[1] Russell moved to the Montreal Wanderers of the ECAHA for the 1906 ECAHA season, alongside his Montreal HC teammate Ernie "Moose" Johnson, and in his first season with the club the Wanderers won the Stanley Cup after defeating the Ottawa Senators 12-10 (9–1, 3–9) on March 14 and 17, 1906 with Russell scoring four goals in the first game.

[3] The Wanderers replicated their Stanley Cup winning feat during the 1906–07 season, defeating the Kenora Thistles 12-9 (7–2, 5–6) in Winnipeg on March 23 and 25, with Russell scoring five of his team's goals.

Russell did not play during the 1908–09 season, but he was back with the Wanderers at the end of the 1910 NHA season, and on March 12, 1910, he won his fourth Stanley Cup with the team after it defeated the Berlin Dutchmen of the OPHL 7–3, with Russell scoring four of his team's goals.

The Ottawa Citizen in March 1908, giving brief sketches on the players on the Montreal Wanderers, noted that Russell's value to his team had been his scoring, and also pointed out that "right in front of the nets there is scarcely a more dangerous forward in the game."

The Ottawa Citizen gave further compliments on his "good eye" and "strong wrist" and stated that he could "keep control under difficult conditions.