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Ralph Backstrom

Position: C
Shoots: Left
Height: 5-10    Weight: 165 lbs.
Born: September 18, 1937 in Kirkland Lake, Ontario

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NHL/WHA Standard

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS +/- PIM ESG PPG SHG GWG SOG SPCT TOI ATOI
1956-57 19 Montreal Canadiens NHL 3 0 0 0 0
1957-58 20 Montreal Canadiens NHL 2 0 1 1 0
1958-59 21 Montreal Canadiens NHL 64 18 22 40 19
1959-60 22 Montreal Canadiens NHL 64 13 15 28 24
1960-61 23 Montreal Canadiens NHL 69 12 20 32 44
1961-62 24 Montreal Canadiens NHL 66 27 38 65 29
1962-63 25 Montreal Canadiens NHL 70 23 12 35 51
1963-64 26 Montreal Canadiens NHL 70 8 21 29 41 8 0 0 1
1964-65 27 Montreal Canadiens NHL 70 25 30 55 41 18 7 0 2
1965-66 28 Montreal Canadiens NHL 67 22 20 42 10 21 1 0 3
1966-67 29 Montreal Canadiens NHL 69 14 27 41 39 13 1 0 0
1967-68 30 Montreal Canadiens NHL 70 20 25 45 4 14 17 3 0 5 198 10.1
1968-69 31 Montreal Canadiens NHL 72 13 28 41 20 16 11 2 0 3 180 7.2
1969-70 32 Montreal Canadiens NHL 72 19 24 43 4 20 18 1 0 2 187 10.2
1970-71 33 2 Teams NHL 49 15 17 32 -7 8 12 2 1 1 126 11.9
1970-71 33 Montreal Canadiens NHL 16 1 4 5 0 0 1 0 0 0 18 5.6
1970-71 33 Los Angeles Kings NHL 33 14 13 27 -7 8 11 2 1 1 108 13.0
1971-72 34 Los Angeles Kings NHL 76 23 29 52 -22 22 15 7 1 4 181 12.7
1972-73 35 2 Teams NHL 79 26 32 58 -12 8 23 1 2 6 168 15.5
1972-73 35 Los Angeles Kings NHL 63 20 29 49 -12 6 18 1 1 6 132 15.2
1972-73 35 Chicago Black Hawks NHL 16 6 3 9 0 2 5 0 1 0 36 16.7
1973-74 36 Chicago Cougars WHA 78 33 50 83 26 25 6 2 8
1974-75 37 Chicago Cougars WHA 70 15 24 39 -28 28 9 6 0 161 9.3
1975-76 38 2 Teams WHA 79 35 48 83 9 20 26 8 1 5 236 14.8
1975-76 38 Denver Spurs/Ottawa Civics WHA 41 21 29 50 9 14 13 8 0 4 142 14.8
1975-76 38 New England Whalers WHA 38 14 19 33 6 13 0 1 1 94 14.9
1976-77 39 New England Whalers WHA 77 17 31 48 1 30 17 0 0 162 10.5
Career 17 Seasons NHL 1032 278 361 639 -13 386 156 25 4 27 1040 11.2
Career 4 Seasons WHA 304 100 153 253 -18 104 77 20 3 13 559 12.0

