Calgary Herald Feb 23, 2014
Backlund, the Flames’ resident Swede, loses Olympic final bet, must wear a Hockey Canada shirt
One T-shirt told the entire story. The colours — and the wearer — had been dead giveaways. Meaning you didn’t need to get up early Sunday to know what happened in the gold-medal game. All you had to do was look at Mikael Backlund.
Calgary Herald Feb 21, 2014
Flames players expect tight Olympic final
Shaping up as a crack-of-dawn PVR Sunday for Mikael Backlund. “No,” replied the personable Swedish centreman, with blunt finality and much accompanying merriment, when asked if his alarm clock would be pealing at 5 a.m. to drag him out of bed for the Canada-Tre Kroner gold-medal Olympic finale.
Rotoworld Feb 9, 2014
Mikael Backlund held off scoresheet Saturday - Mikael Backlund (C) Calgary Flames
Mikael Backlund was held off the scoresheet on Saturday for only the second time in his last seven games.
