Little with AIK in 2013
Born (1988-03-24) 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

Broc Little (born March 24, 1988) is an American professional ice hockey forward currently playing for Linköping HC of the Swedish Hockey League (SHL).

Playing career

Little is a graduate of Cushing Academy in Ashburnham, in his freshman year at Cushing he played with the teams 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

Regular season and playoffs

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

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

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

  1. ↑ "Little has been big for Bulldogs". Worcester Telegram & Gazette. February 3, 2011. Retrieved March 1, 2012.
  2. ↑ "Broc Little signs with Falcons". Springfield Falcons. July 26, 2013. Retrieved July 27, 2013.
  3. ↑ "Broc Little released from SPC". Springfield Falcons. January 16, 2014. Archived from the original on January 18, 2014. Retrieved January 16, 2014.
  4. ↑ "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.
  5. ↑ "LHC reinforce with Quartet" (in Swedish). Linköpings HC. April 16, 2014. Archived from the original on April 18, 2014. Retrieved April 16, 2014.
  6. ↑ "HCD verpflichtet Broc Little | Hockey Club Davos". www.hcd.ch. Archived from the original on April 13, 2017. Retrieved April 13, 2017.
  7. ↑ "All-Tournament Honors" (PDF). ECAC Hockey. Retrieved May 12, 2014.
  8. ↑ "NCAA (ECAC) First All-Star Teams". eliteprospects.com. April 5, 2010. Retrieved February 3, 2011.
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