(1989-03-17) 17 March 1989 (age 35) Västerås, Sweden
Height
6 ft 0 in (183 cm)
Weight
201 lb (91 kg; 14 st 5 lb)
Position
Centre
Shoots
Left
NHL team
Calgary Flames
National team
Sweden
NHL draft
24th overall, 2007 Calgary Flames
Playing career
2008–present
Mikael Backlund (born 17 March 1989) is a Swedish professional ice hockey centre and captain of the Calgary Flames of the National Hockey League (NHL). Backlund was a first round selection, 24th overall, of the Flames in the 2007 NHL Entry Draft, and made his NHL debut in 2008–09. He played junior hockey for VIK Västerås HK in the J20 SuperElit and the Kelowna Rockets of the Western Hockey League (WHL). He was a member of Kelowna's WHL championship team in 2009.
Internationally, Backlund has represented Sweden on several occasions—he was a member of two silver medal-winning teams at the World Junior Championship, and has won a bronze, silver and gold medals with the Swedes at the World Championship.
MikaelBacklund (born 17 March 1989) is a Swedish professional ice hockey centre and captain of the Calgary Flames of the National Hockey League (NHL)...
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shots turning into goals, Calgary won game four, 4–1. In game five, MikaelBacklund and Andrew Mangiapane each scored a goal and provided an assist in...
Bolstered by the emergence of the "3M Line", composed of Tkachuk, MikaelBacklund and Michael Frolik, the Flames rebounded to make the playoffs in the...
– Johnny Gaudreau (1) 12:51 – sh – Tobias Rieder (1) 18:14 – pp – MikaelBacklund (1) No scoring Third period 18:19 – en – Andrew Mangiapane (1) Connor...
Tkachuk was named an alternate captain for the Flames, along with MikaelBacklund and Sean Monahan. Tkachuk set a new career high for points during the...
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who has made a significant humanitarian contribution in his community History First award 1987–88 NHL season Most recent MikaelBacklund Calgary Flames...
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community. Named after player, coach and team executive King Clancy. MikaelBacklund Calgary Flames NHL Foundation Player Award 1997–98 Awarded to the player...
Preceded by Jarome Iginla Calgary Flames captain 2013–21 Succeeded by MikaelBacklund Preceded by Position created Seattle Kraken captain 2021–22 Succeeded by...
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Johnny Gaudreau scored to tie the game. Then at 4:24 of overtime, MikaelBacklund scored his first postseason goal on a delayed penalty to give Calgary...
late June it was reported that several players, including Lindholm, MikaelBacklund, and Noah Hanifin, had indicated they would be unlikely to re-sign...
18:58 – pp – Matthew Tkachuk (1) No scoring Third period 17:01 – pp – MikaelBacklund (1) 17:15 – en – Matthew Tkachuk (2) Philipp Grubauer 28 saves / 31...
tournament due to a knee injury. He was replaced by Calgary Flames forward MikaelBacklund and Henrik Sedin was named the captain in his place. Zetterberg goes...
Adirondack with four goals and five assists in nine games when an injury to MikaelBacklund led the Flames to recall Ferland to Calgary on October 30, 2014. He...
MikaelBacklund 30:19 MikaelBacklund (PP1) 47:04 David Ullström 48:52 Simon Hjalmarsson 51:42 Oscar Möller (ENG) 58:43 Goals 19:56 (PP1) Marek Mertel...