What is Niklas Bäckström?
{{Infobox ice hockey player | image = Niklas Bäckström.jpg | image_size = 230px | caption = Bäckström with [[HIFK (ice hockey)|HIFK]] in 2016 | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1978|2|13}} | birth_place = [[Helsinki]], Finland | height_ft = 6 | height_in = 2 | weight_lb = 197 | position = [[Goaltender]] | catches = Left | played_for = [[HIFK (ice hockey)|HIFK]]<br>[[SaiPa]]<br>[[AIK IF]]<br>[[Kärpät]]<br>[[Minnesota Wild]]<br>[[Calgary Flames]]<br>[[Tappara]] | ntl_team = Finland | career_start = 1996 | career_end = 2019 }} '''Niklas Oskar Bäckström''' (born February 13, 1978) is a [[Finns|Finnish]] professional [[ice hockey]] [[goaltender]]. He plays for the [[Minnesota Wild]] of the [[National Hockey League]] (NHL). He has also played in the [[Liiga|SM-liiga]] for [[HIFK (ice hockey)|HIFK]], [[SaiPa]] and [[Kärpät]] and in the [[Swedish Hockey League|Elitserien]] for [[AIK IF|AIK]]. He won the [[William M. Jennings Trophy]] in 2007 along with [[Manny Fernandez]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nhl.com/ice/page.htm?id=24936|accessdate=March 25, 2015|title=William M. Jennings Trophy winners|publisher=National Hockey League}}</ref> He also played for Finland at the [[2006 Winter Olympics]] where he won a silver medal and at the [[2010 Winter Olympics]] where he won a bronze medal. ==References== {{reflist}} == Other websites == *{{icehockeystats}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Backstrom, Niklas}} [[Category:1978 births]] [[Category:Calgary Flames players]] [[Category:Finnish ice hockey goaltenders]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:Medalists at the 2006 Winter Olympics]] [[Category:Medalists at the 2010 Winter Olympics]] [[Category:Minnesota Wild players]] [[Category:Olympic bronze medalists for Finland]] [[Category:Olympic silver medalists for Finland]] [[Category:Sportspeople from Helsinki]] [[Category:Swedish Hockey League players]] {{Sports-bio-stub}}