Broc Little (born March 24, 1988) is an American professional ice hockey forward currently playing for Linköping HC of the Swedish Hockey League (SHL).
 Little with AIK in 2013 | |||
| Born |
March 24, 1988 Phoenix, Arizona, U.S. | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Height | 5 ft 9 in (175 cm) | ||
| Weight | 170 lb (77 kg; 12 st 2 lb) | ||
| Position | Forward | ||
| Shoots | Left | ||
| SHL team Former teams |
Linköping HC AIK Jokerit HC Davos | ||
| National team |
 United States | ||
| NHL Draft | Undrafted | ||
| Playing career | 2011–present | ||
Playing career edit
Little is a graduate of Cushing Academy in Ashburnham, in his freshman year at Cushing he played with the team's leading point scorer - future NHL defenseman Keith Yandle.[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 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 fifth 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] He was the league's leading goal scorer in the 2014–15 season (28). Little left Linköping at the conclusion of the 2016–17 season and moved to HC Davos of the National League (NL).[6]
Career statistics edit
Regular season and playoffs edit
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 2004–05 | Cushing Academy | HS-Prep | 34 | 5 | 8 | 13 | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 2005–06 | Cushing Academy | HS-Prep | 33 | 35 | 21 | 56 | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2006–07 | Cushing Academy | HS-Prep | 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 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | ||
| 2012–13 | AIK | 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 | ||
| 2016–17 | Linköpings HC | SHL | 52 | 19 | 34 | 53 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | ||
| 2017–18 | HC Davos | NL | 48 | 21 | 15 | 36 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | ||
| 2018–19 | Linköpings HC | SHL | 33 | 17 | 12 | 29 | 22 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2019–20 | Linköping HC | SHL | 48 | 24 | 21 | 45 | 14 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2020–21 | Linköping HC | SHL | 31 | 11 | 16 | 27 | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2021–22 | Linköping HC | SHL | 51 | 15 | 14 | 29 | 40 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2022–23 | Linköping HC | SHL | 27 | 13 | 6 | 19 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| SHL totals | 395 | 164 | 166 | 330 | 200 | 23 | 8 | 11 | 19 | 12 | ||||
International edit
| Year | Team | Event | Result | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | United States | OG | 7th | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Senior totals | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||||
Awards and honors edit
| Award | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Collegiate | ||
| All-ECAC Hockey Third Team | 2008–09 | |
| ECAC All-Tournament Team | 2009 | [7] |
| All-ECAC First Team | 2009–10 | [8] |
| AHCA East Second - Team All-American | 2009–10 | |
| Allsv | ||
| Most goals | 2012 | |
| SHL | ||
| Håkan Loob Trophy - Most goals in the SHL (Linköping HC) | 2015, 2020 | |
References edit
- ^ "Little has been big for Bulldogs". Worcester Telegram & Gazette. February 3, 2011. Retrieved March 1, 2012.
- ^ "Broc Little signs with Falcons". Springfield Falcons. July 26, 2013. Retrieved July 27, 2013.
- ^ "Broc Little released from SPC". Springfield Falcons. January 16, 2014. Archived from the original on January 18, 2014. Retrieved January 16, 2014.
- ^ "WWild shuffles the deck with three roster moves". Iowa Wild. January 17, 2014. Archived from the original on February 1, 2014. Retrieved January 17, 2014.
- ^ "LHC reinforce with Quartet" (in Swedish). Linköpings HC. April 16, 2014. Archived from the original on April 18, 2014. Retrieved April 16, 2014.
- ^ "HCD verpflichtet Broc Little | Hockey Club Davos". www.hcd.ch. Archived from the original on April 13, 2017. Retrieved April 13, 2017.
- ^ "All-Tournament Honors" (PDF). ECAC Hockey. Retrieved May 12, 2014.
- ^ "NCAA (ECAC) First All-Star Teams". eliteprospects.com. April 5, 2010. Retrieved February 3, 2011.
External links edit
- Biographical information and career statistics from NHL.com, or Eliteprospects.com, or Eurohockey.com, or The Internet Hockey Database