# Phil Russell (ice hockey)

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 | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs | 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 | NHL totals | 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 | Senior totals | Senior totals | 18 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 26 |

## Awards

* WCHL First All-Star Team – 1972