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After turning 15, Bäckström began his junior career in the 2002–03 season, playing for Brynäs IF of the J20 SuperElit league. [4] After playing parts of three seasons there, in the final of which he had 34 points in 29 games (17 goals and 17 assists), he was called up to play for the club's team in the Elitserien, Sweden's top professional hockey league.
[24] [25] On 5 November, Bäckström won his 30th career NHL game in his 46th career NHL game to bring his career record to 30–9–7. [26] Bäckström finished the month of November being recognized as the NHL's Third Star of the Week after he had recorded a 12–4–1 record, 2.22 goals against average, .916 save percentage and two shutouts ...
Nicklas Backstrom, Evgeny Kuznetsov, and Alexander Ovechkin scored to help the Capitals bounce back to win game five, 4–2, and send the series back to Western Pennsylvania for game six. [46] Washington rode their momentum generated in game five into game six, as they tallied the first five goals of the game.
Backstrom is the Capitals' second-longest-tenured player behind captain Alex Ovechkin, and his 762 career assist Nicklas Backstrom is unlikely to play again this season, Capitals GM Brian ...
Backstrom becomes the latest big-money player to avoid paying agent commission fees by negotiating his own deal.
During his college career, he went 15-1 posting a 3.51 earned run average and 174 strikeouts in 115 + 1 ⁄ 3 innings of work. Starting his college career coming out of the bullpen, his freshman campaign proved to be a year of growth as his performance increased his sophomore and junior seasons. [87]
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He was awarded his BJJ purple belt after winning a Swedish tournament in 2008, he also competed in Shootfighting with a record of 2-0, before starting his professional MMA career in 2009. [ 2 ] After staying undefeated following his first three professional bouts, Bäckström signed with the British promotion Cage Warriors .