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David Backes

#21 Anaheim Ducks / NHL - 20/21

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3.	Riley Damiani	36	11	25	36
4.	Chase De Leo	37	15	20	35
5.	T.J. Tynan	27	8	27	35

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Date of Birth

May 01, 1984

Position

RW/C

Age

Height

6'3" / 191 cm

Place of Birth

Minneapolis, MN, USA

Weight

216 lbs / 98 kg

Nation

USA

Shoots

Youth Team

Contract

20/21

Cap Hit

NHL Rights

Anaheim Ducks / Signed

Drafted

2003 round 2 #62 overall by St. Louis Blues

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Highlights

Backes is a terrific all-around center. He has the size, grit and scoring ability needed to play the power forward game. Can hit really hard and shut down other offensive forwards.
On the downside, he can take some unnecessary penalties at times.
- Erik K. Piri, EP (2011)

Cousin: Alev Baysoy

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Player Statistics

S	Team	League	GP	G	A	TP	PIM	+/-		POST	GP	G	A	TP	PIM	+/-
1999-00	Spring Lake Park High	USHS-MN	24	17	20	37	-		\|
2000-01	Spring Lake Park High	USHS-MN	24	29	46	75	-		\|
2001-02	Spring Lake Park High “C”	USHS-MN	25	31	36	67	-		\|	Playoffs	2	1	1	2	-
	Lincoln Stars	USHL	30	11	10	21	54		\|	Playoffs	3	0	0	0	2
2002-03	Lincoln Stars	USHL	55	28	39	67	122		\|	Playoffs	6	4	1	5	17
2003-04	Minnesota State Univ. (Mankato)	NCAA	39	16	21	37	66		\|
2004-05	Minnesota State Univ. (Mankato)	NCAA	38	17	23	40	55	-9	\|
2005-06	Minnesota State Univ. (Mankato) “C”	NCAA	38	13	29	42	91	4	\|
	Peoria Rivermen	AHL	12	5	5	10	10	6	\|	Playoffs	3	1	1	2	8	3
2006-07	St. Louis Blues	NHL	49	10	13	23	37	6	\|
	Peoria Rivermen	AHL	31	10	3	13	47	-10	\|
	USA	WC	7	1	2	3	6	4	\|
2007-08	St. Louis Blues	NHL	72	13	18	31	99	-11	\|
	USA	WC	6	0	1	1	35	2	\|
2008-09	St. Louis Blues	NHL	82	31	23	54	165	-3	\|	Playoffs	4	1	2	3	10	1
	USA	WC	9	1	4	5	33	3	\|
2009-10	St. Louis Blues “A”	NHL	79	17	31	48	106	-4	\|
	USA	OG	6	1	2	3	2	4	\|
2010-11	St. Louis Blues “A”	NHL	82	31	31	62	93	32	\|
2011-12	St. Louis Blues “C”	NHL	82	24	30	54	101	15	\|	Playoffs	9	2	2	4	18	-5
2012-13	St. Louis Blues “C”	NHL	48	6	22	28	62	5	\|	Playoffs	6	1	2	3	0	0
2013-14	St. Louis Blues “C”	NHL	74	27	30	57	119	14	\|	Playoffs	4	0	1	1	2	-3
	USA	OG	6	3	1	4	6	0	\|
2014-15	St. Louis Blues “C”	NHL	80	26	32	58	104	7	\|	Playoffs	6	1	1	2	2	2
2015-16	St. Louis Blues “C”	NHL	79	21	24	45	83	4	\|	Playoffs	20	7	7	14	8	1
2016-17	Boston Bruins “A”	NHL	74	17	21	38	69	2	\|	Playoffs	6	1	3	4	2	2
	USA	WCup	2	0	0	0	0	-1	\|
2017-18	Boston Bruins	NHL	57	14	19	33	53	2	\|	Playoffs	12	2	1	3	19	-6
2018-19	Boston Bruins “A”	NHL	70	7	13	20	31	0	\|	Playoffs	15	2	3	5	2	1
2019-20	Boston Bruins “A”	NHL	16	1	2	3	16	-2	\|
	Anaheim Ducks	NHL	6	0	3	3	6	1	\|
2020-21	Anaheim Ducks “A”	NHL	15	3	1	4	4	-4	\|

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Game Log

Date	Team	Opp	Score	G	A	TP	PIM	+/-	SOG	PPG	SHG	TOI
NHL
Thu 06/05		@
Sun 25/04		vs
Sat 10/04		vs
Wed 07/04		@
Mon 05/04		vs
Sun 14/03		vs
Thu 04/03		vs
Sun 21/02		vs
Fri 12/02		@
Wed 10/02		@

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Player Career Totals

League	Years	GP	G	A	TP	PPG	PIM	+/-	\|	Years	GP	G	A	TP	PPG	PIM	+/-
AHL	2	43	15	8	23	0.53	57	-4	\|	1	3	1	1	2	0.67	8	3
NCAA	3	115	46	73	119	1.03	212	-5	\|	0
NHL	15	965	248	313	561	0.58	1148	64	\|	9	82	17	22	39	0.48	63	-7
OG	2	12	4	3	7	0.58	8	4	\|	0
USHL	2	85	39	49	88	1.04	176	-	\|	2	9	4	1	5	0.56	19	-
USHS-MN	3	73	77	102	179	2.45	-	-	\|	1	2	1	1	2	1.00	-	-
WC	3	22	2	7	9	0.41	74	9	\|	0
WCup	1	2	0	0	0	0.00	0	-1	\|	0

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2002-2003
- USHL Clark Cup Champion
- USHL First All-Star Team
2003-2004
- NCAA (WCHA) All-Rookie Team
2004-2005
- NCAA (WCHA) All-Academic Team
- NCAA (WCHA) Third All-Star Team
2005-2006
2008-2009
- World Championship Most Penalized Player (33)
- World Championship Top 3 Player on Team
2009-2010
- Olympic Silver Medal
2010-2011
- NHL All-Star Game
2015-2016
- NHL Playoffs Most Hits (93)

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Player Connections

Player	Period	YearsYr	Teams
Barret Jackman (D)	2006-2015	9	Peoria Rivermen, St. Louis Blues
Alexander Steen (F)	2008-2016	8	St. Louis Blues
Roman Polák (D)	2006-2014	8	Peoria Rivermen, St. Louis Blues
Alex Pietrangelo (D)	2008-2016	8	St. Louis Blues
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DATE	STATUS	FROM	TO
02/21/2020
02/21/2020	Confirmed	Boston Bruins	Anaheim Ducks
07/01/2016
07/01/2016	Confirmed	St. Louis Blues	Boston Bruins
11/12/2010
11/12/2010	Extension	St. Louis Blues	St. Louis Blues

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Number 5 retired by Spring Lake Park High

Cult/Star player for Minnesota State Univ. (Mankato)

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