Cameron D. Russell (born January 12, 1969) is a

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former

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Biography

As a youth, Russell played in the 1982

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with the Cole Harbour Red Wings a

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team from

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. Chosen in the third round of the 1987 NHL Entry Draft (50th overall) by the

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, Russell played ten seasons, almost all of which came within the

organization. He finished his career in 1998–99 with the

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. The following season, Russell became an assistant coach with the

Halifax Mooseheads The Halifax Mooseheads are a Canadian junior ice hockey team in the Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League (QMJHL) based in Halifax, Nova Scotia. The team was founded in 1994 and began play in the Dilio Division of the QMJHL for the 1994–95 ...

in the

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, serving from 1999 to 2002. He returned to the Mooseheads in 2008 as the team's head coach and general manager, moving solely to the general manager role early in the 2010–11 season. Russell was the GM and architect of the Mooseheads

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win.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Russell, Cam 1969 births Living people Canadian ice hockey defencemen Chicago Blackhawks draft picks Chicago Blackhawks players Colorado Avalanche players Halifax Mooseheads coaches Hull Olympiques players Indianapolis Ice players Ice hockey people from Halifax, Nova Scotia Canadian ice hockey coaches 20th-century Canadian sportsmen