Phil Russell

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 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 — — — — — NHL totals 1,016 99 325 424 2,038 73 4 22 26 202

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

Coaching statistics

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