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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 Regular Season

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS PTS/G GC GC/G TGF PGF TGA PGA +/- PIM ESG PPG SHG GWG SOG SOG/G SPCT TOI ATOI
1956-57 19 Montreal Canadiens NHL 3 0 0 0 0.00 0 0.00 0
1957-58 20 Montreal Canadiens NHL 2 0 1 1 0.50 0 0.15 0
1958-59 21 Montreal Canadiens NHL 64 18 22 40 0.63 15 0.24 19
1959-60 22 Montreal Canadiens NHL 64 13 15 28 0.44 11 0.17 24
1960-61 23 Montreal Canadiens NHL 69 12 20 32 0.46 12 0.18 44
1961-62 24 Montreal Canadiens NHL 66 27 38 65 0.98 25 0.38 29
1962-63 25 Montreal Canadiens NHL 70 23 12 35 0.50 15 0.22 51
1963-64 26 Montreal Canadiens NHL 70 8 21 29 0.41 11 0.15 41 8 0 0 1
1964-65 27 Montreal Canadiens NHL 70 25 30 55 0.79 22 0.31 41 18 7 0 2
1965-66 28 Montreal Canadiens NHL 67 22 20 42 0.63 17 0.25 10 21 1 0 3
1966-67 29 Montreal Canadiens NHL 69 14 27 41 0.59 15 0.22 39 13 1 0 0
1967-68 30 Montreal Canadiens NHL 70 20 25 45 0.64 18 0.25 55 12 39 0 4 14 17 3 0 5 198 2.83 10.1
1968-69 31 Montreal Canadiens NHL 72 13 28 41 0.57 15 0.21 56 5 31 0 20 16 11 2 0 3 180 2.50 7.2
1969-70 32 Montreal Canadiens NHL 72 19 24 43 0.60 17 0.24 57 9 44 0 4 20 18 1 0 2 187 2.60 10.2
1970-71 33 2 Teams NHL 49 15 17 32 0.65 13 0.26 46 10 56 13 -7 8 12 2 1 1 126 2.57 11.9
1970-71 33 Montreal Canadiens NHL 16 1 4 5 0.31 2 0.11 9 0 10 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 18 1.13 5.6
1970-71 33 Los Angeles Kings NHL 33 14 13 27 0.82 11 0.34 37 10 46 12 -7 8 11 2 1 1 108 3.27 13.0
1971-72 34 Los Angeles Kings NHL 76 23 29 52 0.68 21 0.27 64 15 95 24 -22 22 15 7 1 4 181 2.38 12.7
1972-73 35 2 Teams NHL 79 26 32 58 0.73 23 0.29 81 11 91 9 -12 8 23 1 2 6 168 2.13 15.5
1972-73 35 Los Angeles Kings NHL 63 20 29 49 0.78 19 0.30 70 10 79 7 -12 6 18 1 1 6 132 2.10 15.2
1972-73 35 Chicago Black Hawks NHL 16 6 3 9 0.56 4 0.24 11 1 12 2 0 2 5 0 1 0 36 2.25 16.7
1973-74 36 Chicago Cougars WHA 78 33 50 83 1.06 32 0.41 26 25 6 2 8
1974-75 37 Chicago Cougars WHA 70 15 24 39 0.56 15 0.22 -28 28 9 6 0 161 2.30 9.3
1975-76 38 2 Teams WHA 79 35 48 83 1.05 32 0.41 9 20 26 8 1 5 236 2.99 14.8
1975-76 38 Denver Spurs/Ottawa Civics WHA 41 21 29 50 1.22 20 0.48 9 14 13 8 0 4 142 3.46 14.8
1975-76 38 New England Whalers WHA 38 14 19 33 0.87 13 0.33 6 13 0 1 1 94 2.47 14.9
1976-77 39 New England Whalers WHA 77 17 31 48 0.62 18 0.23 1 30 17 0 0 162 2.10 10.5
Career 17 Seasons NHL 1032 278 361 639 0.62 250 0.24 359 62 356 46 -13 386 156 25 4 27 1040 2.49 11.2
Career 4 Seasons WHA 304 100 153 253 0.83 97 0.32 -18 104 77 20 3 13 559 2.47 12.0

