# Johan Backlund

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Swedish ice hockey player

Ice hockey player

Johan Backlund Backlund in 2007 Born (1981-07-24) July 24, 1981 (age 44) Skellefteå, Sweden Height 6 ft 2 in (188 cm) Weight 198 lb (90 kg; 14 st 2 lb) Position Goaltender Caught Left Played for Skellefteå AIK Leksands IF Timrå IK Philadelphia Flyers Oulun Kärpät HC Vityaz HC Slovan Bratislava National team Sweden NHL draft Undrafted Playing career 1999–2016

**Johan Backlund** (born July 24, 1981) is a Swedish former professional [ice hockey](/source/Ice_hockey) [goaltender](/source/Goaltender). He played one regular season game and one playoff game in the [National Hockey League](/source/National_Hockey_League) (NHL) with the [Philadelphia Flyers](/source/Philadelphia_Flyers) during the [2009–10 season](/source/2009%E2%80%9310_NHL_season). The rest of his career, which lasted from 1999 to 2016, was mainly spent in the [Swedish Hockey League](/source/Swedish_Hockey_League). Internationally Backlund played for the [Swedish national team](/source/Sweden_men's_national_ice_hockey_team) at the [2007 World Championship](/source/2007_IIHF_World_Championship).

## Playing career

On March 26, 2009, Backlund signed a one-year [two-way contract](/source/Two-way_contract) with the [Philadelphia Flyers](/source/Philadelphia_Flyers).[1]

After the 2009 training camp he was sent to the [Adirondack Phantoms](/source/Adirondack_Phantoms) as [Ray Emery](/source/Ray_Emery) and [Brian Boucher](/source/Brian_Boucher) were slated to be the Flyers goaltending tandem for the [2009-10 NHL season](/source/2009-10_NHL_season). Backlund was called up briefly in early October when Brian Boucher was injured but did not play before being returned to the Phantoms. After a moderate start he earned his first shutout on North American ice against the [Syracuse Crunch](/source/Syracuse_Crunch) on November 1, 2009.[2]

On March 27, 2010, Backlund made his NHL debut against the Pittsburgh Penguins. He allowed 2 goals on 24 shots, but had to exit the game after 2 periods, having reaggravated a groin injury. The Flyers lost the game 4-1, and he got the losing decision.[3]

On June 11, 2010, Backlund signed a two-year contract extension with the Flyers.[4]

## International play

Backlund played for the [Swedish national team](/source/Sweden_men's_national_ice_hockey_team) at the [2007 World Championship](/source/2007_IIHF_World_Championship). In 6 games he had 4 wins and 2 losses, while Sweden finished fourth overall.

