Herbert Russell

Herbert (Herb) Y. Russell was a Canadian ice hockey player who played for the Ottawa Hockey Club in the 1880s and 1890s. He was captain of the team that won three successive Ontario championships and held the Canadian championship in 1892.

Playing career

Russell played for the Ottawa Hockey Club from 1890 until 1896. He was captain from 1891 through 1893. His best seasons were in 1893–94 and 1894–95 when in both seasons he scored 10 goals in eight games. He left competitive hockey after the 1896 season but played one season of professional hockey in 1901–02 for the Pittsburgh Bankers of the Western Professional Hockey League.

A draftsman for the Geological Survey of Canada during his time in Ottawa, moved to Colorado for an engineering position.^[1]

References

^ Kitchen, p. 101

Finnigan, Joan (1992). Old Scores, New Goals: The Story of the Ottawa Senators. Kingston, Ontario: Quarry Press. ISBN 1550820419.
Kitchen, Bill (2008). Win, Lose or Wrangle: The Inside Story of the Old Ottawa Senators 1883-1935. Manotick, Ontario: Penumbra Press.

Preceded by P. D. Ross	Ottawa Senators captain (Original Era) 1891–1893	Succeeded by Weldy Young