Johan Backlund

Johan Backlund (born July 24, 1981) is a Swedish former professional ice hockey goaltender. He played one regular season game and one playoff game in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the Philadelphia Flyers during the 2009–10 season. The rest of his career, which lasted from 1999 to 2016, was mainly spent in the Swedish Hockey League. Internationally Backlund played for the Swedish national team at the 2007 World Championship.

Playing career On March 26, 2009, Backlund signed a one-year two-way contract with the Philadelphia Flyers.

After the 2009 training camp he was sent to the Adirondack Phantoms as Ray Emery and Brian Boucher were slated to be the Flyers goaltending tandem for the 2009-10 NHL season. Backlund was called up briefly in early October when Brian Boucher was injured but did not play before being returned to the Phantoms. After a moderate start he earned his first shutout on North American ice against the Syracuse Crunch on November 1, 2009.

On March 27, 2010, Backlund made his NHL debut against the Pittsburgh Penguins. He allowed 2 goals on 24 shots, but had to exit the game after 2 periods, having reaggravated a groin injury. The Flyers lost the game 4-1, and he got the losing decision.

On June 11, 2010, Backlund signed a two-year contract extension with the Flyers.

International play Backlund played for the Swedish national team at the 2007 World Championship. In 6 games he had 4 wins and 2 losses, while Sweden finished fourth overall.

Career statistics Regular season and playoffs Regular seasonPlayoffs Season Team League GP W L T OTL MIN GA SO GAA SV% GP W L MIN GA SO GAA SV% 1999–00 Skellefteå AIK J20 4 — — — — 190 7 0 2.21 .921 — — — — — — — — 1999–00 Skellefteå AIK SWE-2 12 — — — — 679 32 1 2.83 .881 — — — — — — — — 2000–01 Skellefteå AIK SWE-2 29 — — — — 1719 76 2 2.65 .892 2 — — 117 9 0 2.65 .892 2001–02 Skellefteå AIK SWE-2 28 — — — — 1605 83 2 3.10 .885 6 — — 361 18 0 2.99 .904 2002–03 Skellefteå AIK SWE-2 33 — — — — 1951 68 8 2.09 .918 5 — — 298 9 0 1.81 .917 2003–04 Leksands IF SEL 29 9 19 0 — 1707 92 1 3.23 .894 — — — — — — — — 2003–04 Leksands IF J20 2 — — — — 120 2 1 1.00 .975 — — — — — — — — 2004–05 Leksands IF SWE-2 22 17 3 1 — 1302 39 1 1.80 .917 — — — — — — — — 2004–05 Leksands IF J20 1 — — — — 60 3 0 3.00 .833 — — — — — — — — 2005–06 Leksands IF SEL 32 9 17 — 4 1843 81 1 2.64 .915 — — — — — — — — 2006–07 Timrå IK SEL 49 24 20 — 4 2835 106 6 2.24 .912 7 3 4 444 16 0 2.16 .912 2007–08 Timrå IK SEL 47 21 21 — 2 2794 107 6 2.30 .908 11 6 5 662 27 1 2.45 .913 2008–09 Timrå IK SEL 49 24 20 — 4 2840 121 4 2.56 .907 5 2 3 317 18 0 3.41 .890 2009–10 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 1 0 1 — 0 40 2 0 3.00 .917 1 0 0 2 0 0 0.00 — 2009–10 Adirondack Phantoms AHL 41 21 17 — 2 2451 114 2 2.79 .906 — — — — — — — — 2010–11 Adirondack Phantoms AHL 33 10 19 — 3 1900 104 0 3.28 .890 — — — — — — — — 2011–12 Adirondack Phantoms AHL 1 0 0 — 0 31 0 0 0.00 1.000 — — — — — — — — 2011–12 Trenton Titans ECHL 1 0 0 — 1 65 1 0 0.92 .960 — — — — — — — — 2011–12 Oulun Kärpät FIN 18 9 6 — 4 1127 47 0 2.36 .927 9 5 3 519 22 0 2.54 .931 2012–13 Oulun Kärpät FIN 34 13 11 — 9 1974 74 3 2.25 .913 3 1 1 151 8 0 3.18 .893 2013–14 HC Vityaz KHL 16 3 9 — 2 921 50 0 3.26 .893 — — — — — — — — 2014–15 HC Slovan Bratislava KHL 36 9 17 — 6 2066 91 2 2.64 .900 — — — — — — — — 2015–16 Skellefteå AIK J20 2 — — — — 120 — — 2.50 .853 — — — — — — — — 2015–16 Skellefteå AIK SHL 2 1 1 — 0 118 2 1 1.02 .958 1 0 1 43 2 0 2.79 .818 NHL totals 1 0 1 — 0 40 2 0 3.00 .917 1 0 0 2 0 0 0.00 — SEL/SHL totals 208 88 98 0 14 12019 507 18 2.53 .908 24 11 13 1466 63 1 2.58 —

International Year Team Event GP W L T MIN GA SO GAA SV% 2007 Sweden WC 6 4 2 0 360 12 2 2.01 .907 Senior totals 6 4 2 0 360 12 2 2.01 .907