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USA David Backes
#21 Anaheim Ducks / NHL - 20/21
1-time Olympic Silver Medal 1
1-time NCAA (West) Second All-American Team 1
1-time USHL Clark Cup Champion 1
1-time USHL First All-Star Team 1
Date of Birth
May 01, 1984
Position
RW/C
Age
42
Height
6'3" / 191 cm
Place of Birth
Minneapolis, MN, USA
Weight
216 lbs / 98 kg
Nation
USA
Shoots
R
Youth Team
-
Status
Retired
Drafted
2003 round 2 #62 overall by St. Louis Blues
Agency
PREMIUM

Cousin: Alev Baysoy

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David Backes 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 Olympics 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 Olympics 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* |

David Backes 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* 1 148* 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 * * * * * *
* Some data is missing to provide a correct summary.

David Backes Career Highlights

Season
Awards by season
Transactions
DATE STATUS FROM TO SOURCE
09/09/2021
09/09/2021 Confirmed Anaheim Ducks Retired
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
Player Biography and Trivia

Number 5 retired by Spring Lake Park High

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

Cult/Star player for Spring Lake Park High

Cult/Star player for St. Louis Blues

Cult/Star player for USA