Phil Russell (ice hockey)

Phillip Douglas Russell (born July 21, 1952 in Edmonton, Alberta) is a 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. 
In 2007, Russell was hired as an assistant coach for the now defunct Pensacola Ice Pilots of the ECHL under John Marks.Ice Pilots Hire Russell as Assistant Coach
==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 
 
==References==
 
Category:Atlanta Flames players