height_ft former_teams shoots weight_lb birth_place draft_year image_size team position draft_team league height_in birth_date image article_title draft ntl_team career_start
5 columbus blue jackets st. louis blues tps left 180 red deer , ab , can 2005 225px can defence columbus blue jackets nhl 10 2 may 1987 kris russell 20131011.png kris russell
 67th overall can 2007
kris russell

kris russell -lrb- born may 2 , 1987 -rrb- is a canadian professional ice hockey defenceman and an alternate captain for the calgary flames of the national hockey league -lrb- nhl -rrb- .
he was a third round selection , 67th overall , of the columbus blue jackets in the 2005 nhl entry draft and played four seasons with the team between his 2007 debut and trade to the st. louis blues in 2011 .
he has also played for tps in the finnish liiga .
russell was a top defenceman in junior hockey with the medicine hat tigers .
he was a member of two western hockey league -lrb- whl -rrb- championship teams , was twice named the whl 's top defenceman and won the four broncos memorial trophy as the league 's most outstanding player in 2006 -- 07 .
internationally , russell has represented canada on several occasions : he was a member of two gold medal-winning teams at the world junior championship and has played in two world championships .
kris and his twin brother ryan briefly played together in columbus .
