Neil Little

Neil Little
Born	(1971-12-18) December 18, 1971 Medicine Hat, AB, CAN
Height	6 ft 1 in (185 cm)
Weight	190 lb (86 kg; 13 st 8 lb)
Position	Goaltender
Caught	Left
Played for	NHL Philadelphia Flyers AHL Hershey Bears Philadelphia Phantoms IHL Grand Rapids Griffins ECHL Johnstown Chiefs SM-liiga Espoo Blues
NHL Draft	226th overall, 1991 Philadelphia Flyers
Playing career	1994–2006

Neil Little (born December 18, 1971) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey goaltender. He was a member of the Philadelphia Flyers organization nearly his entire professional career, helping backstop the Philadelphia Phantoms to two Calder Cup championships and playing in two career National Hockey League (NHL) games with the Flyers. Until 2015, he was previously an amateur scout for the Flyers. He is now a scout for the NHL Florida Panthers.

Playing career

Little has played for the Hershey Bears and Philadelphia Phantoms in the AHL, as well as playing two NHL games for the Philadelphia Flyers. He signed with the Espoo Blues in the Finnish SM-liiga for the 2005–06 season, playing until leaving the team because of a dispute with the Espoo coach, then finished the season in Geneva, Switzerland.

On December 28, 2003, he was the "flying goalie" in a brawl between the Phantoms and the Binghamton Senators as several players from the two teams were fighting next to the Senators' net, Little skated across the rink and dove into the crowd.

Despite only playing two career games with the Philadelphia Flyers, Little was named as one of the Flyers goaltenders for the 2012 NHL Winter Classic Alumni game.

Coaching career

Following his playing career, Little was named an assistant coach/goaltending development coach for the Philadelphia Phantoms as well as a global scout for the Philadelphia Flyers, concentrating his focus on goaltenders.

He was the assistant coach for the Princeton University Men's hockey team from 2007–08 to 2010–11 seasons.

Personal life

He married Catherine M Foote, DMD of Ardmore, PA in July 2013. Neil has three children, Nicholas, Elsie and Graysen.

Awards and honours

Award	Year
All-ECAC Hockey Rookie Team	1990–91
All-ECAC Hockey First Team	1992–93
AHCA East Second-Team All-American	1992–93

• 1997–98: Calder Cup Philadelphia Phantoms
• 2004–05: Calder Cup Philadelphia Phantoms
• 2006: Inducted into Philadelphia Phantoms Hall of Fame
• 2007: Inducted into RPI's Athletic Hall of Fame

Career statistics

Regular season

Season	Team	League		GP	W	L	T	MIN	GA	SO	GAA	SV%
1990–91	R.P.I.	NCAA		18	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--
1991–92	R.P.I.	NCAA		--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--
1992–93	R.P.I.	NCAA		--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--
1993–94	R.P.I.	NCAA		33	19	10	4	1920	102	0	3.19	--
1993–94	Hershey Bears	AHL		1	0	0	0	18	1	0	3.23	.889
1994–95	Johnstown Chiefs	ECHL		16	7	6	1	897	55	0	3.68	.896
1994–95	Hershey Bears	AHL		19	5	7	3	919	60	0	3.91	.868
1995–96	Hershey Bears	AHL		48	21	18	6	2680	149	0	3.34	.895
1996–97	Philadelphia Phantoms	AHL		54	31	12	7	3007	145	0	2.89	.909
1997–98	Philadelphia Phantoms	AHL		51	31	11	7	2960	145	0	2.94	.903
1998–99	Grand Rapids Griffins	IHL		50	18	21	5	2740	144	3	3.15	.894
1999–00	Philadelphia Phantoms	AHL		51	26	18	2	2830	143	1	3.03	.906
2000–01	Philadelphia Phantoms	AHL		58	22	27	4	3117	148	2	2.85	.909
2001–02	Philadelphia Phantoms	AHL		35	13	15	7	2079	70	2	2.02	.926
2001–02	Philadelphia Flyers	NHL		1	0	1	0	60	4	0	4.00	.862
2002–03	Philadelphia Phantoms	AHL		42	18	19	4	2478	103	4	2.49	.907
2003–04	Philadelphia Phantoms	AHL		34	21	12	1	1900	62	6	1.96	.920
2003–04	Philadelphia Flyers	NHL		1	0	1	0	33	2	0	3.64	.750
2004–05	Philadelphia Phantoms	AHL		26	15	7	0	1382	54	3	2.34	.921
2005–06	Espoo Blues	SM-liiga		37	14	16	7	2100.03	85	2	2.43	.916
NHL totals				2	0	2	0	93	6	0

External links

• Career statistics and player information from NHL.com, or Hockey-Reference.com, or Legends of Hockey, or The Internet Hockey Database