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Ralph Backstrom

#14 · Centre · Chicago Blackhawks

Born Sep 18, 1937 in Kirkland Lake, Ontario, CAN · 5'10", 165 lb · Shoots left

Trophy case

×6 Stanley Cup NHL Champion 1968-69, 1967-68, 1965-66, 1964-65, 1959-60, 1958-59
Calder Memorial Trophy Rookie of the Year 1958-59

Compare with a similar player

The forwards closest to him in points in 1961-62. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Norm Ullman DET · 64 P in 70 GP Bill Hay CHI · 63 P in 60 GP Claude Provost MTL · 62 P in 70 GP Dave Keon TOR · 61 P in 65 GP Alex Delvecchio DET · 69 P in 70 GP

Career

Regular season games only. Pick a season to see its game log below.

02040601956-57: 0 points056-571957-58: 1 points11958-59: 40 points4058-591959-60: 28 points281960-61: 32 points3260-611961-62: 65 points651962-63: 35 points3562-631963-64: 29 points291964-65: 55 points5564-651965-66: 42 points421966-67: 41 points4166-671967-68: 45 points451968-69: 41 points4168-691969-70: 43 points431970-71: 32 points3270-711971-72: 52 points521972-73: 58 points5872-73

Points by season. The darker bar is the season shown below.

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
1956-57 MTL 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
1957-58 MTL 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0.50
1958-59 MTL 64 18 22 40 0 17 0 0 0.63
1959-60 MTL 64 13 15 28 -2 24 130 0 0.44
1960-61 MTL 70 12 20 32 3 44 152 0 0.46
1961-62 MTL 66 27 38 65 35 29 181 0 0.98
1962-63 MTL 70 23 12 35 11 51 180 0 0.50
1963-64 MTL 70 8 21 29 10 41 168 0 0.41
1964-65 MTL 70 25 30 55 2 44 225 0 0.79
1965-66 MTL 67 22 20 42 26 12 196 0 0.63
1966-67 MTL 69 14 27 41 -3 39 188 0 0.59
1967-68 MTL 70 20 25 45 5 14 198 0 0.64
1968-69 MTL 72 13 28 41 20 16 180 0 0.57
1969-70 MTL 72 19 24 43 4 20 187 0 0.60
1970-71 MTL 18 1 4 5 0 0 18 0 0.28
1970-71 LAK 33 14 13 27 -7 8 108 0 0.82
1971-72 LAK 76 23 29 52 -22 22 181 0 0.68
1972-73 LAK 63 20 29 49 -11 6 132 0 0.78
1972-73 CHI 16 6 3 9 0 2 36 0 0.56
17 seasons Career 1035 278 361 639 71 389 2460 0 0.62

Playoffs

Playoff games only. Pick a season to see that year's bracket.

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
1958-59 MTL 11 3 5 8 0 12 0 0 0.73
1959-60 MTL 8 0 3 3 4 2 6 0 0.38
1960-61 MTL 5 0 0 0 0 4 4 0 0.00
1961-62 MTL 5 0 1 1 -2 6 8 0 0.20
1962-63 MTL 5 0 0 0 -6 2 7 0 0.00
1963-64 MTL 7 2 1 3 0 8 25 0 0.43
1964-65 MTL 13 2 3 5 -2 10 36 0 0.38
1965-66 MTL 10 3 4 7 -1 4 28 0 0.70
1966-67 MTL 10 5 2 7 2 6 37 0 0.70
1967-68 MTL 13 4 3 7 3 4 29 0 0.54
1968-69 MTL 14 3 4 7 4 10 27 0 0.50
1972-73 CHI 16 5 6 11 1 0 32 0 0.69
12 seasons Playoffs 117 27 32 59 3 68 239 0 0.50

1961-62 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
66 27 38 65 35 29 181 0 0.98 14.9 0:00

