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| 1972 NHL DRAFT PICK |
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Phil Russell
Selected in first round
No. 13 overall
by Chicago Black Hawks
Born July 21, 1952
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Defense
Height: 6-2 Weight: 195
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| BEFORE THE DRAFT |
Last Team:
Edmonton (WCHL)
Birthplace: Edmonton, Alberta (Canada)
Hometown:
Edmonton, Alberta |
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| PRE-DRAFT
STATISTICS | | Year |
Team | League |
GP | G |
A | TP |
PIM | | 1970-71 |
Edmonton | WCHL | 34 |
4 | 16 |
20 | 113 | | 1971-72 |
Edmonton | WCHL |
64 | 14 |
45 | 59 |
331 |
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PRE-DRAFT AWARDS AND HONORS
WCHL All-Star First Team: 1971-72 (Edmonton)
WCHL Penalty Minutes Leader: 1971-72 (Edmonton) (331 PIM)
Edmonton Tri-captain: 1971-72
Miscellaneous: Began 1970-71
season as a college student, but left to return home to Edmonton and play
major junior. |
| NHL CAREER |
Debut: October 7, 1972 (Chicago at Toronto)
Numbers:
5 (Chicago); 3, 5
(Atlanta/Calgary); 5 (N.J.); 26 (Buffalo)
Stanley Cup: Never won.
Playing Status: Retired 1988 |
| CAREER NHL STATISTICS | | Years | Teams | GP | G | A | TP | PIM | |
1972-1986 |
CHI, ATL/CGY, NJ, BUF | 1,016 |
99 | 325 | 424 |
2,038 |
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| CAREER NHL PLAYOFF STATISTICS | | Years | Teams | GP | G | A | TP | PIM | | 1973-1983 |
Chicago, Atlanta/Calgary | 73 |
4 | 22 | 26 |
202 |
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NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
All-Star Game: 1976, 1977 (Chicago), 1985 (New Jersey)
Stanley Cup Finals (Lost): 1973 (Chicago)
Calgary Captain:
November 12, 1981, to June 20, 1983
NHL Playoffs Penalty-Minutes Leader: 1973 (49)
Chicago Penalty-Minutes Leader: 1972-73 (156), 1973-74 (184), 1974-75
(260), 1975-76 (194), 1976-77 (233)
Chicago Playoffs PIM Leader: 1973 (49), 1974 (41), 1976 (17)
Scouting Career: Pittsburgh pro scout from 1993-94 through 1996-97. ...
Chicago pro scout in 1997-98 and 1998-99.
Miscellaneous: Missed part of 1977-78 season with
ligament damage in left knee, an injury that required surgery. ... Played on Atlanta team that relocated to Calgary in
1980. ... Missed start of 1981-82 season with knee injury suffered during
training camp. ... Made 1985 Wales Conference All-Star team as emergency
replacement for Brad Marsh, who was snowed in at the Toronto airport. Marsh
had been scheduled to replace injured Philadelphia teammate Mark Howe in the
game. Russell, who was in Calgary as New Jersey's representative at the NHLPA
meetings, took Marsh's place in the Wales lineup. ... Missed parts of 1985-86
season with bruised cheekbone and bruised knee. |
| NON-NHL CAREER |
Post-Draft Teams: Olten (Switzerland);
Kalamazoo (IHL)
World Championships: 1977 (fourth place), 1986
(bronze medal)
NON-NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
IHL Turner Cup: 1989 (Muskegon) (as
assistant coach)
IHL Commissioners' Trophy (Coach of
Year): 1988-89 (Muskegon) (co-winner with Blair MacDonald)
WHA Draft
Pick: 1972 (by Miami)
Coaching Career: Served as Muskegon
(IHL) assistant coach from 1988-89 through 1990-91. ... Served as Muskegon (IHL)
head coach for part of 1988-89. ... Served as Muskegon (IHL) head coach in
1991-92 and 1992-93. ... Served as Cleveland (IHL) assistant coach in
1999-2000. ... Served as Frankfurt (Germany) assistant coach in 2000-01.
Management
Career: Served as Cleveland (IHL) assistant general manager and director
of pro scouting in 1993-94 and 1994-95.
Miscellaneous: Continued to
spend off-seasons in Chicago for years after being traded away from Black
Hawks. ... Was partner in
Chicago meat-packing plant during his playing days. ... Earned seat on
Illinois Board of Trade in 1983. ... Played only North
American minor-league season with Kalamazoo (IHL) in 1987-88. |
| HOW HE GOT AWAY |
| TRADE: Chicago traded Russell, Ivan Boldirev
and Darcy Rota to Atlanta in exchange for Tom Lysiak, Pat Ribble, Harold
Phillipoff, Greg Fox and Miles Zaharko on March 13, 1979. |
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SNAPSHOT '72 | | Total Selected: |
152 | | Forwards: |
88 | | Defense: |
47 | | Goaltenders: |
17 | | Major Junior: |
121 | | College Players: |
25 |
| Canadian: |
139 |
| Euro-Canadian: |
2 | | USA Citizens: |
11 | | U.S.-Born: |
10 |
| European: |
0 |
| Reached NHL: |
67 |
| Won Stanley Cup: |
11 | | Hall of Fame: |
2 |
| All-Star Game: |
13 |
| Year-end All-Star: |
3 |
| Olympians: |
1 |
| Picks Traded: |
24 |
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