Phil Russell (ice hockey)

Phil Russell
Born	(1952-07-21) July 21, 1952 Edmonton, AB, CAN
Height	6 ft 2 in (188 cm)
Weight	200 lb (91 kg; 14 st 4 lb)
Position	Defence
Shot	Left
Played for	NHL Chicago Black Hawks Atlanta Flames Calgary Flames New Jersey Devils Buffalo Sabres
NHL Draft	13th overall, 1972 Chicago Black Hawks
Playing career	1972–1987

Phillip Douglas Russell (born July 21, 1952) is a Canadian retired former professional ice hockey defenceman who played over one thousand games in the National Hockey League. 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 ---  ---- Playoffs ----
Season   Team                        Lge    GP    G    A  Pts  PIM  GP   G   A Pts PIM
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1970-71  Edmonton Oil Kings          WCHL   34    4   16   20  113
1971-72  Edmonton Oil Kings          WCHL   64   14   45   59  331
1972-73  Chicago Black Hawks          NHL    76    6   19   25  156  16   0   3   3  49
1973-74  Chicago Black Hawks          NHL    75   10   25   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   2   0   0   0   9
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  --  --  --  --  --
1987-88  Kalamazoo Wings             IHL    27    2    9   11   35  --  --  --  --  --
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         NHL Totals                       1016   99  325  424 2038  73   4  22  26 202

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 

See also

• List of NHL players with 1000 games played
• List of NHL players with 2000 career penalty minutes

External links

• Phil Russell's career statistics at The Internet Hockey Database

Preceded by Dan Spring	Chicago Black Hawks first round draft pick 1972	Succeeded by Darcy Rota
Preceded by Brad Marsh	Calgary Flames captain 1981–83	Succeeded by Lanny McDonald Doug Risebrough