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Neil Little
Neil Little
Position Goaltender
Caught Left
Height
Weight
6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
190 lb (86 kg)
Teams Hershey Bears
Johnstown Chiefs
Philadelphia Phantoms
Grand Rapids Griffins
Philadelphia Flyers
Blues Espoo
Nationality Flag of Canada Canadian
Born (1971-12-18)December 18, 1971,
Medicine Hat, AB, CAN
NHL Draft 226th overall, 1991
Philadelphia Flyers
Pro Career 1994 – 2006

Neil Little (born December 18, 1971 in Medicine Hat, Alberta) is a retired Canadian 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 NHL games with the Flyers. He is currently 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.

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. 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 dived into the crowd.

Coaching career[]

Little was named goaltending/ Assistant coach for the Philadelphia Phantoms for the 2007–08 season

Awards[]

Little was inducted into the Philadelphia Phantoms Hall of Fame and the AHL Hall Of Fame in 2006.

He was also inducted into Rensselaer's Athletic Hall of Fame in 2007.

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 88.9%
1994–95 Johnstown Chiefs ECHL 16 7 6 1 897 55 0 3.68 89.6%
1994–95 Hershey Bears AHL 19 5 7 3 919 60 0 3.91 86.8%
1995–96 Hershey Bears AHL 48 21 18 6 2680 149 0 3.34 89.5%
1996–97 Philadelphia Phantoms AHL 54 31 12 7 3007 145 0 2.89 90.9%
1997–98 Philadelphia Phantoms AHL 51 31 11 7 2960 145 0 2.94 90.3%
1998–99 Grand Rapids Griffins IHL 50 18 21 5 2740 144 3 3.15 89.4%
1999–00 Philadelphia Phantoms AHL 51 26 18 2 2830 143 1 3.03 90.6%
2000–01 Philadelphia Phantoms AHL 58 22 27 4 3117 148 2 2.85 90.9%
2001–02 Philadelphia Phantoms AHL 35 13 15 7 2079 70 2 2.02 92.6%
2001–02 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 1 0 1 0 60 4 0 4.00 86.2%
2002–03 Philadelphia Phantoms AHL 42 18 19 4 2478 103 4 2.49 90.7%
2003–04 Philadelphia Phantoms AHL 34 21 12 1 1900 62 6 1.96 92.0%
2003–04 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 1 0 1 0 33 2 0 3.64 75.0%
2004–05 Philadelphia Phantoms AHL 26 15 7 0 1382 54 3 2.34 92.1%
2005–06 Espoo Blues SM-liiga 37 14 16 7 2100.03 85 2 2.43 91.62%
NHL CAREER TOTALS 2 0 2 0 93 6 0

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