Flames significant others throw Mikael Backlund's wife Frida a "1000 margaritas" party [via IG/@ffridabacklund]

Flames players' significant others throw Mikael Backlund's wife Frida a "1000 margaritas" party after husband's NHL milestone

Modified Nov 04, 2024 05:25 GMT

Calgary Flames captain Mikael Backlund played his 1,000th career game on Friday in a 3-0 win over the New Jersey Devils. On the occasion, partners of Flames players threw Backlund’s wife Frida Backlund a special 1000 margaritas party.

On Sunday, Mikael Backlund’s teammate Rasmus Anderson’s wife Tessa shared a couple of pictures on her Instagram stories from the party. One of the pictures showed Frida standing by a table and admiring a present during the party. In the caption, Tessa Anderson wrote:

"Mrs 1000”, with celebratory emojis.

Another picture showed three-tiered cupcake stands filled with cupcakes decorated with various toppers including the number 11, a hockey stick and puck, and a Calgary Flames logo. There were many cans of margaritas with customized labels. Some cupcake toppers read, “1000 GAMES”.

Frida Backlund shared a few posts of her own on her stories. The first picture was of the welcome sign of the party with a drawing of a margarita glass and read,

“1000 MARGARITAS FOR OUR SENORITA FRIDA”.

“Gaaaalllllss,” Frida wrote in the caption with heart on fire emoji.

In her second story, Frida shared an image of a wall decorated with numerous photographs of their special moments that the Flames partners printed for her, attached to a string.

In another picture, Mrs. Backlund showed the special cupcakes. She also shared a closer look at the customized margarita cans each with a picture of Mikael Backlund and the text “Mikael Backlund 1000”, followed by a congratulatory message on his achievement.

“Cutie😘”, Frida Backlund captioned the story.

She reposted Tessa Anderson's story on her own account and wrote:

“You SPOIL me Flames girls”

Calgary Flames locker room celebrated Mikael Backlund’s achievement with a win

As Calgary Flames captain Mikael Backlund celebrated a huge milestone on Friday playing his 1,000th NHL game, celebrations were due in the locker room. The occasion was even more memorable as the team won 3-0 against the NJ Devils.

After the win, Flames forward Ryan Lomberg shared how special the atmosphere was in the locker room. He also mentioned how happy they were to be able to deliver the win for the captain who deserved so much.

“Yeah, exactly. He deserves that,” Lomberg said. “All his buddies were in the room, cheering him up, hugging everybody. That’s what it’s all about; it’s what he deserves. Very happy we were able to get it done for him tonight.”

Mikael Backlund has played 17 seasons for the Flames. He has 202 goals and 335 assists in 1,002 games for the franchise.