Russ Brayshaw

{{short description|Canadian ice hockey player}}

{{Infobox ice hockey player

| image =

| image_size =

| position = Left wing

| played_for = Chicago Black Hawks

| shoots = Left

| height_ft = 5

| height_in = 8

| weight_lb = 164

| birth_date = {{birth date|1918|1|17|mf=y}}

| birth_place = Rosthern, Saskatchewan, Canada

| death_date = {{nowrap|{{death date and age|1993|2|25|1918|1|17}}}}

| death_place = Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada

| career_start = 1938

| career_end = 1949

}}

Russell Ambrose "Buster" Brayshaw (January 17, 1918 – February 25, 1993) was a Canadian professional ice hockey left wing who played 43 games in the National Hockey League with the Chicago Black Hawks during the 1944–45 season. He was a fill-in player for the Hawks while others served in the Second World War. Brayshaw spent the four following years in the American Hockey League.

He died in Abbotsford, British Columbia in 1993.Obituary for Buster Brayshaw, The Edmonton Journal, March 3, 1993, pg. B11, accessed February 8, 2013

Career statistics

=Regular season and playoffs=

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! colspan="5"|Regular season

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! colspan="5"|Playoffs

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! Season

! Team

! League

! GP !! G !! A !! Pts !! PIM

! GP !! G !! A !! Pts !! PIM

1936–37

| Noranda Copper Kings

| NOHA

| —

11819

| —

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| 1937–38

| Saskatoon Quakers

| SSHL

| 16

2134

| 5

0000
1938–39

| Moose Jaw Millers

| S-SSHL

| 22

102128

| 10

1236
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| 1939–40

| Moose Jaw Millers

| S-SSHL

| 32

981740

| 7

1124
1939–40

| Moose Jaw Millers

| Al-Cup

| —

| 3

0110
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| 1940–41

| Moose Jaw Millers

| S-SSHL

| 30

11112214

| —

1941–42

| Moose Jaw Millers

| S-SSHL

| 26

9152426

| 9

5384
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| 1942–43

| Victoria VMD

| NNDHL

| 18

16153116

| —

1942–43

| New Westminster Spitfires

| PCHL

| 1

0002

| 6

4598
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| 1943–44

| Seattle Ironmen

| NorIHL

| 2

1120

| —

1943–44

| New Westminster Spitfires

| PCHL

| 19

17153225

| 3

3144
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| 1943–44

| New Westminster Spitfires

| Al-Cup

| —

| 15

2182910
1944–45

| Chicago Black Hawks

| NHL

| 43

591424

| —

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| 1945–46

| Cleveland Barons

| AHL

| 57

24244837

| 5

1120
1946–47

| Providence Reds

| AHL

| 38

10162627

| —

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| 1946–47

| St. Louis Flyers

| AHL

| 21

84122

| —

1947–48

| St. Louis Flyers

| AHL

| 7

2246

| —

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 1947–48

| Tulsa Oilers

| USHL

| 52

22214312

| 2

0000
1948–49

| Vancouver Canucks

| PCHL

| 13

491312

| —

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| 1948–49

| Seattle Ironmen

| PCHL

| 7

1238

| —

1948–49

| Saskatoon Quakers

| WCSHL

| 12

27916

| —

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! colspan="3" | AHL totals

! 123 !! 44 !! 46 !! 90 !! 72

! 5 !! 1 !! 1 !! 2 !! 0

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! colspan="3" | NHL totals

! 43 !! 5 !! 9 !! 14 !! 24

! — !! — !! — !! — !! —

References

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