Game log

Date Opponent Result G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI
Mar 25, 1962 @ DET W 5-2 0 3 3 2 0 2 0 00:00
Mar 24, 1962 vs CHI W 5-3 2 0 2 0 4 4 0 00:00
Mar 22, 1962 vs TOR W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 00:00
Mar 18, 1962 @ BOS L 2-6 0 2 2 1 0 3 0 00:00
Mar 17, 1962 vs NYR W 2-0 0 1 1 1 0 7 0 00:00
Mar 15, 1962 vs CHI W 6-5 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 00:00
Mar 14, 1962 @ TOR L 2-5 0 1 1 -1 0 1 0 00:00
Mar 11, 1962 @ NYR W 2-1 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 00:00
Mar 10, 1962 vs BOS W 5-2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 00:00
Mar 8, 1962 vs TOR T 1-1 0 1 1 1 0 3 0 00:00
Mar 4, 1962 @ CHI L 2-5 0 1 1 -3 2 6 0 00:00
Mar 3, 1962 vs DET T 2-2 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 00:00
Feb 25, 1962 @ NYR T 3-3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 00:00
Feb 24, 1962 vs NYR W 4-2 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 00:00
Feb 21, 1962 @ TOR W 4-2 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 00:00
Feb 18, 1962 @ DET L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 00:00
Feb 17, 1962 vs CHI W 6-2 0 2 2 2 0 2 0 00:00
Feb 15, 1962 vs BOS W 9-1 1 2 3 3 0 4 0 00:00
Feb 11, 1962 @ CHI W 4-3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 00:00
Feb 10, 1962 @ TOR W 4-2 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 00:00
Feb 4, 1962 @ NYR L 1-2 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 00:00
Feb 3, 1962 vs DET W 8-1 1 2 3 3 0 3 0 00:00
Feb 1, 1962 vs TOR W 5-2 0 2 2 2 0 3 0 00:00
Jan 28, 1962 @ BOS W 5-1 1 1 2 2 2 4 0 00:00
Jan 27, 1962 vs NYR W 5-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 00:00
Jan 21, 1962 @ DET W 5-3 0 1 1 1 0 4 0 00:00
Jan 20, 1962 vs DET T 2-2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 00:00
Jan 17, 1962 @ CHI W 7-3 1 0 1 2 2 3 0 00:00
Jan 14, 1962 @ BOS W 4-1 2 0 2 2 0 2 0 00:00
Jan 13, 1962 vs BOS W 5-3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 00:00
Jan 11, 1962 vs TOR W 4-2 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 00:00
Jan 7, 1962 @ DET T 2-2 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 00:00
Jan 6, 1962 vs NYR W 5-1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 00:00
Jan 3, 1962 @ TOR L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 00:00
Jan 1, 1962 @ CHI L 0-2 0 0 0 0 2 5 0 00:00
Dec 30, 1961 vs CHI T 4-4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 00:00
Dec 27, 1961 @ NYR W 3-0 1 0 1 2 0 2 0 00:00
Dec 25, 1961 @ BOS W 5-2 0 2 2 3 0 3 0 00:00
Dec 23, 1961 vs DET W 6-1 1 1 2 2 0 4 0 00:00
Dec 21, 1961 vs CHI L 3-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 00:00
Dec 17, 1961 @ DET L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 00:00
Dec 16, 1961 vs BOS W 8-4 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 00:00
Dec 10, 1961 @ BOS W 4-3 2 0 2 2 5 5 0 00:00
Dec 9, 1961 vs NYR T 2-2 1 0 1 -1 0 2 0 00:00
Dec 7, 1961 vs TOR W 4-1 2 1 3 3 2 2 0 00:00
Dec 3, 1961 @ CHI W 1-0 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 00:00
Dec 2, 1961 vs DET W 3-2 0 1 1 1 2 2 0 00:00
Nov 30, 1961 vs TOR T 1-1 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 00:00
Nov 29, 1961 @ TOR T 2-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Nov 26, 1961 @ NYR T 2-2 1 0 1 1 0 3 0 00:00
Nov 25, 1961 vs BOS W 5-0 0 1 1 1 0 5 0 00:00
Nov 23, 1961 vs DET W 5-3 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 00:00
Nov 15, 1961 @ TOR L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 00:00
Nov 11, 1961 vs CHI W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 00:00
Nov 9, 1961 vs TOR W 5-2 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 00:00
Nov 4, 1961 vs NYR T 3-3 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 00:00
Nov 2, 1961 vs BOS L 2-5 0 0 0 -3 0 2 0 00:00
Nov 1, 1961 @ TOR L 2-3 0 0 0 -2 0 3 0 00:00
Oct 29, 1961 @ DET W 6-3 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 00:00
Oct 28, 1961 vs DET W 7-5 1 0 1 1 0 4 0 00:00
Oct 26, 1961 vs CHI W 7-1 0 2 2 2 0 1 0 00:00
Oct 22, 1961 @ CHI W 3-2 0 0 0 0 4 4 0 00:00
Oct 21, 1961 vs BOS W 6-2 2 1 3 1 0 6 0 00:00
Oct 18, 1961 @ NYR W 5-2 2 0 2 2 0 6 0 00:00
Oct 15, 1961 @ BOS T 5-5 2 1 3 2 0 2 0 00:00
Oct 14, 1961 vs NYR W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00