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Jersey Number 20
Daniel Russell
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Ht./Wt.:
- 5-9 / 160
- Hometown:
- Traverse City, Mich.
- Prev School:
- Sioux Falls (USHL)
Bio
2024-25 (Junior)
Academic All-Big Ten ... Matched his career best with 13 goals and added 12 assists - second on the team in goals and fifth in points (25) ... Led the team with seven-game-winners (third nationally) ... Had three power play goals and one shorthanded ... With a +17 rating, was third among forwards .. Had a the game-winning goal and an assist in each game of the opening series at LSSU (10/4-5) ... Delivered the game-winner in MSU's victory over Boston College (10/12) ... Had a goal and an assist in the Canisius series (10/25-26) ... Scored in each game of the Ohio State series (11/8-9), including his shorthanded game-winner in the B1G opener ... Had the game-winning goal in the second game against Notre Dame (11/16), his fifth game-winner of the season and the 10,000th goal in Spartan program history ... Scored a goal in MSU's 4-0 shutout win over Lindenwood (11/29) ... Had an assist and was a game-best +3 in MSU's comeback victory at Minnesota (12/14) ... Had two goals and an assist in MSU's win over Wisconsin at Wrigley (1/4), including the winner with 1.4 seconds remaining in OT for his sixth game-winner of the year ... Had two assists in the series at Penn State (1/10-11) ... Scored a goal and had a pair of assists (+3) in a home win over Minnesota (1/24) ... Had a goal and a blocked shot at Ohio State (1/31) ... Had one assist in the final regular-season weekend at Notre Dame (2/28-3/1) ... Assisted on Isaac Howard's double-OT game winner in the Big Ten Championship game vs. Ohio State (3/22) ... Had a power play goal in the NCAA Tournament game vs. Cornell (3/27).
2023-24 (Sophomore)
Big Ten All-Tournament Team ... College Sports Communicators (CSC) Academic All-District selection ... Academic All-Big Ten ... Skated on the top line in all 38 games ... Had a career-best 13 goals, good for third on the team ... Finished with 12 assists and 25 points ... Was 2-3-5 on the power play and also had a pair of game-winners ... Ended the season a +5 with 15 blocked shots ... Had an assist in the season-opening series against Lake Superior State (10/7-8) ... Recorded his first career hat trick in the opener against Canisius and compiled four goals in the series (10/19-20) ... Had a career-best three assists in the opener at Ohio State (11/3) ... Scored his sixth goal of the year in the opener vs. Penn State (11/10) ... Recorded a goal and an assist in the series opener against Notre Dame (12/8) ... Had a pair of assists in the GLI semifinal vs. Ferris State (12/28) with two blocked shots ... Delivered a dramatic game-winner with four seconds remaining at home against Minnesota, and then assisted on MSU’s only goal in game two (1/26-27) ... Scored the game-winner in MSU’s second victory at Michigan (2/9) ... Had a goal and an assist in the home win over Ohio State (2/24) ... Got MSU on the board with his score in the B1G semifinal win over Ohio State (3/16) ... Scored his 12th goal of the season in the Big Ten Championship game victory over Michigan (3/23) ... Opened the scoring for MSU in the NCAA victory over Western Michigan (3/29).
2022-23 (Freshman)
AHCA All-America Scholar ... Played in all 38 Spartan games ... Was the team’s second-leading scorer with 30 points, and also ranked second in assists (22) ... Finished +8, good for second on the team ... Had one power-play marker (seven power play points overall) and two game-winners ... Was the team’s first 30-point freshman since Derek Grant also had 30 in 2009-10 ... Opened his collegiate career with goals in both games against Bowling Green (10/7-8), including the game-winner in the road victory ... Had three points in the UMass-Lowell series, including a game and an assist in the second contest (10/13-14) ... Picked up four assists in the LIU weekend, including three in MSU’s 8-4 explosion in the second game (10/21-22) ... Had a pair of assists in the Wisconsin series at home (11/4-5) ... Shared the team lead with four points in the sweep of No. 10 Ohio State, with a three-point game in the opener and four points overall (11/10-11) ... Scored in a win at Penn State (11/19) ... Scored a goal in the second game of a sweep at Miami (11/25-26) ... Scored against Michigan Tech in the GLI (12/28) ... Had an assist in each of the home games against Penn State (1/13-14) ... Scored a goal in the series at Minnesota (1/28) ... Recorded assists in each February game vs. Michigan (2/10-11) ... Assisted on both MSU helpers v. Wisconsin (2/17) ... Had a pair of assists in the B1G quarterfinal series against Notre Dame (3/3-5).
Prior to MSU
Played two seasons for the Sioux Falls Stampede of the USHL … Alternate captain … Compiled 21 goals and 23 assists in 61 games in the 2021-22 season … Scored 33 points (14 goals) in Sioux Falls in 2020-21 … Spent the 2019-20 campaign with the Minot Minotauros (NAHL), posting 21 goals and 13 assists with a +15 and 28 PIM’s … Skated in 33 games for the Fargo Force in 2018-19, with a 2-5-7 line in 33 games … Product of the Fox Motors organization (2015-18) … Attended Traverse City Central High School.
Personal
Son of Kerry and Molly Russell … Father played at MSU from 1987-91 and was drafted by the Hartford Whalers in 1988 ... Mother played basketball at Central Michigan as an undergrad … Has a sister, Maisy, and brothers Jonny and Marcus … Jonny played hockey at Brown, and Marcus played for Michigan Tech … Lists Pavel Datsyuk as one of his earliest hockey influences ... Civil engineering major.
