000 | Västra Frölunda HC | J20 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0
1999–2000 | Västra Frölunda HC | SEL | 27 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
1999–2000 | Gislaveds SK | SWE II | 21 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 8 | — | — | — | — | —
2000–01 | Västra Frölunda HC | SEL | 50 | 1 | 10 | 11 | 32 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2
2001–02 | Västra Frölunda HC | SEL | 44 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 38 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8
2002–03 | Worcester IceCats | AHL | 72 | 8 | 19 | 27 | 66 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5
2002–03 | St. Louis Blues | NHL | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | —
2003–04 | Worcester IceCats | AHL | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | — | — | — | — | —
2003–04 | St. Louis Blues | NHL | 66 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4
2004–05 | Frölunda HC | SEL | 50 | 4 | 15 | 19 | 40 | 14 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 10
2005–06 | St. Louis Blues | NHL | 52 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 48 | — | — | — | — | —
2006–07 | St. Louis Blues | NHL | 61 | 7 | 11 | 18 | 36 | — | — | — | — | —
2007–08 | St. Louis Blues | NHL | 45 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 30 | — | — | — | — | —
2007–08 | New York Rangers | NHL | 18 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 20 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12
2008–09 | Columbus Blue Jackets | NHL | 56 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 32 | — | — | — | — | —
2009–10 | Frölunda HC | SEL | 47 | 10 | 18 | 28 | 46 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6
2010–11 | Frölunda HC | SEL | 21 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 8 | — | — | — | — | —
2011–12 | Frölunda HC | SEL | 55 | 11 | 16 | 27 | 48 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2
2012–13 | Frölunda HC | SEL | 57 | 7 | 15 | 22 | 36 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0
2013–14 | Frölunda HC | SHL | 50 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 36 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2
2014–15 | Frölunda HC | SHL | 33 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8
SEL/SHL totals | 480 | 51 | 103 | 154 | 318 | 75 | 5 | 19 | 24 | 38
NHL totals | 302 | 23 | 56 | 79 | 182 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 16

Medal record
Representing Sweden
Ice hockey
Olympic Games
| 2006 Turin |
World Championships
| 2004 Czech Republic |
| 2010 Germany |
European Junior Championship
| 1998 Sweden |
| 1997 Czech Republic |

### International[ edit ]

Year | Team | Event | Result |  | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM
--- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | ---
1997 | Sweden | EJC18 |  | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2
1998 | Sweden | EJC18 |  | 6 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 2
1999 | Sweden | WJC | 4th | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0
2000 | Sweden | WJC | 5th | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6
2004 | Sweden | WC |  | 9 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6
2005 | Sweden | WC | 4th | 9 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6
2006 | Sweden | OG |  | 8 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6
2010 | Sweden | WC |  | 9 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 10
Junior totals | 23 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 10
Senior totals | 35 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 28

## Awards and honors[ edit ]

Award | Year |
--- | --- | ---
SHL
All-Star Team | 2005 |
Le Mat trophy (Frölunda HC) | 2005 |

## References[ edit ]

1. ^
   "Bäckman retires from professional career". aftonbladet.se (in Swedish). 2015-06-07. Retrieved 2015-06-07.
2. ^ a b "Christian Bäckman player profile". Elite Prospects. Retrieved 11 August 2006.
3. ^ "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.
4. ^ "Bäckmans lönehöjning: 10 miljoner per år" (in Swedish). Aftonbladet.se. Archived from the original on 13 August 2006. Retrieved 11 August 2006.
5. ^ "Rangers 5, Flyers 4, SO". 2008-03-02. Retrieved 2008-03-04.[dead link]

## External links[ edit ]

- Official website
- Biographical information and career statistics from NHL.com, or Eliteprospects.com, or Eurohockey.com, or Hockey-Reference.com, or The Internet Hockey Database

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

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