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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 1971-72. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Wayne Cashman BOS · 52 P in 75 GP Frank St. Marseille STL · 52 P in 78 GP Marc Tardif MTL · 53 P in 75 GP Nick Libett DET · 53 P in 77 GP Tim Ecclestone DET · 53 P in 72 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

1971-72 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
76 23 29 52 -22 22 181 0 0.68 12.7 0:00

Game log

Date Opponent Result G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI
Apr 1, 1972 vs CGS W 9-4 1 0 1 2 2 3 0 00:00
Mar 31, 1972 @ VAN T 4-4 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 00:00
Mar 29, 1972 vs VAN W 4-2 1 2 3 2 0 6 0 00:00
Mar 25, 1972 vs TOR L 0-4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 00:00
Mar 22, 1972 vs DET L 3-6 2 1 3 -1 0 2 0 00:00
Mar 18, 1972 vs PIT T 4-4 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 00:00
Mar 16, 1972 vs BOS L 3-8 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 00:00
Mar 15, 1972 @ CGS L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 00:00
Mar 11, 1972 vs BUF W 5-3 1 1 2 2 0 2 0 00:00
Mar 9, 1972 vs PHI L 3-5 2 1 3 2 0 3 0 00:00
Mar 7, 1972 @ STL L 2-4 0 0 0 -3 0 2 0 00:00
Mar 5, 1972 @ BOS W 2-0 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 00:00
Mar 4, 1972 @ TOR L 2-3 1 0 1 1 0 6 0 00:00
Mar 1, 1972 vs CHI L 4-6 0 1 1 -2 0 3 0 00:00
Feb 26, 1972 vs BOS L 4-5 0 0 0 -1 0 4 0 00:00
Feb 23, 1972 vs STL L 0-2 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 00:00
Feb 19, 1972 vs VAN W 5-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 00:00
Feb 17, 1972 vs NYR L 4-6 1 0 1 -2 0 3 0 00:00
Feb 16, 1972 vs STL L 1-3 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 00:00
Feb 13, 1972 @ NYR L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 00:00
Feb 12, 1972 @ MTL L 5-6 2 1 3 1 2 6 0 00:00
Feb 10, 1972 @ PIT L 1-6 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 00:00
Feb 9, 1972 @ MNS L 1-4 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 00:00
Feb 5, 1972 vs PIT W 8-1 1 0 1 1 0 3 0 00:00
Feb 3, 1972 vs MTL T 1-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 00:00
Feb 1, 1972 vs CHI W 7-4 1 2 3 1 0 1 0 00:00
Jan 30, 1972 @ BUF T 2-2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 00:00
Jan 29, 1972 @ DET T 4-4 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 00:00
Jan 26, 1972 vs TOR W 5-3 1 1 2 1 0 2 0 00:00
Jan 23, 1972 @ MNS L 3-5 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 00:00
Jan 22, 1972 vs PHI W 4-2 1 1 2 0 0 6 0 00:00
Jan 19, 1972 vs NYR L 1-5 0 0 0 -1 2 2 0 00:00
Jan 16, 1972 @ PHI T 3-3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 00:00
Jan 15, 1972 @ DET L 4-7 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 00:00
Jan 13, 1972 @ BOS T 1-1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 00:00
Jan 12, 1972 @ TOR T 1-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 00:00
Jan 9, 1972 @ NYR L 0-8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Jan 8, 1972 @ MTL L 2-10 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 00:00
Jan 5, 1972 @ CGS L 2-6 1 0 1 -1 0 2 0 00:00
Jan 4, 1972 vs CGS W 4-1 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 00:00
Dec 29, 1971 vs VAN W 3-1 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 00:00
Dec 26, 1971 @ CHI L 3-6 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 00:00
Dec 25, 1971 vs CGS L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 00:00
Dec 22, 1971 @ STL W 2-1 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 00:00
Dec 21, 1971 @ MNS L 2-3 0 0 0 -2 2 1 0 00:00
Dec 18, 1971 vs DET W 4-2 0 0 0 2 0 6 0 00:00
Dec 15, 1971 vs MTL L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 00:00
Dec 11, 1971 vs STL W 4-1 0 1 1 1 2 3 0 00:00
Dec 8, 1971 vs BOS L 3-5 0 0 0 -2 0 4 0 00:00
Dec 5, 1971 @ CHI L 0-7 0 0 0 -2 0 3 0 00:00
Dec 4, 1971 @ DET L 1-5 0 1 1 -1 0 5 0 00:00
Dec 2, 1971 @ BUF L 0-2 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 00:00
Dec 1, 1971 @ MTL L 3-5 0 0 0 -4 0 2 0 00:00
Nov 27, 1971 vs MNS L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 00:00
Nov 24, 1971 vs BUF W 5-3 0 0 0 0 2 4 0 00:00
Nov 23, 1971 @ STL L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 00:00
Nov 20, 1971 vs DET W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 00:00
Nov 18, 1971 @ PHI L 0-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 00:00
Nov 17, 1971 @ TOR L 1-5 0 0 0 -3 0 2 0 00:00
Nov 14, 1971 @ BOS L 2-11 0 1 1 -2 0 2 0 00:00
Nov 13, 1971 @ PIT L 4-6 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 00:00
Nov 11, 1971 @ BUF W 4-2 0 2 2 1 2 2 0 00:00
Nov 10, 1971 @ NYR L 1-7 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 00:00
Nov 6, 1971 vs TOR L 2-3 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 00:00
Nov 3, 1971 vs NYR L 1-7 1 0 1 -2 0 3 0 00:00
Oct 30, 1971 vs CHI L 1-5 0 0 0 -2 0 2 0 00:00
Oct 27, 1971 vs BUF L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 00:00
Oct 24, 1971 vs MNS L 3-6 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 00:00
Oct 23, 1971 vs MTL L 1-3 0 1 1 1 0 4 0 00:00
Oct 21, 1971 @ PHI W 7-0 1 1 2 0 0 5 0 00:00
Oct 20, 1971 @ PIT L 1-8 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 00:00
Oct 17, 1971 @ CHI L 0-4 0 0 0 -1 0 4 0 00:00
Oct 16, 1971 vs PHI L 0-1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 00:00
Oct 13, 1971 vs PIT L 1-4 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 00:00
Oct 10, 1971 @ VAN W 4-3 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 00:00
Oct 8, 1971 @ CGS T 4-4 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 00:00