Broc Little
Broc Little | |||
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Born |
Phoenix, AZ, USA | March 24, 1988||
Height | 5 ft 9 in (175 cm) | ||
Weight | 170 lb (77 kg; 12 st 2 lb) | ||
Position | Forward | ||
Shoots | Left | ||
SHL team Former teams |
Linköpings HC AIK IF Springfield Falcons Iowa Wild Jokerit | ||
NHL Draft | Undrafted | ||
Playing career | 2011–present |
Broc Little (born March 24, 1988) is an American professional ice hockey forward currently playing for Linköpings HC of the Swedish Hockey League (SHL).
Playing career
Little is a graduate of Cushing Academy in Ashburnham.[1] Prior to turning professional, Little attended Yale University where he played four seasons with the Yale Bulldogs men's ice hockey team which competes in NCAA's Division I in the ECAC Hockey conference. In his 3rd year (2009–10) Little was named to the All-ECAC Hockey First-Team.
Little spent the first two professional seasons of his career in Sweden with VIK Västerås HK of the Second Tier Allsvenskan and AIK IF of the Elitserien (SEL). In both seasons, Little led his club in scoring with 66 points in 51 games for Västerås and 46 in 55 games for AIK. He led the Allsvenskan for highest points total in 2012 and placed 5th in the Elitserien in 2013.
On July 26, 2013, Little returned to North America as a free agent to sign a one-year AHL contract with the Springfield Falcons, an affiliate of the Columbus Blue Jackets.[2] In the 2013-14 season after only 20 games with the Falcons, Little was released from his contract on January 16, 2014.[3] On January 17, 2014, Little signed a Professional Tryout with the Iowa Wild of the AHL.[4] After a solitary game with the Wild, Little opted to resume his European career in signing for the remainder of the season with Finnish Liiga club, Jokerit on January 20, 2014.
With Jokerit bound for the Kontinental Hockey League, Little left the team as a free agent and returned to the SHL in signing a contract with Linköpings HC on April 16, 2014.[5]
Career statistics
Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
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Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
2005–06 | Cushing Academy | HS-MA | 33 | 35 | 20 | 55 | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2006–07 | Cushing Academy | HS-MA | 32 | 44 | 29 | 73 | 24 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2007–08 | Yale University | ECAC | 27 | 11 | 12 | 23 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2008–09 | Yale University | ECAC | 34 | 15 | 20 | 35 | 22 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2009–10 | Yale University | ECAC | 34 | 27 | 14 | 41 | 36 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2010–11 | Yale University | ECAC | 36 | 19 | 24 | 43 | 26 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2011–12 | VIK Västerås HK | Allsv | 51 | 35 | 31 | 66 | 28 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2012–13 | AIK IF | SEL | 55 | 16 | 30 | 46 | 24 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2013–14 | Springfield Falcons | AHL | 20 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2013–14 | Iowa Wild | AHL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2013–14 | Jokerit | Liiga | 15 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
2014–15 | Linköpings HC | SHL | 55 | 28 | 19 | 47 | 38 | 11 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 8 | ||
2015–16 | Linköpings HC | SHL | 43 | 21 | 14 | 35 | 24 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
SHL totals | 153 | 65 | 63 | 128 | 86 | 17 | 7 | 11 | 18 | 8 |
Awards and honours
Award | Year | |
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College | ||
All-ECAC Hockey Third Team | 2008–09 | |
ECAC Hockey All-Tournament Team | 2009 | [6] |
All-ECAC Hockey First Team | 2009–10 | [7] |
AHCA East Second-Team All-American | 2009–10 | |
References
- ↑ "Little has been big for Bulldogs". Worcester Telegram & Gazette. 2011-02-03. Retrieved 2012-03-01.
- ↑ "Broc Little signs with Falcons". Springfield Falcons. 2013-07-26. Retrieved 2013-07-27.
- ↑ "Broc Little released from SPC". Springfield Falcons. 2014-01-16. Retrieved 2014-01-16.
- ↑ "WWild shuffles the deck with three roster moves". Iowa Wild. 2014-01-17. Retrieved 2014-01-17.
- ↑ "LHC reinforce with Quartet" (in Swedish). Linköpings HC. 2014-04-16. Retrieved 2014-04-16.
- ↑ "All-Tournament Honors" (PDF). ECAC Hockey. Retrieved 2014-05-12.
- ↑ "NCAA (ECAC) First All-Star Teams". eliteprospects.com. 2010-04-05. Retrieved 2011-02-03.
External links
- Broc Little's career statistics at EliteProspects.com
- Broc Little's career statistics at The Internet Hockey Database