Rasmus Andersson and Mikael Backlund have been named to Sweden's leadership group for the 2025 IIHF Men's World Championship.

The towering winger has been on the rise over the last year, going from an intriguing AHL prospect to a guy the Flames were ...

The hope is that if Backlund starts to have a drop-off, it’ll be gentle, gradual, and the emergence of other two-way centres in the team’s system will help adjust for it. The Flames system is ...

Rasmus Andersson, Calgary Flames defenseman, has been named captain of Team Sweden for the 2025 IIHF World Hockey ...

During Saturday’s exit interviews, Flames captain Mikael Backlund indicated he had “some good conversations” with Team Sweden but hadn’t made a decision yet. On Tuesday morning ...

Backlund scored a goal on three shots, dished an assist and went plus-2 in Thursday's 5-1 win over the Kings. Backlund's pair of points came in the third period. He set up a Zayne Parekh tally at ...

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Calgary Flames center Mikael Backlund controls the puck in a game against the San Jose Sharks on Sunday, April 13, 2025. (Photo: Sergei Belski-Imagn Images) The Calgary Flames announced Tuesday ...

The beleaguered Calgary Flames are going into battle against the surging Vegas Golden Knights with Mikael Backlund in the vanguard. This is a critical Western Division conflict in which playoff ...

It’s no secret the Flames are thin on centres. Could Sam Honzek, who most envision as a long-term left-winger, have a future ...

The World Championship officially started on Friday, and two of the Montreal Canadiens organization's three participating members were in action. Prospect Vinzenz Rohrer was in action with Austria ...