The Calgary Sun · May 8, 2015
Calgary Flames C Mikael Backlund's picture makes it to prime time
Mikael Backlund has gone prime time.
Not because of his dramatic overtime goal Tuesday, his father’s savvy advice to shoot more or his role in the team’s unlikely success.
But because of his hair.
Yes, the 26-year-old Swede was featured on The Tonight Show on Wednesday as part of a regular feature called Jimmy Fallon’s Superlatives — a riff off of Dave Letterman’s old Top Ten list.
In it, Fallon showed entertaining mugshots of NHL players playing in the second round of the playoffs, led off by Anaheim Ducks goalie Frederik Andersen, who was tabbed as “Most likely to be the love child of Ed Sheeran and Jimmy Neutron.”