NHL/WHA Playoffs

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS PTS/G +/- PIM ESG PPG SHG GWG SOG SOG/G SPCT TOI ATOI
1958-59 21 Montreal Canadiens NHL SC 11 3 5 8 0.73 12
1959-60 22 Montreal Canadiens NHL SC 7 0 3 3 0.43 2
1960-61 23 Montreal Canadiens NHL 5 0 0 0 0.00 4
1961-62 24 Montreal Canadiens NHL 5 0 1 1 0.20 6
1962-63 25 Montreal Canadiens NHL 5 0 0 0 0.00 2
1963-64 26 Montreal Canadiens NHL 7 2 1 3 0.43 8
1964-65 27 Montreal Canadiens NHL SC 13 2 3 5 0.38 10
1965-66 28 Montreal Canadiens NHL SC 10 3 4 7 0.70 4
1966-67 29 Montreal Canadiens NHL 10 5 2 7 0.70 6
1967-68 30 Montreal Canadiens NHL SC 13 4 3 7 0.54 4 4 0 0 2
1968-69 31 Montreal Canadiens NHL SC 14 3 4 7 0.50 10 2 1 0 1
1972-73 35 Chicago Black Hawks NHL 16 5 6 11 0.69 0 4 0 1 0
1973-74 36 Chicago Cougars WHA 18 5 14 19 1.06 4 1
1975-76 38 New England Whalers WHA 17 5 4 9 0.53 4 8
1976-77 39 New England Whalers WHA 3 0 0 0 0.00 -1 0 0 0 0 0
Career 12 Seasons NHL 6 116 27 32 59 0.51 68 10 1 1 3
Career 3 Seasons WHA 38 10 18 28 0.74 3 12 0 0 0 1

Other Regular Season

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS PTS/G GC GC/G TGF PGF TGA PGA +/- PIM ESG PPG SHG GWG SOG SOG/G SPCT TOI ATOI
1954-55 17 Montreal Jr. Canadiens QJHL 21 7 6 13 0.62 2
1955-56 18 Montreal Jr. Canadiens QJHL 18 10 8 18 1.00 4
1955-56 18 Montreal Jr. Canadiens M-Cup 10 5 4 9 0.90 6
1956-57 19 Hull-Ottawa Canadiens OHA-Jr. 18 10 8 18 1.00 4
1956-57 19 Hull-Ottawa Canadiens EOHL 18 7 10 17 0.94 4
1956-57 19 Hull-Ottawa Canadiens M-Cup 15 17 11 28 1.87 19
1957-58 20 Hull-Ottawa Canadiens OHA-Jr. 26 24 27 51 1.96 64
1957-58 20 Hull-Ottawa Canadiens EOHL 33 21 25 46 1.39 13
1957-58 20 Montreal Royals QHL 1 0 1 1 1.00 0
1957-58 20 Rochester Americans AHL 2 0 0 0 0.00 0
1957-58 20 Hull-Ottawa Canadiens M-Cup 13 17 9 26 2.00 24
1974-75 37 Canada Summit-74 8 4 4 8 1.00 10
Career 1 Season AHL 2 0 0 0 0.00 0
Career 2 Seasons EOHL 51 28 35 63 1.24 17
Career 3 Seasons M-Cup 38 39 24 63 1.66 49
Career 2 Seasons OHA-Jr. 44 34 35 69 1.57 68
Career 1 Season QHL 1 0 1 1 1.00 0
Career 2 Seasons QJHL 39 17 14 31 0.79 6
Career 1 Season Summit-74 8 4 4 8 1.00 10

Other Playoffs

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS PTS/G +/- PIM ESG PPG SHG GWG SOG SOG/G SPCT TOI ATOI
1954-55 17 Montreal Jr. Canadiens QJHL 5 2 1 3 0.60 4
Career 1 Season QJHL 5 2 1 3 0.60 4

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

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)

Goals Per Game

1961-62 NHL 0.41 (7)

Assists

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

Assists Per Game

1961-62 NHL 0.58 (10)

Points

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

Points Per Game

1961-62 NHL 0.98 (8)

Goals Created

1961-62 NHL 25.2 (8)
1964-65 NHL 21.7 (9)
Career WHA 97.3 (65)

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

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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 LA Sharks (WHA) by New England (WHA) for cash, June, 1973.

July, 1973: Traded to Chicago (WHA) by LA Sharks (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.