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Niklas Bäckström

Никлас Бэкстрём

Position: goalkeeper
Player status: coach
Gender: male
Nationality: Finland
Birth date: 13.02.1978 (46 years)
Birth place: Helsinki, Finland

Height: 184 cm / 6' 0"
Weight: 88 kg / 194 lbs
Catch: left

Trivia:
First All-Star Team (I divisioona 99-00), All Star Team (SM-liiga 03-04)

Season	Team	League	Pos	LPos	W	L	D
2024-25	Columbus Blue Jackets	NHL	Goalie coach
2023-24	Columbus Blue Jackets	NHL	Goalie coach

Season	Team	League	GP	GD	MIN	AVG	PER	SO	A	PIM
2015-16	Finland	World Championship	0	2			0.000		0	0
2015-16	Finland	Euro Hockey Tour	1	3	60	2.00	0.929		0	0
2009-10	Finland	Olympics	2	6	109	1.09	0.952	1	0	2
2007-08	Finland	World Championship	8	9	483	2.11	0.922	1	1	2
2005-06	Finland	World Championship	0	5	0	0.00	0.000	0	0	0
2005-06	Finland	Olympics	0	0	0			0	0	0
2004-05	Finland	World Championship	5	7	310	2.32	0.902	1	1	0
1997-98	Finland	WJC (U20)	2	7	120	2.50	0.911		0	0

Season	Team	League	#	GP	GD	MIN	AVG	PER	SO	G	A	PIM
2018-19	Tappara	Liiga (Play-off)	32	1	11	49	0.00	1.000	0	0	0	0
2018-19	Tappara	CHL		3	7	185	1.95	0.906		0	0	0
2018-19	Tappara	Liiga	32	15	53	863	1.73	0.921	2	0	0	2
2017-18	HIFK	Liiga (Play-off)		0	1
2017-18	HIFK	CHL		1	5	40	4.50	0.885		0	0	0
2017-18	HIFK	Liiga		7	35	314	2.48	0.894	1	0	0	2
2016-17	HIFK	Liiga (Play-off)		2	12	105	3.42	0.864		0	0	0
2016-17	HIFK	CHL		4	6	237	1.52	0.939	1	0	0	0
2016-17	HIFK	Liiga		17	33	1025	1.87	0.923	1	0	2	0
2015-16	Calgary Flames	NHL		4		232	3.35	0.881	0	0	0	0
2014-15	Minnesota Wild	NHL		19		1005	3.04	0.887	0	0	0	2
2013-14	Minnesota Wild	NHL		21		1094	3.02	0.899	0	0	0	0
2012-13	Minnesota Wild	NHL (Play-off)		0	1	0	0.00	0.000	0	0	0	0
2012-13	Minnesota Wild	NHL		42		2368	2.48	0.909	2	0	0	2
2011-12	Minnesota Wild	NHL		46		2589	2.43	0.919	4	0	2	2
2010-11	Minnesota Wild	NHL		51		2977	2.66	0.916	3	0	1	2
2009-10	Minnesota Wild	NHL		60		3489	2.72	0.903	2	0	1	4
2008-09	Minnesota Wild	NHL		71		4088	2.33	0.923	8	0	0	6
2007-08	Minnesota Wild	NHL (Play-off)		6		361	2.82	0.900	0	0	0	0
2007-08	Minnesota Wild	NHL		58		3409	2.31	0.920	4	0	0	2
2006-07	Minnesota Wild	NHL (Play-off)		5		297	2.22	0.924	0	0	1	2
2006-07	Minnesota Wild	NHL		41		2227	1.97	0.929	5	0	1	2
2005-06	Kärpät	SM-liiga (Play-off)		4	6	195	1.85	0.897		0	1	0
2005-06	Kärpät	SM-liiga		51	54	3078	1.68	0.939	10	0	0	20
2005-06	Kärpät	European Champions Cup (Play-off)		3	3	190	1.89	0.941		0	0	0
2004-05	Kärpät	SM-liiga (Play-off)		12	12	720	1.25	0.950		0	0	0
2004-05	Kärpät	SM-liiga		47	56	2819	2.17	0.927	7	0	1	14
2003-04	Kärpät	SM-liiga (Play-off)		15	15	927	2.33	0.925		0	0	6
2003-04	Kärpät	SM-liiga		43	46	2572	2.03	0.936	7	0	1	8
2002-03	Kärpät	SM-liiga (Play-off)		15	15	990	2.00	0.939		0	0	4
2002-03	Kärpät	SM-liiga		36	50	2136	2.16	0.929	4	0	3	8
2001-02	AIK	Superallsv. (Play-off)		9	10		2.21	0.921		0	0	0
2001-02	AIK	Elitserien		40	50	2186	3.05	0.897	1	0	1	18
2000-01	SaiPa	SM-liiga		49	53	2826	2.55	0.924		0	5	12
1999-00	FPS Forssa	I divisioona (Play-off)		3	3	178	2.69	0.913		0	0	0
1999-00	FPS Forssa	I divisioona		22	22	1320	2.27	0.928	1	0	4	4
1999-00	HIFK	SM-liiga		4	23	155	6.58	0.785	0	0	0	0
1999-00	HIFK	EHL		1	5	33	14.17	0.579		0	0	0
1998-99	HIFK	Jr. A I divisioona (U20, Play-off)		7	7		2.29	0.912		0	1	2
1998-99	HIFK	Jr. A SM-Liiga (U20)		8	9	847	3.01	0.902		0	1	0
1998-99	HIFK	SM-liiga (Play-off)		0	11	0			0	0	0	0
1998-99	HIFK	SM-liiga		16	53	923	1.69	0.932	1	0	3	0
1998-99	HIFK	EHL (Play-off)		2	4	102	2.34	0.886		0	0	0
1998-99	HIFK	EHL		0	6	0			0	0	0	0
1997-98	Hermes Kokkola	I divisioona		9	20	468	2.95	0.912		0	0	10
1997-98	HIFK	Jr. A SM-Liiga (U20)		14	14	847	2.98	0.907		0	0	2
1997-98	HIFK	SM-liiga		0	3	0			0	0	0	0
1996-97	PiTa Helsinki	I divisioona		8	13	390	3.69	0.875		0	0	2
1996-97	HIFK	Jr. A SM-Liiga (U20)		21	22	1243	2.75	0.914		0	3	14
1996-97	HIFK	SM-liiga		2	11	30	5.85	0.824		0	0	0
1995-96	HIFK	Jr. B SM-sarja (U18, Play-off)		4	4		2.66			0	0	5
1995-96	HIFK	Jr. B SM-sarja (U18)			26					0	1	14
1993-94	HIFK	Jr. C SM-sarja (U16, Play-off)			3					0	1	0
1993-94	HIFK	Jr. C SM-sarja (U16)			28					0	0	0

