David Backes: Career Statistics
Position: Forward
Height: 6’-3”
Weight: 210 lbs
DOB: 5/1/84
Hometown: Blaine, Minn.
Previous team: Lincoln Stars
Season totals
| Season | Team | GP | G | A | PTS | PTS/G | Pen* | PIM* | PIM/G* | PPG | SHG | GWG | ENG |
| 2003-2004 | Minnesota State | 39 | 16 | 21 | 37 | 0.95 | — | — | — | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2004-2005 | Minnesota State | 38 | 17 | 23 | 40 | 1.05 | — | — | — | 10 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 2005-2006 | Minnesota State | 38 | 13 | 29 | 42 | 1.11 | — | — | — | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Career Totals | 115 | 46 | 73 | 119 | 1.03 | — | — | — | 23 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
*Exhibition Games do not count in team stats.
*Penalty statistics are not available prior to the 2007-2008 season.
Game by game
| Date | Type | Opponent | G | A | PTS | Details |
| 10/14/05 | NC | @Bemidji State | 0 | 2 | 2 | Scoring 1: Becker (Peto, Backes) 6x4 17:34 (1st) 2: Morin (Backes, Becker) 6x5 5:17 (3rd) |
| 10/15/05 | NC | @Bemidji State | 0 | 1 | 1 | Scoring 2: Rankin (Backes, Peto) 5x4 2:48 (2nd) |
| 10/21/05 | WC | @Minnesota | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 10/22/05 | WC | @Minnesota | 0 | 1 | 1 | Scoring 3: Carter (Peto, Backes) 6x5 18:23 (1st) |
| 10/28/05 | WC | Colorado College | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 10/29/05 | WC | Colorado College | 1 | 1 | 2 | Scoring 2: Morin (Backes, Dubel) 13:09 (2nd) 3: Backes (Becker, Peto) 5x5 9:53 (3rd) |
| 11/04/05 | WC | @Alaska Anchorage | 2 | 2 | 4 | Scoring 2: Carter (Morin, Backes) 10:30 (1st) 3: Peto (Backes, Carter) 6x5 17:43 (1st) 4: Backes (Carter) 5:30 (2nd) 5: Backes (Peto, Carter) 6x4 13:33 (3rd) |
| 11/05/05 | WC | @Alaska Anchorage | 0 | 1 | 1 | Scoring 1: Becker (Backes, Linder) 4:54 (1st) |
| 11/11/05 | WC | Denver | 1 | 0 | 1 | Scoring 2: Backes (Becker, Dubel) 5x5 8:22 (2nd) |
| 11/12/05 | WC | Denver | 1 | 1 | 2 | Scoring 1: Backes (Becker, Morin) 6x5 5:57 (1st) 4: Carter (Backes, Peto) 5x4 16:18 (2nd) |
| 11/19/05 | WC | @Wisconsin | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 11/20/05 | WC | @Wisconsin | 1 | 0 | 1 | Scoring 1: Backes (Morin, Kilburg) 6x5 3:05 (2nd) |
| 11/22/05 | NC | @Nebraska-Omaha | 1 | 0 | 1 | Scoring 2: Backes (Peto) 6x5 14:25 (2nd) |
| 12/02/05 | WC | Minnesota Duluth | 0 | 1 | 1 | Scoring 1: Morin (Backes, Peto) 6x4 3:22 (1st) |
| 12/03/05 | WC | Minnesota Duluth | 0 | 1 | 1 | Scoring 1: Becker (Backes, Berge) 6x4 6:47 (2nd) |
| 12/06/05 | NC | Notre Dame | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 12/10/05 | NC | @Notre Dame | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 12/16/05 | WC | @Michigan Tech | 2 | 0 | 2 | Scoring 3: Backes (Morin, Tormey) 6x5 18:59 (1st) 4: Backes (Carter, Dubel) 18:04 (2nd) |
| 12/17/05 | WC | @Michigan Tech | 0 | 1 | 1 | Scoring 1: Morin (Backes) 1:56 (2nd) |
| 12/29/05 | NC | Yale | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 12/31/05 | NC | Alabama Huntsville | 0 | 2 | 2 | Scoring 3: Morin (Berge, Backes) 6x5 10:55 (2nd) 5: Morin (Marler, Backes) 10:04 (3rd) |
| 01/03/06 | NC | Nebraska-Omaha | 1 | 1 | 2 | Scoring 4: Backes (Morin, Carter) 8:19 (3rd) 5: Kisio (Backes, Carter) 6x5 12:32 (3rd) |
