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Phil Russell

Position: D
Shoots: Right
Height: 6-2    Weight: 205 lbs.
Born: July 21, 1952 in Edmonton, Alberta

Drafted by the Chicago Blackhawks in the 1st round (13th overall) of the 1972 NHL Amateur Draft.

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Fan Ratings

Fine Details ▪ Last Updated Feb 11, 2012, 10:04AM
All-Time NHL Skater Rank: #273. Jack Stewart… #273. Mario Tremblay… #275. Claude Provost… #275. PHIL RUSSELL… #277. Alex Tanguay… #277. Robert Lang… #277. Earl Seibert… #277. Scott Mellanby… 

NHL Standard

Glossary ▪ CSV ▪ PRE ▪ Hide Partial Seasons
Season Age Tm Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1972-73 20 CBH NHL 76 6 19 25 8 31 156 5 1 0 0 119 5.0
1973-74 21 CBH NHL 75 10 25 35 12 47 184 9 0 1 0 123 8.1
1974-75 22 CBH NHL 80 5 24 29 9 7 260 4 1 0 1 187 2.7
1975-76 23 CBH NHL 74 9 29 38 13 -20 194 2 7 0 0 180 5.0
1976-77 24 CBH NHL 76 9 36 45 15 1 233 8 1 0 2 178 5.1
1977-78 25 CBH NHL 57 6 20 26 9 19 139 5 0 1 1 132 4.5
1978-79 26 TOT NHL 79 9 29 38 13 -6 150 6 2 1 1 166 5.4
1978-79 26 CBH NHL 66 8 23 31 11 -7 122 6 1 1 1 147 5.4
1978-79 26 ATF NHL 13 1 6 7 2 1 28 0 1 0 0 19 5.3
1979-80 27 ATF NHL 80 5 31 36 11 14 115 4 1 0 1 104 4.8
1980-81 28 CGY NHL 80 6 23 29 10 17 104 4 1 1 1 109 5.5
1981-82 29 CGY NHL 71 4 25 29 9 6 110 4 0 0 0 114 3.5
1982-83 30 CGY NHL 78 13 18 31 12 2 112 12 0 1 2 116 11.2
1983-84 31 NJD NHL 76 9 22 31 11 -27 96 9 0 0 0 123 7.3
1984-85 32 NJD NHL 66 4 16 20 7 -14 110 3 0 1 0 73 5.5
1985-86 33 TOT NHL 42 4 6 10 4 -25 63 4 0 0 0 37 10.8
1985-86 33 NJD NHL 30 2 3 5 2 -17 51 2 0 0 0 22 9.1
1985-86 33 BUF NHL 12 2 3 5 2 -8 12 2 0 0 0 15 13.3
1986-87 34 BUF NHL 6 0 2 2 1 0 12 0 0 0 0 2 0.0
Career NHL 1016 99 325 424 144 52 2038 79 14 6 9 1763 5.6

NHL Miscellaneous

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Per Game Adjusted Plus/Minus Point Shares
Season Age Tm Lg GP G A PTS GC PIM S G A PTS GC TGF PGF TGA PGA +/- OPS DPS PS
1972-73 20 CBH NHL 76 0.08 0.25 0.33 0.11 2.05 1.57 5 18 23 8 99 7 72 11 31 1.1 5.6 6.7
1973-74 21 CBH NHL 75 0.13 0.33 0.47 0.16 2.45 1.64 9 24 33 11 112 8 61 4 47 2.3 7.6 9.9
1974-75 22 CBH NHL 80 0.06 0.30 0.36 0.12 3.25 2.34 4 21 25 8 108 24 100 23 7 1.1 5.3 6.4
1975-76 23 CBH NHL 74 0.12 0.39 0.51 0.17 2.62 2.43 8 25 33 11 102 26 119 23 -20 2.3 3.9 6.2
1976-77 24 CBH NHL 76 0.12 0.47 0.59 0.20 3.07 2.34 8 32 40 13 124 31 120 28 1 3.0 4.4 7.4
1977-78 25 CBH NHL 57 0.11 0.35 0.46 0.15 2.44 2.32 5 18 23 8 79 12 62 14 19 1.4 4.8 6.3
1978-79 26 TOT NHL 79 0.11 0.37 0.48 0.16 1.90 2.10 8 24 32 11 102 21 121 34 -6 1.9 3.9 5.8
1978-79 26 CBH NHL 66 0.12 0.35 0.47 0.16 1.85 2.23 7 19 26 9 78 16 97 28 -7 1.6 3.3 4.9
1978-79 26 ATF NHL 13 0.08 0.46 0.54 0.17 2.15 1.46 1 5 6 2 24 5 24 6 1 0.3 0.6 0.9
1979-80 27 ATF NHL 80 0.06 0.39 0.45 0.14 1.44 1.30 4 26 30 9 104 6 103 19 14 1.6 4.9 6.5
1980-81 28 CGY NHL 80 0.08 0.29 0.36 0.12 1.30 1.36 5 18 23 8 127 9 155 54 17 0.8 5.0 5.8
1981-82 29 CGY NHL 71 0.06 0.35 0.41 0.13 1.55 1.61 3 18 21 7 101 2 142 49 6 0.8 3.8 4.6
1982-83 30 CGY NHL 78 0.17 0.23 0.40 0.16 1.44 1.49 10 15 25 10 96 0 120 26 2 1.7 3.8 5.5
1983-84 31 NJD NHL 76 0.12 0.29 0.41 0.15 1.26 1.62 7 17 24 8 81 9 128 29 -27 1.3 3.0 4.2
1984-85 32 NJD NHL 66 0.06 0.24 0.30 0.10 1.67 1.11 3 13 16 5 66 2 112 34 -14 0.4 3.1 3.4
1985-86 33 TOT NHL 42 0.10 0.14 0.24 0.09 1.50 0.88 4 4 8 3 27 1 64 13 -25 0.1 0.7 0.8
1985-86 33 NJD NHL 30 0.07 0.10 0.17 0.06 1.70 0.73 2 2 4 2 20 1 46 10 -17 -0.1 0.4 0.3
1985-86 33 BUF NHL 12 0.17 0.25 0.42 0.16 1.00 1.25 2 2 4 2 7 0 18 3 -8 0.3 0.3 0.5
1986-87 34 BUF NHL 6 0.00 0.33 0.33 0.09 2.00 0.33 0 2 2 1 6 0 8 2 0 0.0 0.3 0.3
Career NHL 1016 0.10 0.32 0.42 0.14 2.01 1.74 83 275 358 120 1334 158 1487 363 52 19.7 60.1 79.7

