CALGARY, AB – The Calgary Flames announced today that they have recalled forward Michael Ferland from the Adirondack Flames of the American Hockey League.







Ferland, a 22-year-old native of Swan River, Manitoba has played in nine games with Adirondack this season where he leads the team in scoring with four goals and five assists for nine points and nine penalty minutes and has a team high +6 rating.





The Flames also announced that centre Mikael Backlund has been placed on Injured Reserve (week-to-week).





MICHAEL FERLAND – CENTRE

BORN: Brandon, MB DATE: April 20, 1992

HEIGHT: 6’2” WEIGHT: 210 lbs.

SHOOTS: Left

CAREER REGULAR SEASON STATISTICS

SEASON TEAM GP G A P +/- PIM PP SH GW S S% 2007-2008 BRANDON WHEAT KINGS-MMHL 40 12 8 20 20 2008-2009 BRANDON WHEAT KINGS-MMHL 44 45 40 85 52 2009-2010 BRANDON WHEAT KINGS-WHL 61 9 19 28 16 85 1 0 2010-2011 BRANDON WHEAT KINGS-WHL 56 23 33 56 3 110 2 0 2011-2012 BRANDON WHEAT KINGS-WHL 68 47 49 96 17 84 18 0 2012-2013 BRANDON WHEAT KINGS-WHL 4 1 1 2 -1 4 0 0 2012-2013 SASKATOON BLADES-WHL 26 8 21 29 25 18 1 0 2012-2013 ABBOTSFORD HEAT-AHL 7 0 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 5 0.0 2012-2013 UTAH GRIZZLIES-ECHL 3 0 1 1 -2 5 0 0 2013-2014 ABBOTSFORD HEAT-AHL 25 6 12 18 -4 31 2 0 2 43 14.0

CAREER PLAYOFF STATISTICS

SEASON TEAM GP G A P +/- PIM PP SH GW S S% 2007-2008 BRANDON WHEAT KINGS-MMHL 6 3 2 5 0 4 0 0.0 2008-2009 BRANDON WHEAT KINGS-MMHL 6 4 5 9 0 8 0 0.0 2009-2010 BRANDON WHEAT KINGS-WHL 15 3 1 4 1 8 0 0 2009-2010 BRANDON WHEAT KINGS-M-CUP 5 0 0 0 -2 15 0 0 0 2010-2011 BRANDON WHEAT KINGS-WHL 6 4 2 6 -1 4 1 0 2011-2012 BRANDON WHEAT KINGS-WHL 8 3 3 6 3 6 1 0 2012-2013 SASKATOON BLADES-WHL 4 0 0 0 -2 2 0 0 2012-2013 SASKATOON BLADES-M-CUP 4 0 2 2 2 10 0 0 0

ACQUIRED: 5th round, 133rd overall, in the 2010 NHL Draft