| 01/13/06 | WC | Alaska Anchorage | 0 | 2 | 2 | Scoring 1: Morin (Backes, Brownlee) 16:10 (1st) 3: Morin (Backes) 6x5 19:37 (3rd) |
| 01/14/06 | WC | Alaska Anchorage | 0 | 2 | 2 | Scoring 1: Peto (Backes, Kisio) 6x5 15:33 (1st) 2: Morin (Backes, Peto) 6x5 8:46 (2nd) |
| 01/20/06 | WC | @North Dakota | 0 | 1 | 1 | Scoring 1: Carter (Peto, Backes) 6x5 14:14 (1st) |
| 01/21/06 | WC | @North Dakota | 0 | 1 | 1 | Scoring 2: Morin (Backes, Kisio) 6x5 16:09 (3rd) |
| 01/27/06 | WC | @Minnesota Duluth | 0 | 2 | 2 | Scoring 2: Morin (Backes, Hanson) 4:38 (1st) 5: Marler (Backes, Morin) 3:45 (3rd) |
| 01/28/06 | WC | @Minnesota Duluth | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 02/03/06 | WC | Michigan Tech | 0 | 1 | 1 | Scoring 1: Morin (Backes) 10:03 (1st) |
| 02/04/06 | WC | Michigan Tech | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 02/10/06 | WC | @Denver | 0 | 1 | 1 | Scoring 2: Peto (Backes, Hanson) 6x4 10:24 (1st) |
| 02/17/06 | WC | St. Cloud State | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 02/18/06 | WC | St. Cloud State | 0 | 1 | 1 | Scoring 3: Becker (Backes, Morin) 1:51(ot) |
| 02/24/06 | WC | Wisconsin | 2 | 2 | 4 | Scoring 1: Backes (Morin) 6x5 19:50 (1st) 4: Kilburg (Backes, Peto) 16:43 (2nd) 5: Backes (Carter, Peto) 6x4 18:38 (2nd) 6: Carter (Hanson, Backes) 6:08 (3rd) |
| 02/25/06 | WC | Wisconsin | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 03/10/06 | NC | @North Dakota | 1 | 0 | 1 | Scoring 1: Backes (Morin, Huck) 6:30 (2nd) |
| 03/11/06 | NC | @North Dakota | 0 | 1 | 1 | Scoring 1: Peto (Backes, Morin) 6x5 15:50 (2nd) |
| 03/12/06 | NC | @North Dakota | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 13 | 29 | 42 |
| Date | Type | Opponent | G | A | PTS | Details |
| 10/15/04 | WC | North Dakota | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 10/16/04 | WC | North Dakota | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 10/22/04 | WC | @Minnesota Duluth | 1 | 1 | 2 | Scoring 1: Backes (Kisio) 6x5 9:24 (1st) 3: Wagner (Clower, Backes) 13:11 (3rd) |
| 10/23/04 | WC | @Minnesota Duluth | 1 | 0 | 1 | Scoring 1: Backes (Kisio, Johns) 8:33 (2nd) |
| 10/29/04 | WC | @Minnesota | 1 | 0 | 1 | Scoring 1: Backes (Clower, Johns) 6x5 1:17 (1st) |
| 10/30/04 | WC | @Minnesota | 2 | 0 | 2 | Scoring 1: Backes (unassisted) 3:34 (3rd) 2: Backes (Johns, Kisio) 6x5 12:39 (3rd) |
| 11/05/04 | NC | Bemidji State | 1 | 1 | 2 | Scoring 1: Backes (Morin) 6x5 7:20 (1st) 4: Brenk (Morin, Backes) 6x5 8:51 (3rd) |
| 11/06/04 | NC | Bemidji State | 1 | 0 | 1 | Scoring 3: Backes (Hinz, Morin) 2:30 (3rd) |
| 11/12/04 | WC | Alaska Anchorage | 0 | 1 | 1 | Scoring 4: Morin (Becker, Backes) 5:20 (2nd) |
| 11/13/04 | WC | Alaska Anchorage | 0 | 2 | 2 | Scoring 2: Morin (Kisio, Backes) 6x5 17:13 (1st) 4: Becker (Rankin, Backes) 0:34 (3rd) |
| 11/19/04 | NC | Alabama Huntsville | 0 | 1 | 1 | Scoring 2: Morin (Peto, Backes) 18:46 (2nd) |
| 11/20/04 | NC | Alabama Huntsville | 1 | 1 | 2 | Scoring 1: Backes (Hinz, Morin) 5x4 6:28 (3rd) 3: Becker (Gerlach, Backes) 19:49 (3rd) |
| 12/03/04 | WC | St. Cloud State | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 12/04/04 | WC | @St. Cloud State | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 12/10/04 | WC | Wisconsin | 2 | 0 | 2 | Scoring 1: Backes (Hanson, Johns) 6x5 2:57 (2nd) 4: Backes (unassisted) 1:12(ot) |
