I always enjoyed gsmes russ was in. So fast after 1st step. He Was in the upper ranks of fast skaters in his career. In ball hockey or pond, my younger cousin was russ , as fwd id be Kirk or skruds. Thnx for the ot playoff goals esp the whalers in game 7. 😊 ghg . Loved the penalty shot goal vs the wings in the Joe! Great clip on youtube. Thnx chris, tim, russ.. all the best!!!
Awsome interview fellas. I will never forget the breakway move that I recycled off of Russ at the Notre Dame Hounds Alumni game in Wilcox, Saskatchewannnn. I believe it was in 2004 or 2005. The move went like this : He skated in at a fairly slow pace, he let the puck slide very very slowly on its own towards the goalie's 5-hole ( so the goalie thought he would just casually stop it with his stick). As the puck got to the 5 hole, Russ reached over the goalies shoulder with his stick and just gently tapped on the butt end of the goalies knob, which results in the blade of the goalies stick at his 5-hole to lift for a split second, and the puck slowwwllyy slid in through the 5-hole into the net. LOL, unreal move that i still use to trick goalies to this day.
I played at nd and we used to try this in practice there were bunch guys doing it…i think i saw jeff ulmer or maybe marty standish try it first, not sure which one.
Gary Leeman later gets traded from the Calgary Flames in January of 1993 to the Montreal Canadiens in exchange for Brian Skrudland winning a Stanley cup in Montreal.
That thumbnail Russ is wearing a jersey with the colors on the collar the Canucks colors! So I thought they were going to talk about the 94 run to the finals. Then he’s talking about playing for the Habs, and I’m like that’s Geoff who played for the Canucks in 94!
Great show Nux. Having said that, now GO OILERS!! 🤛 As a Bruins fan I will root against any team that beats them. Now we go to Game 7! Anybody's game. Yes Florida is still the fav, but losing 3 in a row has to have you wondering if you're on that team. Did you lose confidence? Oilers 44/45 on penalty kills?? WTF 🫨 I guess the coach gets the credit but probably having Paul Coffey behind the bench doesn't hurt either.
Lifelong Canucks fan here, from Victoria BC I still remember Russ, and Jeff's Overtime restaurant across from the old memorial arena. Every victoria kid loved the Courtnalls