Academic All-Big Ten ... Matched his career best with 13 goals and added 12 assists - second on the team in goals and fifth in points (25) ... Led the team with seven-game-winners (third nationally) ... Had three power play goals and one shorthanded ... With a +17 rating, was third among forwards .. Had a the game-winning goal and an assist in each game of the opening series at LSSU (10/4-5) ... Delivered the game-winner in MSU's victory over Boston College (10/12) ... Had a goal and an assist in the Canisius series (10/25-26) ... Scored in each game of the Ohio State series (11/8-9), including his shorthanded game-winner in the B1G opener ... Had the game-winning goal in the second game against Notre Dame (11/16), his fifth game-winner of the season and the 10,000th goal in Spartan program history ... Scored a goal in MSU's 4-0 shutout win over Lindenwood (11/29) ... Had an assist and was a game-best +3 in MSU's comeback victory at Minnesota (12/14) ... Had two goals and an assist in MSU's win over Wisconsin at Wrigley (1/4), including the winner with 1.4 seconds remaining in OT for his sixth game-winner of the year ... Had two assists in the series at Penn State (1/10-11) ... Scored a goal and had a pair of assists (+3) in a home win over Minnesota (1/24) ... Had a goal and a blocked shot at Ohio State (1/31) ... Had one assist in the final regular-season weekend at Notre Dame (2/28-3/1) ... Assisted on Isaac Howard's double-OT game winner in the Big Ten Championship game vs. Ohio State (3/22) ... Had a power play goal in the NCAA Tournament game vs. Cornell (3/27).
2023-24 (Sophomore)
Big Ten All-Tournament Team ... College Sports Communicators (CSC) Academic All-District selection ... Academic All-Big Ten ... Skated on the top line in all 38 games ... Had a career-best 13 goals, good for third on the team ... Finished with 12 assists and 25 points ... Was 2-3-5 on the power play and also had a pair of game-winners ... Ended the season a +5 with 15 blocked shots ... Had an assist in the season-opening series against Lake Superior State (10/7-8) ... Recorded his first career hat trick in the opener against Canisius and compiled four goals in the series (10/19-20) ... Had a career-best three assists in the opener at Ohio State (11/3) ... Scored his sixth goal of the year in the opener vs. Penn State (11/10) ... Recorded a goal and an assist in the series opener against Notre Dame (12/8) ... Had a pair of assists in the GLI semifinal vs. Ferris State (12/28) with two blocked shots ... Delivered a dramatic game-winner with four seconds remaining at home against Minnesota, and then assisted on MSU’s only goal in game two (1/26-27) ... Scored the game-winner in MSU’s second victory at Michigan (2/9) ... Had a goal and an assist in the home win over Ohio State (2/24) ... Got MSU on the board with his score in the B1G semifinal win over Ohio State (3/16) ... Scored his 12th goal of the season in the Big Ten Championship game victory over Michigan (3/23) ... Opened the scoring for MSU in the NCAA victory over Western Michigan (3/29).
2022-23 (Freshman)
AHCA All-America Scholar ... Played in all 38 Spartan games ... Was the team’s second-leading scorer with 30 points, and also ranked second in assists (22) ... Finished +8, good for second on the team ... Had one power-play marker (seven power play points overall) and two game-winners ... Was the team’s first 30-point freshman since Derek Grant also had 30 in 2009-10 ... Opened his collegiate career with goals in both games against Bowling Green (10/7-8), including the game-winner in the road victory ... Had three points in the UMass-Lowell series, including a game and an assist in the second contest (10/13-14) ... Picked up four assists in the LIU weekend, including three in MSU’s 8-4 explosion in the second game (10/21-22) ... Had a pair of assists in the Wisconsin series at home (11/4-5) ... Shared the team lead with four points in the sweep of No. 10 Ohio State, with a three-point game in the opener and four points overall (11/10-11) ... Scored in a win at Penn State (11/19) ... Scored a goal in the second game of a sweep at Miami (11/25-26) ... Scored against Michigan Tech in the GLI (12/28) ... Had an assist in each of the home games against Penn State (1/13-14) ... Scored a goal in the series at Minnesota (1/28) ... Recorded assists in each February game vs. Michigan (2/10-11) ... Assisted on both MSU helpers v. Wisconsin (2/17) ... Had a pair of assists in the B1G quarterfinal series against Notre Dame (3/3-5).
Prior to MSU
Played two seasons for the Sioux Falls Stampede of the USHL … Alternate captain … Compiled 21 goals and 23 assists in 61 games in the 2021-22 season … Scored 33 points (14 goals) in Sioux Falls in 2020-21 … Spent the 2019-20 campaign with the Minot Minotauros (NAHL), posting 21 goals and 13 assists with a +15 and 28 PIM’s … Skated in 33 games for the Fargo Force in 2018-19, with a 2-5-7 line in 33 games … Product of the Fox Motors organization (2015-18) … Attended Traverse City Central High School.
Personal
Son of Kerry and Molly Russell … Father played at MSU from 1987-91 and was drafted by the Hartford Whalers in 1988 ... Mother played basketball at Central Michigan as an undergrad … Has a sister, Maisy, and brothers Jonny and Marcus … Jonny played hockey at Brown, and Marcus played for Michigan Tech … Lists Pavel Datsyuk as one of his earliest hockey influences ... Civil engineering major.
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