2016:
• Recovered from injury to serve as reserve faceoff specialist
• Played in seven games, going 9-for-29 on faceoffs with four ground balls
• Won four faceoffs out of 10 in road victory at UMass (3/8)
• 3-for-6 on faceoffs with a ground ball in 12-8 win vs. Binghamton (4/16)
2015:
• UAlbany's primary faceoff man until season-ending injury eight games in
• Won 52.8% (102-193) of faceoffs in first eight games of the year, grabbing 57 ground balls
• Won 14-26 faceoffs (53.8%) with six ground balls in season-opening victory at Drexel (2/21)
• Career-high 14 ground balls, a caused turnover, an assist and 16-26 on faceoffs (61.5%) in road win over Canisius (3/17)
• Won 24 of 42 faceoffs (57.1%) with 13 ground balls in win at Harvard (3/25)
• Won all five faceoff attempts in last game played vs. UMass Lowell (3/28)
2014:
• Primary faceoff specialist for UAlbany, playing in 15 games with eight starts
• Took 282 faceoffs, winning 131 and grabbing 68 ground balls
• Four 10-ground balls games, including vs. Vermont (3/29), winning 18 of 28 faceoffs, and at Hartford (4/6), going 16-28 on faceoffs
High School: Four-year varsity letterwinner in lacrosse, football and hockey at Penfield High... 2012 High School All-American... earned all-county honors all four seasons, getting first team honors as a sophomore and junior... got all-section and All-Greater Rochester honors in 2011 and 2012... led Penfield to the Section V Class A championship in 2013... team captain in lacrosse as a senior, captaining hockey team as a junior and senior... had a 70% faceoff success rate and 140 ground balls as a senior, finishing career with a 70% faceoff success rate, 620 ground balls and 30 goals... named second team all-county in hockey as a senior with 20 goals and 17 assists... earned all-county honors in football his sophomore season... rushed for 960 yards and 12 touchdowns, plus 20 tackles as a senior in football.
Personal: Intends to major is sociology or psychology... Son of Mark and Dawn Russell... has a brother, Nick, who played lacrosse at Monroe C.C.
CAREER HIGHS
Points: 1 (2x, last: @ Canisius, Mar. 17, 2015)
Goals: 1 (@ Hartford, Apr. 6, 2014)
Assists: 1 (@ Canisius, Mar. 17, 2015)
Ground Balls: 14 (@ Canisius, Mar. 17, 2015)
Caused Turnovers: 1 (2x, last: @ Canisius, Mar. 17, 2015)
Faceoffs Won: 24 (@ Harvard, Mar. 25, 2015)
CAREER STATISTICS
|
Year
|
GP/GS
|
G
|
A
|
PTS
|
GB
|
CT
|
FO
|
|
2014
|
15/8
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
68
|
1
|
131-284
|
|
2015
|
8/8
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
57
|
1
|
102-193
|
|
2016
|
7/0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
4
|
0
|
9-29
|
|
Total
|
30/16
|
1
|
1
|
2
|
129
|
2
|
242-506
|
