six times, made the finals five times, and won the Ray Miron President's Cup twice in eight seasons before moving to the ECHL in 2011–12. Awards and achievements Memorial Cup champion — 1958 Calder Memorial Trophy — 1959 NHL All-Star Games — 1958, 1959, 1960, 1962, 1965, 1967 Stanley Cup champion — 1959, 1960, 1965, 1966, 1968, 1969 (with Montreal) Paul Deneau Trophy — 1974 Personal life Backstrom's parents were both born near Vaasa in Finland, and met in Kirkland Lake, Ontario. He was a cousin of NHL player Daren Puppa. He was not related to goalie Niklas Bäckström, nor centre Nicklas Bäckström. Backstrom married his first wife, Frances Richard, in April 1961. He married his second wife, Janet, in 1985. They remained married until his death. He had three children: Martin, Diana, and Andrew. Backstrom died after a long illness on February 7, 2021, aged 83, in his Windsor, Colorado, home. Backstrom's brain was donated for study to researchers at Boston University and it was found that Backstrom had been suffering from stage 3 chronic traumatic encephalopathy at the time of his death. Career statistics Source: Regular season and playoffs International Head coaching record Source: See also List of NHL players with 1,000 games played References External links 1937 births 2021 deaths Calder Trophy winners Canadian ice hockey centres Canadian people of Finnish descent Canadian ice hockey coaches Chicago Blackhawks players Chicago Cougars players Colorado Rockies (NHL) announcers Denver Pioneers men's ice hockey coaches Denver Spurs (WHA) players Ice hockey people from Ontario Los Angeles Kings coaches Los Angeles Kings players Montreal Canadiens players Montreal Junior Canadiens players New England Whalers players Ottawa Civics players Rochester Americans players St. Louis Blues scouts Stanley Cup champions Sportspeople from Kirkland Lake 20th-century Canadian people 21st-century Canadian people