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American ice hockey player
Ice hockey player
Broc Little
(born March 24, 1988) is an American professional
ice hockey
forward
currently playing for
Linkoping HC
of the
Swedish Hockey League
.
Playing career
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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 Vasteras 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 Vasteras 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 Linkopings HC on April 16, 2014.
[5]
He was the league's leading goal scorer in the 2014?15 season (28). Little left Linkoping at the conclusion of the 2016?17 season and moved to
HC Davos
of the
National League
(NL).
[6]
Career statistics
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Regular season and playoffs
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International
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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
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References
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- ^
"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
.
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"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
.
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"LHC reinforce with Quartet"
(in Swedish).
Linkopings HC
. April 16, 2014. Archived from
the original
on April 18, 2014
. Retrieved
April 16,
2014
.
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"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
.
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