Ralph Backstrom • Ralph Gerald Backstrom

Height: 5-10
Weight: 170
Shoot: L
Born: 18 Sep 1937, Kirkland Lake ON (d. 2021)

Regular Season & Playoff Scoring Record (key)

year	team	gp	g	a	pts	pim		gp	g	a	pts	pim
1973-74	Chicago	78	33	50	83	26		18	5	14	19	4
1974-75	Chicago	70	15	24	39	28
1975-76	Denver-Ottawa	41	21	29	50	14
	New England	38	14	19	33	6		17	5	4	9	8
	Totals (2 teams)	79	35	48	83	20
1976-77	New England	77	17	31	48	30		3	0	0	0	0
	Totals:	304	100	153	253	104		38	10	18	28	12

• Winner, Paul Deneau Trophy (Most Gentlemanly), 1973-74.

Excerpts from Zander Hollander Complete Hockey Handbook, 1975-76 (by Reyn Davis) The ideal hockey player ... Hustles all the time, exciting fans and motivating teammates ... Production dropped severely in 1974-75, a season marked by the emotional drain of a Team Canada-Russia series, nagging injuries and the pressure of saving the club from extinction by buying it with teammates Pat Stapleton and Dave Dryden ... Scored six of his fifteen goals on power plays ... Suffered a severe groin injury near Christmas and it bothered him for months ... Blitzing type of player who gives defensemen little space or time to work ... Excellent team man ... Always poised ... Centered Gordie and Mark Howe for Team Canada 1974.

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