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.
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
WCHL First All-Star Team – 1972
Played in NHL all-star game (1976,1977 and 1985)
List of NHL players with 1,000 games played
List of NHL players with 2,000 career penalty minutes
Biographical information and career statistics from NHL.com, or Eliteprospects.com, or Hockey-Reference.com, or The Internet Hockey Database