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Height
  
5 ft 10 in (178 cm)

Name
  
Jim Russell

National team
  
Shot
  
Right

Position
  
Right wing


Jim Russell (ice hockey)

Born
  
March 31, 1918Hamilton, ON, CAN (
1918-03-31
)

Weight
  
170 lb (77 kg; 12 st 2 lb)

Played for
  
Sudbury WolvesBuffalo BisonsSt. Louis FlyersNew Westminster Royals

James Russell (March 31, 1918 – September 3, 1977) was a Canadian ice hockey player.

As a member of the Sudbury Wolves, he was a member of the 1938 Team Canada that won a gold medal at the 1938 World Ice Hockey Championships in Prague. Russell also captained the Wolves team that won a silver medal at the 1949 World Ice Hockey Championships in Stockholm, Sweden. He also played professionally with the Buffalo Bisons, St. Louis Flyers of the American Hockey League (in the 1944–45 season) as well as the New Westminster Royals in the Pacific Coast Hockey League (1947–48 season).

Russell, a native of Hamilton, Ontario, played junior hockey in Guelph, Ontario. After junior, played hockey in the Maritimes, with the Saint John Beavers, Glace Bay Miners, and North Sydney Victorias. He then served in the Canadian Army during World War II, playing on Army hockey teams in Vancouver and Toronto.

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Jim Russell (ice hockey) Wikipedia


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