NHL Playoffs

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Season Age Tm Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1972-73 20 CBH NHL 16 0 3 3 49 0 0 0 0
1973-74 21 CBH NHL 9 0 1 1 41 0 0 0 0
1974-75 22 CBH NHL 8 1 3 4 23 1 0 0 0
1975-76 23 CBH NHL 4 0 1 1 17 0 0 0 0
1976-77 24 CBH NHL 2 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0
1978-79 26 ATF NHL 2 0 0 0 9 0 0 0 0
1979-80 27 ATF NHL 4 0 1 1 6 0 0 0 0
1980-81 28 CGY NHL 16 2 7 9 29 2 0 0 0
1981-82 29 CGY NHL 3 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0
1982-83 30 CGY NHL 9 1 4 5 24 1 0 0 0
Career NHL 73 4 22 26 202 4 0 0 0

Other Standard

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1970-71 18 Edmonton Oil Kings WCJHL 34 4 16 20 113
1971-72 19 Edmonton Oil Kings WCJHL 64 14 45 59 331
1976-77 24 Canada WEC-A 10 0 3 3 16
1985-86 33 Canada WEC-A 8 0 1 1 10
1986-87 34 EHC Olten Swiss 5 0 1 1
1987-88 35 Kalamazoo Wings IHL 27 2 9 11 35
Career 1 Season IHL 27 2 9 11 35
Career 1 Season Swiss 5 0 1 1
Career 2 Seasons WCJHL 98 18 61 79 444
Career 2 Seasons WEC-A 18 0 4 4 26

Other Playoffs

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1970-71 18 Edmonton Oil Kings WCJHL 17 1 7 8 47
1971-72 19 Edmonton Oil Kings WCJHL 16 1 9 10 15
1971-72 19 Edmonton Oil Kings M-Cup 2 0 0 0 0
Career 1 Season M-Cup 2 0 0 0 0
Career 2 Seasons WCJHL 33 2 16 18 62

