Niklas Bäckström

Niklas Oskar Bäckström 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. Bäckström is a Swedish-speaking Finn, but also speaks Finnish.

13 February 1978

Born on the same birth date (13 February 1978): Cory Murphy • Philippe Jaroussky

Born on the same birth day (13 February): Ben Collins (racing driver) • Eileen Farrell • Eljero Elia • Even Helte Hermansen • Faiz Ahmad Faiz • Fonzworth Bentley • Harald Riipalu • Joe Birkett • Katy de la Cruz • King Floyd • Luke Moore • Mamadou Sakho • Mats Sundin • Mike Nickeas • Mirza Ghulam Ahmad • Neal McDonough • Philippe Jaroussky • Stockard Channing

Born in the same month (February 1978): Abdoulaye Faye • Adam Christopher • Ashton Kutcher • Ben Gummer • Danai Gurira • Don Omar • Joan Capdevila • John Tartaglia • Kakha Kaladze • Mick de Brenni • Milt Palacio • Paul Anderson (actor) • Philippe Jaroussky • Yael Naim