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Highlights
Rank | Event | Year | Location |
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Olympic Winter Games |
5 | Men | 2010 | Vancouver, BC, CAN |
World Championship |
1 | Men | 2006 | Latvia |
6 | Men | 2012 | Sweden/Finland |
- Occupation: Athlete
- Club Name: Washington Capitals, United States
- Position Style: Forward (nhl.com, 13 May 2013)
- Sporting Relatives: His mother, Catrin, played professional handball in Sweden. His father, Anders, was a professional ice hockey player, playing most of his career in Sweden despite being drafted to New York Rangers in 1980. His older brother Kristoffer used to play professional ice hockey in Sweden and Germany. (nicklasbackstrom.com, 01 Feb 2013; sbnation.com, 28 Feb 2012)
- Previous Olympics: Vancouver 2010
- Languages Spoken: English, Swedish
- Coach: Adam Oates [club], CAN; Par Marts [national], SWE (nhl.com, 19 Sep 2013)
- Hand: Shoots left (nhl.com, 13 May 2013)
- Injuries: He missed 40 games during the 2011/12 season due to a concussion that he suffered when he was elbowed by an opponent. (cbssports.com, 09 Jan 2013)
Additional Information
National LeagueNational Hockey League [NHL] (NOC Media Guide, 29 Jan 2014)
AwardsFollowing the 2008/09 NHL playoffs, he was awarded the Viking Award for being the best Swedish-born player that season. (NHL, 07 Sep 2009)
He was named to the 2007/08 NHL All Rookie Team and came runner-up in the vote for the Calder Trophy as the league's best rookie player that season. (NHL, 07 Sep 2009)
He was named the Elitserien [Swedish Elite League] Rookie of the Year in 2006. (NHL, 07 Sep 2009)
GeneralNHL DRAFT
He was selected by the Washington Capitals in the first round, fourth overall pick, of the 2006 NHL Entry Draft. (thehockeynews.com, 23 Dec 2009)
FIRST PITCH
In May 2007, he threw out the first pitch at the Washington Nationals and Baltimore Orioles Major League Baseball match at RFK Stadium. It was the first baseball game he had attended. (capitals.nhl.com, 14 Sep 2009)
MUSICAL TASTE
During the 2007/08 NHL season, he began playing Journey's 'Don't Stop Believin' in the locker room after every win, leading the Caps to co-opt it for their playoff run that campaign. (sports.espn.go.com, 01 Sep 2009)
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