Similarity Scores

Explanation ▪ Players with careers of similar quality and shape (thru 2010-11)
Thru 15 Years Adjusted Point Shares (Best to Worst)
Player 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
Phil Russell 9.9 7.4 6.7 6.5 6.4 6.3 6.2 5.8 5.8 5.5 4.6 4.2 3.4 0.8 0.3
Alexei Zhitnik 94.2 9.6 7.3 6.7 6.5 6.4 6.1 5.7 5.4 5.1 5.0 4.4 4.1 3.0 2.4 1.5
Jean-Guy Talbot 94.2 9.1 6.7 6.5 6.4 6.1 5.8 5.6 5.2 5.0 5.0 4.8 4.7 3.9 2.2 0.3
Eric Weinrich 93.3 7.6 7.1 6.6 6.2 6.0 6.0 6.0 5.7 4.9 4.8 4.3 4.0 3.4 1.4 0.0
Butch Bouchard 92.9 8.2 5.9 5.9 5.8 5.3 5.2 5.2 4.9 4.5 4.1 3.8 3.5 2.8 2.5 1.6
Rob Ramage 92.2 8.7 7.0 7.0 7.0 6.3 5.9 5.3 5.2 5.1 4.9 4.8 3.5 2.8 1.9 -0.1
Earl Seibert 91.9 6.9 5.9 5.9 5.2 4.9 4.5 4.5 4.4 4.4 4.1 3.9 3.7 3.2 2.9 1.2
Tom Johnson 91.7 8.8 7.1 6.7 6.4 6.3 6.1 6.1 5.5 5.4 5.0 4.7 4.4 4.1 3.3 0.0
Bill Quackenbush 90.9 6.4 6.2 6.1 5.6 5.5 5.5 5.3 5.3 5.2 4.7 4.3 4.3 3.3 1.1
Bruce Driver 90.8 7.8 6.9 6.9 6.8 6.6 6.2 5.6 5.3 4.8 4.2 3.2 3.1 2.8 1.9 0.2
Petr Svoboda 90.1 8.2 7.4 7.0 6.4 6.3 5.7 5.5 5.4 5.3 4.7 4.6 4.5 3.9 3.3 1.9
Career Adjusted Point Shares (Best to Worst)
Player 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17
Phil Russell 9.9 7.4 6.7 6.5 6.4 6.3 6.2 5.8 5.8 5.5 4.6 4.2 3.4 0.8 0.3
Alexei Zhitnik 94.2 9.6 7.3 6.7 6.5 6.4 6.1 5.7 5.4 5.1 5.0 4.4 4.1 3.0 2.4 1.5
Butch Bouchard 92.9 8.2 5.9 5.9 5.8 5.3 5.2 5.2 4.9 4.5 4.1 3.8 3.5 2.8 2.5 1.6
Rob Ramage 92.2 8.7 7.0 7.0 7.0 6.3 5.9 5.3 5.2 5.1 4.9 4.8 3.5 2.8 1.9 -0.1
Earl Seibert 91.9 6.9 5.9 5.9 5.2 4.9 4.5 4.5 4.4 4.4 4.1 3.9 3.7 3.2 2.9 1.2
Tom Johnson 91.2 8.8 7.1 6.7 6.4 6.3 6.1 6.1 5.5 5.4 5.0 4.7 4.4 4.1 3.3 1.6 0.0
Bill Quackenbush 90.9 6.4 6.2 6.1 5.6 5.5 5.5 5.3 5.3 5.2 4.7 4.3 4.3 3.3 1.1
Jean-Guy Talbot 90.9 9.1 6.7 6.5 6.4 6.4 6.1 5.8 5.6 5.2 5.0 5.0 4.8 4.7 3.9 2.2 1.5 0.3
Bruce Driver 90.8 7.8 6.9 6.9 6.8 6.6 6.2 5.6 5.3 4.8 4.2 3.2 3.1 2.8 1.9 0.2
Eric Weinrich 90.5 7.6 7.1 6.6 6.2 6.0 6.0 6.0 5.7 5.5 4.9 4.8 4.3 4.0 3.4 2.5 1.4 0.0
Jyrki Lumme 89.8 8.3 8.2 7.2 7.1 6.9 6.0 5.8 5.5 4.7 4.6 4.5 3.4 3.2 3.1 1.4

Appearances on Leaderboards, Awards, and Honors

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All-Star Games

1976 NHL
1977 NHL
1985 NHL

Games Played

1974-75 NHL 80 (1)
 1979-80 NHL 80 (3)
1980-81 NHL 80 (2)

Plus/Minus

1973-74 NHL 47 (7)

Penalties in Minutes

1973-74 NHL 184 (6)
1974-75 NHL 260 (3)
1976-77 NHL 233 (4)
Career NHL 2038 (51)

Total Goals On-Ice Against

1976-77 NHL 120 (8)
1980-81 NHL 155 (8)
1981-82 NHL 142 (9)
Career NHL 1487 (34)

Power Play Goals On-Ice Against

1980-81 NHL 54 (2)
1981-82 NHL 49 (7)
Career NHL 363 (67)

Defensive Point Shares

1972-73 NHL 5.6 (8)
1973-74 NHL 7.6 (2)
Career NHL 60.1 (58)

Point Shares

1973-74 NHL 9.9 (9)

Transactions

Glossary ▪ Transaction information may be incomplete.

March 13, 1979: Traded to Atlanta by Chicago with Ivan Boldirev and Darcy Rota for Tom Lysiak, Pat Ribble, Harold Phillipoff, Greg Fox and Miles Zaharko, March 13, 1979.

June 24, 1980: Transferred to Calgary after Atlanta franchise relocated, June 24, 1980.

June 20, 1983: Traded to New Jersey by Calgary with Mel Bridgman for Steve Tambellini and Joel Quenneville, June 20, 1983.

March 11, 1986: Traded to Buffalo by New Jersey for Buffalo's 12th round choice (Doug Kirton) in 1986 Entry Draft, March 11, 1986.

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