Phil Russell (ice hockey)

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.

--- Regular Season ------- Playoffs ---- SeasonTeamLgeGPGAPtsPIMGPGA Pts PIM -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1970-71Edmonton Oil KingsWCHL3441620113 1971-72Edmonton Oil KingsWCHL64144559331 1972-73Chicago Black HawksNHL76619251561603349 1973-74Chicago Black HawksNHL75102535184901141 1974-75Chicago Black HawksNHL8052429260813423 1975-76Chicago Black HawksNHL7492938194401117 1976-77Chicago Black HawksNHL769364523320112 1977-78Chicago Black HawksNHL5762026139---------- 1978-79Chicago Black HawksNHL6682331122---------- 1978-79Atlanta FlamesNHL131672820009 1979-80Atlanta FlamesNHL805313611540116 1980-81Calgary FlamesNHL80623291041627929 1981-82Calgary FlamesNHL714252911030112 1982-83Calgary FlamesNHL78131831112914524 1983-84New Jersey DevilsNHL769223196---------- 1984-85New Jersey DevilsNHL6641620110---------- 1985-86New Jersey DevilsNHL3023551---------- 1985-86Buffalo SabresNHL1223512---------- 1986-87Buffalo SabresNHL602212---------- 1987-88Kalamazoo WingsIHL27291135---------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------NHL Totals101699325424 20387342226 202 

SeasonTeamLge TypeGPWLT OTLPctResult1988-89 Muskegon LumberjacksIHL Assistant coach1989-90 Muskegon LumberjacksIHL Assistant coach1990-91 Muskegon LumberjacksIHL Assistant coach1991-92 Muskegon LumberjacksIHL Head coach8241280130.579Lost in finals1992-93 Cleveland Lumberjacks IHL Head coach823934090.530Lost in round 11999-00 Cleveland Lumberjacks IHL Head coach2004-05 Springfield FalconsAHL Assistant coach2005-06 Springfield FalconsAHL Assistant coach2007-08 Pensacola Ice PilotsECHL Assistant coach