Rusty Fitzgerald

{{Short description|American ice hockey player (born 1972)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=March 2025}} {{Infobox ice hockey player | position = Center | shoots = Left | height_ft = 6 | height_in = 1 | weight_lb = 185 | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1972|10|4|mf=y}} | birth_place = Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S. | career_start = 1995 | career_end = 2003 | draft = 38th overall | draft_year = 1991 | draft_team = Pittsburgh Penguins | played_for = '''''NHL''''' Pittsburgh Penguins '''''DEL''''' Frankfurt Lions Iserlohn Roosters '''''IHL''''' Cleveland Lumberjacks Manitoba Moose Quad City Mallards '''''WCHL''''' San Diego Gulls }} '''Russell John Fitzgerald''' (born October 4, 1972) is an American former professional ice hockey center. He was drafted in the second round, 38th overall, by the Pittsburgh Penguins in the 1991 NHL entry draft.

Fitzgerald played twenty-five games in the National Hockey League with the Penguins in the 1994–95 and 1995–96 seasons. He scored two goals and two assists.

==Personal life== Russell played youth hockey in Silver Bay, Minnesota while being coached by Jim McLeod. His younger brother Zack Fitzgerald is currently the Head Coach and Director of Hockey for the Glasgow Clan of the Elite Ice Hockey League.

==Career statistics== ===Regular season and playoffs=== {| border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" style="text-align:center; width:60em" |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="3" bgcolor="#ffffff"| ! rowspan="100" bgcolor="#ffffff"| ! colspan="5"|Regular season ! rowspan="100" bgcolor="#ffffff"| ! colspan="5"|Playoffs |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! Season ! Team ! League ! GP !! G !! A !! Pts !! PIM ! GP !! G !! A !! Pts !! PIM |- | 1987–88 | Silver Bay High School | HS-MN | 20 || 19 || 26 || 45 || 18 | — || — || — || — || — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 1988–89 | Silver Bay High School | HS-MN | 22 || 24 || 25 || 49 || 26 | — || — || — || — || — |- | 1989–90 | Silver Bay High School | HS-MN | 21 || 25 || 26 || 51 || 24 | — || — || — || — || — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 1990–91 | Duluth East High School | HS-MN | 15 || 14 || 11 || 25 || 24 | — || — || — || — || — |- | 1991–92 | University of Minnesota-Duluth | WCHA | 37 || 9 || 11 || 20 || 40 | — || — || — || — || — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 1992–93 | University of Minnesota-Duluth | WCHA | 39 || 24 || 23 || 47 || 48 | — || — || — || — || — |- | 1993–94 | University of Minnesota-Duluth | WCHA | 37 || 11 || 25 || 36 || 59 | — || — || — || — || — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 1994–95 | University of Minnesota-Duluth | WCHA | 34 || 16 || 22 || 38 || 50 | — || — || — || — || — |- | 1994–95 | Pittsburgh Penguins | NHL | 4 || 1 || 0 || 1 || 0 | 5 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 4 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 1994–95 | Cleveland Lumberjacks | IHL | 2 || 0 || 1 || 1 || 0 | 3 || 3 || 0 || 3 || 6 |- | 1995–96 | Pittsburgh Penguins | NHL | 21 || 1 || 2 || 3 || 12 | — || — || — || — || — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 1995–96 | Cleveland Lumberjacks | IHL | 46 || 17 || 19 || 36 || 90 | 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 2 |- | 1997–98 | Cleveland Lumberjacks | IHL | 34 || 3 || 5 || 8 || 36 | 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 1998–99 | Quad City Mallards | UHL | 53 || 29 || 25 || 54 || 40 | 12 || 4 || 4 || 8 || 9 |- | 1999–00 | Manitoba Moose | IHL | 53 || 18 || 15 || 33 || 31 | 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 2 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 1999–00 | Quad City Mallards | UHL | 18 || 8 || 9 || 17 || 13 | — || — || — || — || — |- | 2000–01 | Manitoba Moose | IHL | 77 || 30 || 15 || 45 || 35 | 12 || 6 || 2 || 8 || 10 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2001–02 | San Diego Gulls | WCHL | 7 || 4 || 3 || 7 || 2 | 6 || 1 || 0 || 1 || 4 |- | 2001–02 | Iserlohn Roosters | DEL | 59 || 27 || 18 || 45 || 54 | — || — || — || — || — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2002–03 | Frankfurt Lions | DEL | 17 || 4 || 4 || 8 || 10 | — || — || — || — || — |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="3" | IHL totals ! 212 !! 68 !! 55 !! 123 !! 192 ! 18 !! 9 !! 2 !! 11 !! 20 |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="3" | NHL totals ! 25 !! 2 !! 2 !! 4 !! 12 ! 5 !! 0 !! 0 !! 0 !! 4 |}

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