Neil Little

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==
* 1997–98: Calder Cup Philadelphia Phantoms
* 2004–05: Calder Cup Philadelphia Phantoms
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	NHL CAREER TOTALS 	NHL CAREER TOTALS	 	2 	0 	2 	0 	93 	6 	0 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
==External links==
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*Little Joins Wachovia Center Front Office
Category:Born in 1971
Category:Calder Cup champions
Category:Canadian ice hockey players
Category:Grand Rapids Griffins players
Category:Hershey Bears players
Category:Philadelphia Flyers draft picks
Category:Philadelphia Flyers players
Category:Philadelphia Phantoms players
Category:R.P.I. Engineers players
Category:Blues Espoo players
Category:Retired in 2006