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Northeastern  Profiles - #11 Jimmy Russo

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#11 Jimmy Russo
Sr. F
6'0 - 183
Shoots: right
So. Weymouth, MA (Thayer Academy)
Individual statistics
   Men's Hockey 2007-08TEAM PAGE | ROSTER | SCHEDULE | TEAM STATS

2007-08: Scored seven goals and had six assists in 30 games his senior year...played in his 100th career game on Nov. 16, a 4-1 win over No. 6 New Hampshire at the Whittemore Center...scored the overtime game-winner in the Huskies' 4-3 win over No. 14 Boston College at Conte Forum on Nov. 23, the second OT winner of his career...scored the tying goal and assisted on Denis Chisholm's game-winner in a 4-3 win over Brown on Nov. 30...scored two goals to tie it up in the Huskies' come-from-behind 4-3 win over Bowling Green in the Badger Hockey Showdown on Dec. 28...named to the Badger Hockey Showdown All-Tournament team...scored in the Huskies' 7-3 victory over Maine at Alfond Arena on Jan. 4...two assists in the Huskies' 3-0 shutout of Merrimack at Matthews Arena on Jan. 12...assisted on Randy Guzior's goal to tie it up in the Huskies' 2-2 tie with Vermont at Gutterson Fieldhouse on Jan. 18...assisted on a Drew Muench goal in NU's 5-2 loss to Vermont on Jan. 19...scored in NU's 5-2 loss to Providence at Schneider Arena on Jan. 26...scored in his final collegiate game, a 4-1 loss to Vermont in the Hockey East Quarterfinals on March 16.

2006-07: Appeared in 33 games in his third season, recording four goals and 10 assists for 14 points...scored his first goal of the season at No. 6 Michigan on Oct. 28...picked up an assist on Rob Rassey’s goal in a 4-1 win over Merrimack Dec. 1, then assisted on Chad Costello’s game-winner in a 2-0 win the next night...scored a short-handed, empty-net goal in a 7-2 win over Holy Cross on Dec. 30...assisted on the game-tying goal in the Huskies’ overtime win over BC at Matthews Arena on Jan. 5...scored the game-tying goal 55 seconds into the third period of 2-2 tie with Vermont on Jan. 12...notched the game-winning goal 1:01 into overtime in 2-1 win over UMass Lowell on Jan. 20...assisted on Ryan Ginand’s second-period goal in 3-3 tie with Providence Feb. 17...recorded an assist on Kyle Kraemer’s first goal in 4-2 win over No. 5 BU on Feb. 28.

2005-06: Led Northeastern in points after scoring five times and assisting on 13 goals for 18 points...played in 31 games...played on wing for the first 10 games before converting to center...also played on NU’s special teams...scored twice in NU’s 7-5 loss to Rensselaer on Oct. 28...scored both NU goals in the team’s first win of the season against Massachusetts on Nov. 11 at Matthews Arena...assisted on Yale Lewis’ goal in 5-3 loss at Boston College on Nov. 19...assisted on Ryan Ginand’s goal in 3-3 tie with New Hampshire on Nov. 27 in Durham...notched two assists in a 4-4 tie against Merrimack on Dec. 2...scored a power-play goal and had an assist in a 3-3 tie at Merrimack the next night...recorded two assists in the Huskies’ 4-2 loss to Maine in the Florida College Classic on Dec. 28...assisted on Steve Birnstill’s power play goal in NU’s 4-3 loss to Boston College on Jan. 6...assisted on Ryan Ginand’s game-tying goal in Northeastern’s 2-2 tie at Merrimack on Feb. 3...notched an assist in the final game of the season, a 5-3 loss to Boston University at Agganis Arena.

2004-05: Played in 30 games, second among Husky freshmen...led NU’s first-year players in scoring with four goals and four assists...worked his way onto the first line with Jason Guerriero (center) and Mike Morris (left wing) for the final eight games of the season...scored his first career goal off a pass from Aaron Moore in a 2-2 tie at home against UMass Lowell on Dec. 11...scored an insurance goal to give NU a 3-1 lead in a 4-1 win over Merrimack on Feb. 18...scored NU’s first goal of the game in 5-2 loss at No. 8 New Hampshire on Feb. 19...had a goal and three assists in NU’s 8-3 rout of Massachusetts on March 5 at Matthews Arena.

Before NU: Played for Thayer Academy from 2000-02, then spent the 2002-03 season at Cushing Academy before returning to Thayer for the 2003-04 season...coached by Steve Jacobs at Cushing his junior year...coached by Larry Rooney at Thayer his senior year...led Thayer in scoring in 2003-04 with 33 goals and 29 assists for 62 points in 33 games...Thayer posted a 26-5-2 record in 2003-04, winning the Independent School League title and advancing to the quarterfinals of the New England Championship...named team MVP and Independent School League MVP...named New England Prep School first team...named All-Scholastic by the Boston Globe...led Cushing to a 27-4-1 record and a New England Championship semifinal appearance in the 2002-03 season...had 28 goals and 27 assists for 55 points at Cushing Academy...named team’s Best Offensive Player...at Thayer in 2000-01 and 2001-02, posted lines of 10-15-25 and 15-20-35, respectively...won gold with the Team USA Under-17 team in Slovakia in the summer of 2002...also played attack in lacrosse for two seasons.

Personal: Born Jan. 18, 1985...when not on the ice, enjoys golfing...majoring in Criminal Justice...Class of 2009.

  #11 Jimmy Russo Statistics

  OVERALL                  GP    G    A  Pts Shots Shot% Pen-Min   +/- PPG SHG GWG
  2004-05................  30    4    4    8    59  .068   8-16     -8   0   0   0
  2005-06................  31    5   13   18   100  .050  19-38     -9   3   0   1
  2006-07................  33    4   10   14    87  .046  13-26     -3   1   1   1
  2007-08................  30    7    6   13    67  .104  13-26     -1   0   0   1
  TOTAL.................. 124   20   33   53   313  .064  53-106   -21   4   1   3

  HOCKEY EAST              GP    G    A  Pts Shots Shot% Pen-Min   +/- PPG SHG GWG
  2004-05................  19    4    4    8    36  .111   5-10      0   0   0   0
  2005-06................  25    3   11   14    86  .035  14-28     -5   2   0   1
  2006-07................  26    2    9   11    65  .031  11-22     -1   0   0   1
  2007-08................  21    3    5    8    48  .062   9-18      0   0   0   1
  TOTAL..................  91   12   29   41   235  .051  39-78     -6   2   0   3












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