Backman Agrees to Terms on One Year Deal

Forward posted 18 points in 66 games with Sound Tigers last season

Monday, 07.16.2012 / 2:25 PM / News
New York Islanders

The New York Islanders announced today that forward Sean Backman has agreed to terms on a one-year, two way deal.

Backman, 26, returns for his second season with the New York Islanders organization after signing with the club as a free agent last summer. The 5’8, 165-pound forward posted 18 points in 66 regular season games with the Islanders’ American Hockey League affiliate, the Bridgeport Sound Tigers last season.

The Cos Cob, CT native scored 23 points (7g/16a) in 67 games with the Texas Stars of the AHL during his first professional season during the 2010-11 campaign. He also added four points (two goals, two assists) in five games with the Idaho Steelheads of the ECHL.

Backman played four seasons of collegiate hockey at Yale University (East Coast Athletics Conference), earning ECAC co-rookie of the year honors as a freshman and captaining the Bulldogs during his senior year in 2009-10. Backman totaled 126 points (77 goals, 49 assists) in 122 career games at Yale.

Prior to attending Yale, he played for the Green Bay Gamblers of the United States Hockey League, scoring 56 points (29 goals, 27 assists) in 57 games.

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STANDINGS

EASTERN CONFERENCE
  TEAM GP W L OT GF GA PTS
1 z - PIT 48 36 12 0 165 119 72
2 y - MTL 48 29 14 5 149 126 63
3 y - WSH 48 27 18 3 149 130 57
4 x - BOS 48 28 14 6 131 109 62
5 x - TOR 48 26 17 5 145 133 57
6 x - NYR 48 26 18 4 130 112 56
7 x - OTT 48 25 17 6 116 104 56
8 x - NYI 48 24 17 7 139 139 55
9 WPG 48 24 21 3 128 144 51
10 PHI 48 23 22 3 133 141 49
11 NJD 48 19 19 10 112 129 48
12 BUF 48 21 21 6 125 143 48
13 CAR 48 19 25 4 128 160 42
14 TBL 48 18 26 4 148 150 40
15 FLA 48 15 27 6 112 171 36
COMPLETE STANDINGS

STATS

2012-2013 PLAYOFFS
SKATERS: GP G A +/- Pts
J. Tavares 6 3 2 -4 5
M. Streit 6 2 3 -1 5
K. Okposo 6 3 1 -1 4
C. Cizikas 6 2 2 1 4
M. Grabner 6 1 3 2 4
C. McDonald 6 2 1 2 3
M. Moulson 6 2 1 -4 3
B. Boyes 6 0 3 -3 3
K. Aucoin 6 0 3 1 3
J. Bailey 6 0 3 -1 3
 
GOALIES: W L OT Sv% GAA
K. Poulin 0 0 0 .933 1.15
E. Nabokov 2 4 2 .842 4.44
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