| 12/11/04 | WC | Wisconsin | 0 | 1 | 1 | Scoring 2: Dubel (Morin, Backes) 8:02 (3rd) |
| 12/17/04 | WC | @Colorado College | 1 | 1 | 2 | Scoring 1: Brenk (Peto, Backes) 6x5 0:42 (2nd) 5: Backes (Carter) 5x5 1:03 (3rd) |
| 12/18/04 | WC | @Colorado College | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 12/29/04 | NC | @Ohio State | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 12/30/04 | NC | vs. Miami | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 01/07/05 | WC | @North Dakota | 0 | 1 | 1 | Scoring 2: Johns (Morin, Backes) 6x5 13:47 (2nd) |
| 01/08/05 | WC | @North Dakota | 2 | 0 | 2 | Scoring 2: Backes (Johns, Morin) 6x5 13:40 (2nd) 4: Backes (Becker, Peto) 19:56 (3rd) |
| 01/14/05 | WC | Minnesota | 0 | 1 | 1 | Scoring 1: Becker (Backes) 7:56 (1st) |
| 01/15/05 | WC | Minnesota | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 01/21/05 | WC | @Alaska Anchorage | 0 | 1 | 1 | Scoring 2: Morin (Peto, Backes) 6x5 16:26 (2nd) |
| 01/22/05 | WC | @Alaska Anchorage | 0 | 2 | 2 | Scoring 1: Morin (Brenk, Backes) 6x5 3:32 (1st) 3: Rankin (Morin, Backes) 2:18 (2nd) |
| 02/04/05 | WC | Colorado College | 1 | 0 | 1 | Scoring 1: Backes (Morin, Johns) 6x5 14:50 (2nd) |
| 02/05/05 | WC | Colorado College | 0 | 1 | 1 | Scoring 1: Carter (Backes, Morin) 1:36 (1st) |
| 02/11/05 | WC | @Michigan Tech | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 02/12/05 | WC | @Michigan Tech | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 02/18/05 | WC | @St. Cloud State | 0 | 2 | 2 | Scoring 2: Carter (Peto, Backes) 5x4 17:19 (2nd) 4: Sutter (Brenk, Backes) 6x5 18:30 (3rd) |
| 02/19/05 | WC | St. Cloud State | 0 | 1 | 1 | Scoring 1: Peto (Backes, Carter) 8:26 (1st) |
| 02/25/05 | WC | Denver | 2 | 0 | 2 | Scoring 1: Backes (Morin, Brenk) 6x5 3:38 (1st) 7: Backes (Becker) 9:14 (3rd) |
| 02/26/05 | WC | Denver | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 03/03/05 | NC | @Nebraska-Omaha | 0 | 3 | 3 | Scoring 2: Hanson (Morin, Backes) 17:39 (1st) 4: Rankin (Backes, Dubel) 5x5 15:17 (2nd) 6: Johns (Backes, Brenk) 6x5 5:50 (3rd) |
| 03/05/05 | NC | Nebraska-Omaha | 1 | 1 | 2 | Scoring 2: Backes (Morin, Clark) 6x5 4:36 (2nd) 6: Gerlach (Backes, Brenk) 6x5 13:50 (3rd) |
| 03/11/05 | NC | @Minnesota | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 03/12/05 | NC | @Minnesota | 0 | 1 | 1 | Scoring 2: Thompson (Brenk, Backes) 6x5 10:14 (2nd) |
| Totals | 17 | 23 | 40 |
| Date | Type | Opponent | G | A | PTS | Details |
| 10/17/03 | NC | Providence | 0 | 1 | 1 | Scoring 1: Joseph (Backes, Peto) 4:08 (1st) |
| 10/18/03 | NC | Providence | 1 | 1 | 2 | Scoring 1: Backes (Johns, Joseph) 6x5 2:38 (1st) 3: Marler (Backes, Johns) 6x5 9:08 (2nd) |
| 10/24/03 | NC | @Bemidji State | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 10/25/03 | NC | @Bemidji State | 1 | 0 | 1 | Scoring 2: Backes (Becker, Johns) 6x5 6:26 (3rd) |