Note: All games might not be included

Date	League	Teams	Score		SA		GA		MIN		%
Nov. 20 2018 19:00	Champions Hockey League \| Round of 16	Tappara Tampere HC Kometa Group	5-5	\|		\|		\|		\|
Nov. 06 2018 18:00	Champions Hockey League \| Round of 16	HC Kometa Group Tappara Tampere	5-1	\|		\|		\|		\|
Oct. 09 2018 18:30	Champions Hockey League \| Group E	Djurgårdens IF Tappara Tampere	3-5	\|	25	\|	3	\|	60:00	\|	88.00
Sep. 09 2018 18:00	Champions Hockey League \| Group E	Tappara Tampere HC Ocelari Trinec	3-2 OT	\|		\|		\|		\|
Sep. 07 2018 18:00	Champions Hockey League \| Group E	Tappara Tampere Storhamar Ishockey	6-1	\|	14	\|	1	\|	60:00	\|	92.86
Sep. 02 2018 17:30	Champions Hockey League \| Group E	HC Ocelari Trinec Tappara Tampere	2-8	\|		\|		\|		\|
Aug. 31 2018 19:30	Champions Hockey League \| Group E	Storhamar Ishockey Tappara Tampere	3-2 SO	\|	25	\|	2	\|	65:00	\|	92.00

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14 Jul 2019

Tappara TampereColumbus Blue Jackets
Note: retires and becomes goalies coach
22 May 2018

IFK HelsinkiTappara Tampere
10 Jun 2016

Calgary FlamesIFK Helsinki
01 Mar 2016

Minnesota WildCalgary Flames

Leagues

Czech Rep.: Tipsport extraliga | 1.liga | 2.liga

Finland: Liiga | Mestis

Germany: DEL | DEL2

Russia: KHL | VHL

Slovakia: Tipsport Extraliga | 1.liga

Sweden: SHL | HockeyAllsvenskan

Switzerland: NLA | NLB

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