Ryan Russell

Ryan Russell ( born 2 May 1987 in Caroline, Alberta ) is a Canadian professional ice hockey player who is since July 2011 the Columbus Blue Jackets of the National Hockey League under contract on their farm team, the Springfield Falcons, playing in the American Hockey League. His twin brother Kris Russell is also a professional hockey player.

Career

The preferred operating on the position of the center Ryan Russell first played from 2003 to 2007 at the Kootenay Ice in the Canadian top junior Western Hockey League. There he was in his last two seasons, the seasons 2005/ 06 and 2006/ 07, each within the team 's second best scorer. Previously, he had been selected at the NHL Entry Draft in 2005 in the seventh round in a total of 211 position of the New York Rangers. Overall, he completed during his junior career 296 WHL games, in which Russell scored 246 points scorer. Since he could not agree on an entry contract with the New York Rangers, the Canadian end of May 2007 to the Montreal Canadiens was transferred.

This put him exclusively for their AHL farm team Hamilton Bulldogs and the Cincinnati Cyclones of the ECHL. The jersey of the Cincinnati Cyclones of the links Sagittarius the Kelly Cup won in the 2007/ 08 season. Then the striker spent three seasons with the Hamilton Bulldogs in the American Hockey League, with whom he twice failed in the finals in the Conference Finals. On July 7, 2011 Russell was transferred in exchange for Michael Blunden to the Columbus Blue Jackets. During the 2011/12 season he made his debut for the Columbus Blue Jackets of the National Hockey League.

Awards and achievements

• 2008 Kelly Cup win with the Cincinnati Cyclones