Cam Russell

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CanadaCanada  Cam Russell Ice hockey player
Date of birth January 12, 1969
place of birth Halifax , Nova Scotia , Canada
size 193 cm
Weight 91 kg
position defender
Shot hand Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 1987 , 3rd round, 50th position
Chicago Blackhawks
Career stations
1985-1989 Olympiques de Hull
1989-1998 Chicago Blackhawks
1998-1999 Colorado Avalanche

Cameron D. Russell (born January 12, 1969 in Halifax , Nova Scotia ) is a former Canadian ice hockey player and coach and current official who played 440 games for the Chicago Blackhawks and Colorado Avalanche between 1985 and 1999 has played in the National Hockey League on the position of defender . Since 2000, Russell has worked in various positions for the Halifax Mooseheads from the Ligue de hockey junior majeur du Québec .

Career

Russell spent his junior years between 1985 and 1989 at the Olympiques de Hull in the Ligue de hockey junior majeur du Québec . During this time, the defender won the Coupe du Président in 1986 and 1988 with the team that he was captain in his final junior year. In the previous two years he had already served as assistant captain and was selected in the 1987 NHL Entry Draft in the third round in 50th position by the Chicago Blackhawks from the National Hockey League .

After Russell for 1989/90 season the franchise had joined the Chicago Blackhawks, he did initially difficult to make a breakthrough in the NHL. In his first three years in the professional field, the defender always shuttled between the NHL squad and that of the farm team , the Indianapolis Ice from the International Hockey League . He played most of the games for Indianapolis, while Chicago only had 41 missions during this period. It was not until the beginning of the 1992/93 season that Russell managed to establish himself in the NHL. The defensive player was in the following six years an integral part of the Blackhawks defense, where he was plagued by injuries due to his physical style of play. Due to the small number of missions in the two previous years Russell was given shortly after the beginning of the 1998/99 season in exchange for the Czech Roman Vopat and a six- round vote in the 1999 NHL Entry Draft to the Colorado Avalanche . There he played only 35 games between mid-November 1998 and mid-February 1999, as he had to end his career immediately and during the current season due to an injury to the muscle-tendon cap of the upper arm .

With the beginning of the 2000/01 season , Russell worked as an assistant coach of the Halifax Mooseheads in the Ligue de hockey junior majeur du Québec. He initially worked in this position for three years with the junior team from his hometown; from 2004 to 2006 then as a consultant. From the 2006/07 season , Russell acted as the team's head coach, and from 2008 he also became the general manager of the franchise. He filled this double function into the 2010/11 season before he handed over the coaching post to Bobby Smith . Since then, he has only been entrusted with the post of General Manager, whose double win in the 2012/13 season from Coupe du Président and Memorial Cup he played a major role.

Achievements and Awards

Career statistics

Regular season Play-offs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
1985/86 Olympiques de Hull LHJMQ 56 3 4th 7th 24 15th 0 2 2 4th
1986 Olympiques de Hull Memorial Cup 5 0 0 0 7th
1986/87 Olympiques de Hull LHJMQ 66 3 16 19th 119 8th 0 1 1 16
1987/88 Olympiques de Hull LHJMQ 53 9 18th 27 141 19th 2 5 7th 39
1988 Olympiques de Hull Memorial Cup 4th 0 2 2 6th
1988/89 Olympiques de Hull LHJMQ 66 8th 32 40 109 9 2 6th 8th 6th
1989/90 Indianapolis Ice IHL 46 3 15th 18th 114 9 0 1 1 24
1989/90 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 19th 0 1 1 27 1 0 0 0 0
1990/91 Indianapolis Ice IHL 53 5 9 14th 125 6th 0 2 2 30th
1990/91 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 3 0 0 0 5 1 0 0 0 0
1991/92 Indianapolis Ice IHL 41 4th 9 13 78 - - - - -
1991/92 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 19th 0 0 0 34 12 0 2 2 2
1992/93 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 67 2 4th 6th 151 4th 0 0 0 0
1993/94 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 67 1 7th 8th 200 - - - - -
1994/95 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 33 1 3 4th 88 16 0 3 3 8th
1995/96 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 61 2 2 4th 129 6th 0 0 0 2
1996/97 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 44 1 1 2 65 4th 0 0 0 4th
1997/98 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 41 1 1 2 79 - - - - -
1998/99 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 7th 0 0 0 10 - - - - -
1998/99 Colorado Avalanche NHL 35 1 2 3 84 - - - - -
LHJMQ total 241 23 70 93 393 51 4th 14th 18th 65
IHL total 140 12 33 45 317 15th 0 3 3 54
NHL overall 396 9 21st 30th 872 44 0 5 5 16

( Legend for player statistics: Sp or GP = games played; T or G = goals scored; V or A = assists scored ; Pkt or Pts = scorer points scored ; SM or PIM = penalty minutes received ; +/− = plus / minus balance; PP = overpaid goals scored ; SH = underpaid goals scored ; GW = winning goals scored; 1  play-downs / relegation )

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personal data
SURNAME Russell, Cam
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Russell, Cameron D. (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian ice hockey player, coach and official
DATE OF BIRTH January 12, 1969
PLACE OF BIRTH Halifax , Nova Scotia