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Niklas Bäckström

1978 - Today

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Niklas Oskar Bäckström (Swedish: [ˈnɪ̌kːlas ˈbɛ̂kːstrœm]; born 13 February 1978) is a Finnish former professional ice hockey goaltender and current goaltending coach for the Columbus Blue Jackets. He played ten seasons for the Minnesota Wild and Calgary Flames in the National Hockey League (NHL), during which he won both the William M. Jennings Trophy and Roger Crozier Saving Grace Award. He also has won both Urpo Ylönen trophy and Jari Kurri trophy twice. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Niklas Bäckström has received more than 253,494 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Niklas Bäckström is the 275th most popular hockey player (down from 224th in 2019), the 616th most popular biography from Finland (down from 544th in 2019) and the 24th most popular Finnish Hockey Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 250k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 31.65

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.30

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.52

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among HOCKEY PLAYERS

Among hockey players, Niklas Bäckström ranks 275 out of 676. Before him are Fredrik Stillman, Jan Bulis, Patrick Marleau, Artemi Panarin, Sergejs Žoltoks, and Tom Barrasso. After him are Mark Recchi, Dany Heatley, Connor McDavid, Sami Salo, Petr Čajánek, and Jim Craig.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1978, Niklas Bäckström ranks 842. Before him are Larry Ewing, Ricardo Rocha, Else-Marthe Sørlie Lybekk, Charly Wegelius, Bok van Blerk, and Alice Tumler. After him are Karen Putzer, Marcos Daniel, Héctor Lombard, Sofiane Melliti, Anna Zatonskih, and Eve Myles.

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In Finland

Among people born in Finland, Niklas Bäckström ranks 616 out of 751. Before him are Marko Yli-Hannuksela (1973), Jussi Veikkanen (1981), Markku Uusipaavalniemi (1966), Jari Mantila (1971), Charly Wegelius (1978), and Valentin Kononen (1969). After him are Sami Salo (1974), Teemu Hartikainen (1990), Katri Kulmuni (1987), Henri Kontinen (1990), Jenni Vartiainen (1983), and Rasmus Schüller (1991).

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Among HOCKEY PLAYERS In Finland

Among hockey players born in Finland, Niklas Bäckström ranks 24. Before him are Miikka Kiprusoff (1976), Niko Kapanen (1978), Kimmo Timonen (1975), Jarkko Ruutu (1975), Ville Nieminen (1977), and Janne Niinimaa (1975). After him are Sami Salo (1974), Erik Hämäläinen (1965), Mikael Granlund (1992), Jukka Hentunen (1974), Lasse Kukkonen (1981), and Marko Anttila (1985).

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