NHL/WHA Miscellaneous

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Per Game Adjusted Plus/Minus
Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM SOG G A PTS GC TGF PGF TGA PGA +/-
1956-57 19 Montreal Canadiens NHL 3 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0 0 0 0
1957-58 20 Montreal Canadiens NHL 2 0.00 0.50 0.50 0.14 0.00 0 1 1 0
1958-59 21 Montreal Canadiens NHL 64 0.28 0.34 0.63 0.24 0.30 20 25 45 18
1959-60 22 Montreal Canadiens NHL 64 0.20 0.23 0.44 0.17 0.38 14 17 31 12
1960-61 23 Montreal Canadiens NHL 69 0.17 0.29 0.46 0.18 0.64 13 21 34 13
1961-62 24 Montreal Canadiens NHL 66 0.41 0.58 0.98 0.38 0.44 29 40 69 27
1962-63 25 Montreal Canadiens NHL 70 0.33 0.17 0.50 0.23 0.73 25 13 38 17
1963-64 26 Montreal Canadiens NHL 70 0.11 0.30 0.41 0.15 0.59 9 24 33 11
1964-65 27 Montreal Canadiens NHL 70 0.36 0.43 0.79 0.31 0.59 28 34 62 25
1965-66 28 Montreal Canadiens NHL 67 0.33 0.30 0.63 0.26 0.15 23 21 44 18
1966-67 29 Montreal Canadiens NHL 69 0.20 0.39 0.59 0.22 0.57 15 29 44 16
1967-68 30 Montreal Canadiens NHL 70 0.29 0.36 0.64 0.26 0.06 0.20 2.83 21 27 48 19 55 12 39 0 4
1968-69 31 Montreal Canadiens NHL 72 0.18 0.39 0.57 0.21 0.28 0.22 2.50 13 28 41 15 56 5 31 0 20
1969-70 32 Montreal Canadiens NHL 72 0.26 0.33 0.60 0.24 0.06 0.28 2.60 19 25 44 17 57 9 44 0 4
1970-71 33 2 Teams NHL 49 0.31 0.35 0.65 0.27 -0.14 0.16 2.57 14 16 30 12 46 10 56 13 -7
1970-71 33 Montreal Canadiens NHL 16 0.06 0.25 0.31 0.11 0.00 0.00 1.13 1 4 5 2 9 0 10 1 0
1970-71 33 Los Angeles Kings NHL 33 0.42 0.39 0.82 0.35 -0.21 0.24 3.27 13 12 25 10 37 10 46 12 -7
1971-72 34 Los Angeles Kings NHL 76 0.30 0.38 0.68 0.27 -0.29 0.29 2.38 22 29 51 20 64 15 95 24 -22
1972-73 35 2 Teams NHL 79 0.33 0.41 0.73 0.29 -0.15 0.10 2.13 23 30 53 21 81 11 91 9 -12
1972-73 35 Los Angeles Kings NHL 63 0.32 0.46 0.78 0.30 -0.19 0.10 2.10 18 27 45 17 70 10 79 7 -12
1972-73 35 Chicago Black Hawks NHL 16 0.38 0.19 0.56 0.26 0.00 0.13 2.25 5 3 8 4 11 1 12 2 0
1973-74 36 Chicago Cougars WHA 78 0.42 0.64 1.06 0.41 0.33
1974-75 37 Chicago Cougars WHA 70 0.21 0.34 0.56 0.22 -0.40 0.40 2.30 -28
1975-76 38 2 Teams WHA 79 0.44 0.61 1.05 0.41 0.11 0.25 2.99 9
1975-76 38 Denver Spurs/Ottawa Civics WHA 41 0.51 0.71 1.22 0.49 0.22 0.34 3.46 9
1975-76 38 New England Whalers WHA 38 0.37 0.50 0.87 0.34 0.16 2.47
1976-77 39 New England Whalers WHA 77 0.22 0.40 0.62 0.23 0.01 0.39 2.10 1
Career 17 Seasons NHL 1032 0.27 0.35 0.62 0.25 -0.03 0.37 2.49 288 380 668 261 359 62 356 46 -13
Career 4 Seasons WHA 304 0.33 0.50 0.83 0.32 -0.08 0.34 2.47 -18

NHL/WHA Playoffs

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS +/- PIM ESG PPG SHG GWG SOG SPCT TOI ATOI
1958-59 21 Montreal Canadiens NHL SC 11 3 5 8 12
1959-60 22 Montreal Canadiens NHL SC 7 0 3 3 2
1960-61 23 Montreal Canadiens NHL 5 0 0 0 4
1961-62 24 Montreal Canadiens NHL 5 0 1 1 6
1962-63 25 Montreal Canadiens NHL 5 0 0 0 2
1963-64 26 Montreal Canadiens NHL 7 2 1 3 8
1964-65 27 Montreal Canadiens NHL SC 13 2 3 5 10
1965-66 28 Montreal Canadiens NHL SC 10 3 4 7 4
1966-67 29 Montreal Canadiens NHL 10 5 2 7 6
1967-68 30 Montreal Canadiens NHL SC 13 4 3 7 4 4 0 0 2
1968-69 31 Montreal Canadiens NHL SC 14 3 4 7 10 2 1 0 1
1972-73 35 Chicago Black Hawks NHL 16 5 6 11 0 4 0 1 0
1973-74 36 Chicago Cougars WHA 18 5 14 19 4 1
1975-76 38 New England Whalers WHA 17 5 4 9 4 8
1976-77 39 New England Whalers WHA 3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0
Career 12 Seasons NHL 6 116 27 32 59 68 10 1 1 3
Career 3 Seasons WHA 38 10 18 28 3 12 0 0 0 1

