Broc Little (born March 24, 1988) is an American professional

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currently playing for

Linköping HC Linköping Hockey Club, often known by its initials LHC, or colloquially among its fans as Cluben, is a Swedish ice hockey club from Linköping, founded in 1976. The home arena of the team is Saab Arena (formerly Cloetta Center) which accommodat ...

of the Swedish Hockey League (SHL).

Playing career

Little is a graduate of

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in Ashburnham, in his freshman year at Cushing he played with the teams leading point scorer - future NHL defenseman

Keith Yandle Keith Michael Yandle (born September 9, 1986) is an American former professional ice hockey defenseman. He played for the Arizona Coyotes, New York Rangers, Florida Panthers, and Philadelphia Flyers. Yandle was drafted by the Coyotes in the fourt ...

. Prior to turning professional, Little attended

Yale University Yale University is a Private university, private research university in New Haven, Connecticut. Established in 1701 as the Collegiate School, it is the List of Colonial Colleges, third-oldest institution of higher education in the United Sta ...

, where he played four seasons with the

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team which competes in

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's Division I in the

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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

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of the Second Tier

Allsvenskan Allsvenskan (; en, the All-Swedish, also known as Fotbollsallsvenskan, en, the Football All-Swedish) is a Swedish professional league for men's association football clubs. It was founded in 1924 and is the top tier of the Swedish football le ...

and

AIK AIK Fotboll (), more commonly known simply as AIK (), an abbreviation for Allmänna Idrottsklubben (meaning ''the public'' or ''general sports club''), is a Swedish football club competing in Allsvenskan, the top flight of Swedish football. The ...

of the

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(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

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. In the 2013–14 season after only 20 games with the Falcons, Little was released from his contract on January 16, 2014. On January 17, 2014, Little signed a Professional Tryout with the

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of the AHL. After a solitary game with the Wild, Little opted to resume his European career in signing for the remainder of the season with Finnish

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club,

Jokerit Helsingin Jokerit (English: Jokers or Jesters) are a professional ice hockey team based in Helsinki, Finland. The team won six league championships as a member of the Finnish SM-liiga (1973, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1997, and 2002). Jokerit plays its ...

on January 20, 2014. With Jokerit bound for the

Kontinental Hockey League The Kontinental Hockey League (KHL; russian: Континентальная хоккейная лига (КХЛ), Kontinental'naya khokkeynaya liga) is an international professional ice hockey league founded in 2008. It comprises member clubs b ...

, Little left the team as a free agent and returned to the SHL in signing a contract with Linköpings HC on April 16, 2014. 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

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of the

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(NL).

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

International

Awards and honors

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Little, Broc 1988 births AIK IF players American men's ice hockey forwards HC Davos players Ice hockey people from Arizona Ice hockey players at the 2018 Winter Olympics Iowa Wild players Jokerit players Linköping HC players Living people Olympic ice hockey players of the United States Sportspeople from Phoenix, Arizona Springfield Falcons players VIK Västerås HK players Yale Bulldogs men's ice hockey players AHCA Division I men's ice hockey All-Americans