Russ Anderson
Player profile and career history
D · #7
Russ Anderson was a defenceman. Born February 12, 1955 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, the United States, he stood 6'3", weighed 210 lbs and shot left. He was drafted in 1975 (round 2, 31st overall) by the Pittsburgh Penguins. In 519 NHL regular-season games he had 22 goals and 99 assists for 121 points.
NHL regular-season career
- Games
- 519
- Goals
- 22
- Assists
- 99
- Points
- 121
All supplied career statistics
- Assists
- 99
- Game Winning Goals
- 5
- Games Played
- 519
- Goals
- 22
- Ot Goals
- 0
- Pim
- 1086
- Plus Minus
- -64
- Points
- 121
- Power Play Goals
- 1
- Power Play Points
- 5
- Shooting Pctg
- 0.0597
- Shorthanded Goals
- 0
- Shorthanded Points
- 0
- Shots
- 368
NHL playoff career
- Games
- 10
- Goals
- 0
- Assists
- 3
- Points
- 3
All supplied career statistics
- Assists
- 3
- Game Winning Goals
- 0
- Games Played
- 10
- Goals
- 0
- Ot Goals
- 0
- Pim
- 28
- Plus Minus
- -7
- Points
- 3
- Power Play Goals
- 0
- Power Play Points
- 0
- Shooting Pctg
- 0
- Shorthanded Goals
- 0
- Shorthanded Points
- 0
- Shots
- 8
NHL career scoring rates
- Goals / game
- 0.04
- Assists / game
- 0.19
- Points / game
- 0.23
- Shots / game
- 0.71
Regular-season career totals divided by games played. Missing values stay blank.
NHL season record highs
Highest supplied regular-season team records. Split-team seasons are kept separate; these are not combined season totals. Ties show one recorded season.
- Goals
- 5 1983–84 · Los Angeles Kings
- Assists
- 22 1979–80 · Pittsburgh Penguins
- Points
- 27 1979–80 · Pittsburgh Penguins
- Shots
- 74 1979–80 · Pittsburgh Penguins
Teams & leagues through the years
Every team and league recorded in this player's supplied season history, including junior, minor-league and international appearances. Multiple teams in a season are listed together; transfer dates and their order are not supplied.
1984–85
- New HavenAHL
Los Angeles KingsNHL
1983–84
1982–83
1981–82
1980–81
1979–80
1978–79
1977–78
1976–77
- HersheyAHL
Pittsburgh PenguinsNHL- USAWEC-A
1975–76
- U. Of MinnesotaWCHA
1974–75
- U. Of MinnesotaWCHA
Hartford WhalersCoverage follows NHL's published player record. Earlier youth teams, loans, transfers and seasons absent from that source may be missing. A missing season does not imply the player was inactive.
Season-by-season history
All seasons and leagues supplied by the NHL player feed. NHL, junior and minor-league rows stay separate; this is not a guarantee of every game in a player's career.
Scroll across the table for all columns. Open “All stats” on any season for its complete supplied record.
| Season | League | Team | Type | GP | G | A | PTS | PIM | +/− | Shots | PPG | PPP | SHG | SHP | GWG | OTG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1984–85 | AHL | New Haven | Regular | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | All stats
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| 1984–85 | NHL |  Los Angeles Kings | Regular | 14 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 20 | -2 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | All stats
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| 1983–84 | NHL | Los Angeles Kings | Regular | 70 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 126 | -30 | 47 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | All stats
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| 1982–83 | NHL |  Hartford Whalers | Regular | 57 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 171 | -33 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | All stats
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| 1981–82 | NHL | Hartford Whalers | Regular | 25 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 85 | -17 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | All stats
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| 1981–82 | NHL |  Pittsburgh Penguins | Regular | 31 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 98 | -4 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | All stats
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| 1980–81 | NHL | Pittsburgh Penguins | Regular | 34 | 3 | 14 | 17 | 112 | 12 | 38 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | All stats
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| 1979–80 | NHL | Pittsburgh Penguins | Regular | 76 | 5 | 22 | 27 | 150 | 10 | 74 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | All stats
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| 1979–80 | NHL | Pittsburgh Penguins | Playoffs | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 14 | -5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | All stats
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| 1978–79 | NHL | Pittsburgh Penguins | Regular | 72 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 93 | 0 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | All stats
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| 1978–79 | NHL | Pittsburgh Penguins | Playoffs | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | All stats
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| 1977–78 | NHL | Pittsburgh Penguins | Regular | 74 | 2 | 16 | 18 | 150 | -5 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | All stats
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| 1976–77 | AHL | Hershey | Regular | 11 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 35 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | All stats
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| 1976–77 | NHL | Pittsburgh Penguins | Regular | 66 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 81 | 5 | 45 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | All stats
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| 1976–77 | WEC-A | USA | Regular | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | All stats
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| 1976–77 | NHL | Pittsburgh Penguins | Playoffs | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 14 | -2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | All stats
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| 1975–76 | WCHA | U. Of Minnesota | Regular | 28 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 81 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | All stats
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| 1974–75 | WCHA | U. Of Minnesota | Regular | 30 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 56 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | All stats
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NHL game-by-game archive
This season’s game-log import is queued. The background archive fills gradually.
NHL source coverage only; missing records are not zero-stat appearances. Historical team abbreviations are retained.
Recent NHL games
| Date | Opponent | Goals | Assists | Points | Time on ice |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1985-03-30 | MNS | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 1985-03-29 | CGY | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 1985-03-27 | CGY | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 1985-03-20 | DET | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 1985-03-16 | DET | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
Career refresh is delayed. The last imported record is retained.
Profile updated Oct 15, 2:35 pm EDT. Missing stats are shown as –.