Other Standard

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS +/- PIM ESG PPG SHG GWG SOG SPCT TOI ATOI
1954-55 17 Montreal Jr. Canadiens QJHL 21 7 6 13 2
1955-56 18 Montreal Jr. Canadiens QJHL 18 10 8 18 4
1956-57 19 Hull-Ottawa Canadiens OHA-Jr. 18 10 8 18 4
1956-57 19 Hull-Ottawa Canadiens EOHL 18 7 10 17 4
1957-58 20 Hull-Ottawa Canadiens OHA-Jr. 26 24 27 51 64
1957-58 20 Hull-Ottawa Canadiens EOHL 33 21 25 46 13
1957-58 20 Montreal Royals QHL 1 0 1 1 0
1957-58 20 Rochester Americans AHL 2 0 0 0 0
1974-75 37 Canada Summit-74 8 4 4 8 10
Career 1 Season AHL 2 0 0 0 0
Career 2 Seasons EOHL 51 28 35 63 17
Career 2 Seasons OHA-Jr. 44 34 35 69 68
Career 1 Season QHL 1 0 1 1 0
Career 2 Seasons QJHL 39 17 14 31 6
Career 1 Season Summit-74 8 4 4 8 10

Other Playoffs

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS +/- PIM ESG PPG SHG GWG SOG SPCT TOI ATOI
1954-55 17 Montreal Jr. Canadiens QJHL 5 2 1 3 4
1955-56 18 Montreal Jr. Canadiens M-Cup 10 5 4 9 6
1956-57 19 Hull-Ottawa Canadiens M-Cup 15 17 11 28 19
1957-58 20 Hull-Ottawa Canadiens M-Cup 13 17 9 26 24
Career 3 Seasons M-Cup 38 39 24 63 49
Career 1 Season QJHL 5 2 1 3 4

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary ▪ Rate Statistic Requirements

All-Star Games

1958 NHL
1959 NHL
1960 NHL
1962 NHL
1965 NHL
1967 NHL

Awards

1958-59 NHL Calder Memorial Trophy
1973-74 WHA Paul Deneau Trophy

Games Played

1962-63 NHL 70 (1)
 1963-64 NHL 70 (2)
1964-65 NHL 70 (1)
 1972-73 NHL 79 (1)
 1973-74 WHA 78 (1)

Goals

1961-62 NHL 27 (7)
1964-65 NHL 25 (8)
Career WHA 100 (67)

Adjusted Goals

1961-62 NHL 29 (7)
1964-65 NHL 28 (7)

Goals Per Game

1961-62 NHL 0.41 (7)

Assists

1961-62 NHL 38 (8)
1973-74 WHA 50 (10)
Career WHA 153 (60)

Adjusted Assists

1961-62 NHL 40 (8)

Assists Per Game

1961-62 NHL 0.58 (10)

Points

1961-62 NHL 65 (7)
1964-65 NHL 55 (9)
Career WHA 253 (66)

Adjusted Points

1961-62 NHL 69 (7)
1964-65 NHL 62 (9)

Points Per Game

1961-62 NHL 0.98 (8)

Goals Created

1961-62 NHL 25.4 (8)
1964-65 NHL 22.0 (9)
Career WHA 97.6 (66)

Adjusted Goals Created

1961-62 NHL 26.7 (8)
1964-65 NHL 24.6 (9)

Goals Created Per Game

1961-62 NHL 0.38 (6)

Even Strength Goals

1964-65 NHL 18 (7)
1965-66 NHL 21 (8)

Power Play Goals

1964-65 NHL 7 (10)

Short-Handed Goals

1972-73 NHL 2 (7)

Game-Winning Goals

1972-73 NHL 6 (9)
  

Transactions

Glossary ▪ Transaction information may be incomplete.

January 26, 1971: Traded to Los Angeles by Montreal for Gord Labossiere and Ray Fortin, January 26, 1971.

February 12, 1972: Selected by New England (WHA) in 1972 WHA General Player Draft, February 12, 1972.

February 26, 1973: Traded to Chicago by Los Angeles for Dan Maloney, February 26, 1973.

June, 1973: WHA rights traded to Los Angeles (WHA) by New England (WHA) for cash, June, 1973.

July, 1973: Traded to Chicago (WHA) by Los Angeles (WHA) for cash, July 1973.

May, 1975: Selected by Denver (WHA) from Chicago (WHA) in WHA Expansion Draft, May, 1975.

January 20, 1976: Traded to New England (WHA) by Denver-Ottawa (WHA) with Don Borgeson for cash, January 20, 1976.

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