## Career statistics

### Regular season and playoffs

Regular season Playoffs Season Team League GP W L T OTL MIN GA SO GAA SV% GP W L MIN GA SO GAA SV% 1999–00 Skellefteå AIK J20 4 — — — — 190 7 0 2.21 .921 — — — — — — — — 1999–00 Skellefteå AIK SWE-2 12 — — — — 679 32 1 2.83 .881 — — — — — — — — 2000–01 Skellefteå AIK SWE-2 29 — — — — 1719 76 2 2.65 .892 2 — — 117 9 0 2.65 .892 2001–02 Skellefteå AIK SWE-2 28 — — — — 1605 83 2 3.10 .885 6 — — 361 18 0 2.99 .904 2002–03 Skellefteå AIK SWE-2 33 — — — — 1951 68 8 2.09 .918 5 — — 298 9 0 1.81 .917 2003–04 Leksands IF SEL 29 9 19 0 — 1707 92 1 3.23 .894 — — — — — — — — 2003–04 Leksands IF J20 2 — — — — 120 2 1 1.00 .975 — — — — — — — — 2004–05 Leksands IF SWE-2 22 17 3 1 — 1302 39 1 1.80 .917 — — — — — — — — 2004–05 Leksands IF J20 1 — — — — 60 3 0 3.00 .833 — — — — — — — — 2005–06 Leksands IF SEL 32 9 17 — 4 1843 81 1 2.64 .915 — — — — — — — — 2006–07 Timrå IK SEL 49 24 20 — 4 2835 106 6 2.24 .912 7 3 4 444 16 0 2.16 .912 2007–08 Timrå IK SEL 47 21 21 — 2 2794 107 6 2.30 .908 11 6 5 662 27 1 2.45 .913 2008–09 Timrå IK SEL 49 24 20 — 4 2840 121 4 2.56 .907 5 2 3 317 18 0 3.41 .890 2009–10 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 1 0 1 — 0 40 2 0 3.00 .917 1 0 0 2 0 0 0.00 — 2009–10 Adirondack Phantoms AHL 41 21 17 — 2 2451 114 2 2.79 .906 — — — — — — — — 2010–11 Adirondack Phantoms AHL 33 10 19 — 3 1900 104 0 3.28 .890 — — — — — — — — 2011–12 Adirondack Phantoms AHL 1 0 0 — 0 31 0 0 0.00 1.000 — — — — — — — — 2011–12 Trenton Titans ECHL 1 0 0 — 1 65 1 0 0.92 .960 — — — — — — — — 2011–12 Oulun Kärpät FIN 18 9 6 — 4 1127 47 0 2.36 .927 9 5 3 519 22 0 2.54 .931 2012–13 Oulun Kärpät FIN 34 13 11 — 9 1974 74 3 2.25 .913 3 1 1 151 8 0 3.18 .893 2013–14 HC Vityaz KHL 16 3 9 — 2 921 50 0 3.26 .893 — — — — — — — — 2014–15 HC Slovan Bratislava KHL 36 9 17 — 6 2066 91 2 2.64 .900 — — — — — — — — 2015–16 Skellefteå AIK J20 2 — — — — 120 — — 2.50 .853 — — — — — — — — 2015–16 Skellefteå AIK SHL 2 1 1 — 0 118 2 1 1.02 .958 1 0 1 43 2 0 2.79 .818 NHL totals 1 0 1 — 0 40 2 0 3.00 .917 1 0 0 2 0 0 0.00 — SEL/SHL totals 208 88 98 0 14 12019 507 18 2.53 .908 24 11 13 1466 63 1 2.58 —

### International

Year Team Event GP W L T MIN GA SO GAA SV% 2007 Sweden WC 6 4 2 0 360 12 2 2.01 .907 Senior totals 6 4 2 0 360 12 2 2.01 .907

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["News: Flyers Agree to Terms with Johan Backlund"](https://web.archive.org/web/20090329210712/http://flyers.nhl.com/team/app/?service=page&page=NewsPage&articleid=415506). Philadelphia Flyers. 2009-03-26. Archived from [the original](http://flyers.nhl.com/team/app?articleid=415506&page=NewsPage&service=page) on 2009-03-29. Retrieved 2009-05-02.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** [American Hockey League](/source/American_Hockey_League) (2009-11-01). ["Phantoms-Crunch Boxscore"](http://theahl.com/stats/game-summary.php?game_id=1006214). Retrieved 2009-11-07.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["Flyers at Penguins - 3/27/10 - NHL.com - Recap"](http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2009021111). NHL.com. 2010-03-27. Retrieved 2010-06-12.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** Panaccio, Tim (2010-06-11). ["Holmgren Discusses the State of the Flyers"](http://www.csnphilly.com/06/11/10/Holmgren-Discusses-the-State-of-the-Flye/landing.html?blockID=251961&feedID=704). CSNPhilly.com. Retrieved 2010-06-12.{{[cite news](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Cite_news)}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service ([link](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:CS1_maint:_deprecated_archival_service))

## External links

- Biographical information and career statistics from [NHL.com](https://www.nhl.com/player/8475080), or [Eliteprospects.com](https://www.eliteprospects.com/player.php?player=1154&lang=en), or [Eurohockey.com](https://www.eurohockey.com/player/10146-.html), or [Hockey-Reference.com](https://www.hockey-reference.com/players/b/backljo01.html), or [The Internet Hockey Database](https://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/pdisplay.php?pid=76080)

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