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Phil Russell (ice hockey)

Canadian ice hockey player and coach

Summary

Canadian ice hockey player and coach

Field	Value
name	Phil Russell
played_for	NHL
Chicago Black Hawks
Atlanta Flames
Calgary Flames
New Jersey Devils
Buffalo Sabres
position	Defence
shoots	Left
height_ft	6
height_in	2
weight_lb	200
birth_date
birth_place	Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
draft	13th overall
draft_year	1972
draft_team	Chicago Black Hawks
career_start	1972
career_end	1987

Chicago Black Hawks Atlanta Flames Calgary Flames New Jersey Devils Buffalo Sabres Phillip Douglas Russell (born July 21, 1952) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey defenceman who played over one thousand games in the National Hockey League. Russell featured in the 1973 Stanley Cup Finals with the Chicago Blackhawks.

Russell had a reputation as a bruising, physical player and retired with over 2000 penalty minutes to go along with 424 career points. He played for the Chicago Black Hawks, Atlanta/Calgary Flames, New Jersey Devils and Buffalo Sabres, and retired in 1988. He was most recently an assistant coach with the Springfield Falcons of the American Hockey League. Russell was born in Edmonton, Alberta.

In 2007, Russell was hired as an assistant coach for the now defunct Pensacola Ice Pilots of the ECHL under John Marks.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

		Regular season		Playoffs	Season	Team	League	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1970–71	Edmonton Oil Kings	WCJHL	34	4	16	20	113	17	1	7	8	47
1971–72	Edmonton Oil Kings	WCJHL	64	14	45	59	331	16	1	9	10	15
1971–72	Edmonton Oil Kings	M-Cup	—	—	—	—	—	2	0	0	0	0
1972–73	Chicago Black Hawks	NHL	76	6	19	25	156	16	0	3	3	49
1973–74	Chicago Black Hawks	NHL	75	15	20	35	184	9	0	1	1	41
1974–75	Chicago Black Hawks	NHL	80	5	24	29	260	8	1	3	4	23
1975–76	Chicago Black Hawks	NHL	74	9	29	38	194	4	0	1	1	17
1976–77	Chicago Black Hawks	NHL	76	9	36	45	233	2	0	1	1	2
1977–78	Chicago Black Hawks	NHL	57	6	20	26	139	—	—	—	—	—
1978–79	Chicago Black Hawks	NHL	66	8	23	31	122	—	—	—	—	—
1978–79	Atlanta Flames	NHL	13	1	6	7	28	—	—	—	—	—
1979–80	Atlanta Flames	NHL	80	5	31	36	115	4	0	1	1	6
1980–81	Calgary Flames	NHL	80	6	23	29	104	16	2	7	9	29
1981–82	Calgary Flames	NHL	71	4	25	29	110	3	0	1	1	2
1982–83	Calgary Flames	NHL	78	13	18	31	112	9	1	4	5	24
1983–84	New Jersey Devils	NHL	76	9	22	31	96	—	—	—	—	—
1984–85	New Jersey Devils	NHL	66	4	16	20	110	—	—	—	—	—
1985–86	New Jersey Devils	NHL	30	2	3	5	51	—	—	—	—	—
1985–86	Buffalo Sabres	NHL	12	2	3	5	12	—	—	—	—	—
1986–87	Buffalo Sabres	NHL	6	0	2	2	12	—	—	—	—	—
1986–87	EHC Olten	NDA	5	0	1	1	—	—	—	—	—	—
1987–88	Kalamazoo Wings	IHL	27	2	9	11	35	—	—	—	—	—

International

Year	Team	Event		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	Senior totals	18	0	4	4	26
1977	Canada	WC	10	0	3	3	16
1986	Canada	WC	8	0	1	1	10

Coaching statistics

Season Team Lge Type GP W L T OTL Pct Result 1988-89 Muskegon Lumberjacks IHL Assistant coach 1989-90 Muskegon Lumberjacks IHL Assistant coach 1990-91 Muskegon Lumberjacks IHL Assistant coach 1991-92 Muskegon Lumberjacks IHL Head coach 82 41 28 0 13 0.579 Lost in finals 1992-93 Cleveland Lumberjacks IHL Head coach 82 39 34 0 9 0.530 Lost in round 1 1999-00 Cleveland Lumberjacks IHL Head coach 2004-05 Springfield Falcons AHL Assistant coach 2005-06 Springfield Falcons AHL Assistant coach 2007-08 Pensacola Ice Pilots ECHL Assistant coach

Awards

WCHL First All-Star Team – 1972
Played in NHL all-star game (1976,1977 and 1985)

References

"Ice Pilots Hire Russell as Assistant Coach".

Wikipedia Source

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