| 10/31/03 | WC | @Colorado College | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 11/01/03 | WC | @Colorado College | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 11/07/03 | WC | Alaska Anchorage | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 11/08/03 | WC | Alaska Anchorage | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 11/14/03 | WC | Michigan Tech | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 11/15/03 | WC | Michigan Tech | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 11/28/03 | WC | @Minnesota Duluth | 3 | 0 | 3 | Scoring 1: Backes (Joseph, Peto) 14:17 (1st) 3: Backes (Joseph) 6:51 (3rd) 4: Backes (Metcalf) 9:26 (3rd) |
| 11/29/03 | WC | @Minnesota Duluth | 0 | 1 | 1 | Scoring 4: Marler (Joseph, Backes) 19:31 (3rd) |
| 12/12/03 | WC | @Wisconsin | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 12/13/03 | WC | @Wisconsin | 1 | 0 | 1 | Scoring 2: Backes (Johns, Peto) 5x5 19:26 (3rd) |
| 12/19/03 | WC | Denver | 2 | 0 | 2 | Scoring 1: Backes (Forsythe) 1:50 (2nd) 4: Backes (Becker, Joseph) 19:58 (3rd) |
| 12/20/03 | WC | Denver | 0 | 1 | 1 | Scoring 4: Joseph (Backes) 6x5 16:40 (2nd) |
| 12/27/03 | NC | @Vermont | 0 | 2 | 2 | Scoring 1: Joseph (Backes, Brenk) 4:27 (1st) 2: Joseph (Backes, Johns) 6x5 6:13 (1st) |
| 12/28/03 | NC | vs. Dartmouth | 0 | 1 | 1 | Scoring 4: Morin (Joseph, Backes) 6x5 5:04 (3rd) |
| 01/02/04 | WC | Wisconsin | 1 | 0 | 1 | Scoring 1: Backes (Thompson, Peto) 6x5 8:27 (1st) |
| 01/03/04 | WC | Wisconsin | 1 | 0 | 1 | Scoring 1: Backes (Joseph, Brenk) 1:41 (1st) |
| 01/16/04 | WC | Minnesota | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 01/17/04 | WC | Minnesota | 0 | 2 | 2 | Scoring 1: Morin (Brownlee, Backes) 3:34 (2nd) 2: Becker (Clower, Backes) 13:54 (2nd) |
| 01/23/04 | WC | @St. Cloud State | 1 | 1 | 2 | Scoring 1: Backes (Marler, Clower) 5:41 (1st) 4: Clower (Joseph, Backes) 6x5 12:58 (3rd) |
| 01/24/04 | WC | @St. Cloud State | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 01/30/04 | WC | @Alaska Anchorage | 1 | 0 | 1 | Scoring 1: Backes (unassisted) 6x5 10:50 (2nd) |
| 01/31/04 | WC | @Alaska Anchorage | 0 | 1 | 1 | Scoring 2: Peto (Backes, Joseph) 7:09 (2nd) |
| 02/06/04 | WC | Minnesota Duluth | 1 | 0 | 1 | Scoring 1: Backes (Clower, Johns) 6x5 12:39 (3rd) |
| 02/07/04 | WC | Minnesota Duluth | 1 | 0 | 1 | Scoring 1: Backes (Becker, Peto) 0:56 (1st) |
| 02/13/04 | WC | @Denver | 0 | 1 | 1 | Scoring 1: Peto (Backes, Marler) 5x4 19:44 (3rd) |
| 02/14/04 | WC | @Denver | 0 | 1 | 1 | Scoring 2: Becker (Backes) 0:50 (2nd) |
| 02/20/04 | WC | North Dakota | 0 | 1 | 1 | Scoring 2: Joseph (Backes, Thompson) 6x5 17:13 (1st) |
| 02/21/04 | WC | North Dakota | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 02/27/04 | WC | @Michigan Tech | 0 | 1 | 1 | Scoring 2: Johns (Backes, Thompson) 6x5 18:01 (2nd) |
| 02/28/04 | WC | @Michigan Tech | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 03/02/04 | NC | @Nebraska-Omaha | 0 | 1 | 1 | Scoring 4: Johns (Backes, Clower) 6x5 11:47 (2nd) |
| 03/06/04 | NC | Nebraska-Omaha | 0 | 4 | 4 | Scoring 1: Joseph (Johns, Backes) 6x5 2:55 (1st) 2: Joseph (Johns, Backes) 6x5 4:46 (1st) 3: Clower (Backes, Joseph) 6x5 16:50 (1st) 4: Johns (Backes, Clower) 6x5 19:44 (1st) |
| 03/12/04 | NC | @Minnesota Duluth | 1 | 0 | 1 | Scoring 2: Backes (Johns, Clower) 6x5 1:25 (2nd) |
| 03/13/04 | NC | @Minnesota Duluth | 0 | 1 | 1 | Scoring 2: Joseph (Clower, Backes) 18:03 (2nd) |
| 03/14/04 | NC | @Minnesota Duluth | 1 | 0 | 1 | Scoring 1: Backes (Joseph) 5x6 14:24 (1st) |
| Totals | 16 | 21 | 37 |
