Canadian ice hockey player

Leslie Neil Little, Jr. (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 an amateur scout for the Flyers. He is now a scout for the NHL Florida Panthers.

Contents

• 1 Playing career
• 2 Coaching career
• 3 Personal life
• 4 Awards and honours
• 5 Career statistics
  • 5.1 Regular season
• 6 References
• 7 External links

Playing career

Little played 4 seasons for R.P.I. (NCAA Div 1, ECAC) before starting a professional 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, played there until Christmas, 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 Cl*ic Alumni game.

He is also the founder of ProHockeyLaunch.com which is an evaluation and mentorship company for up and coming young hockey players.

Coaching career

Following his playing career, Little was named an *istant 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 *istant 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 four children, Nicholas, Elsie, Graysen and Piper.

Awards and honours

• 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

References

External links

• Biographical information and career statistics from NHL.com, or:Hockey-Reference.com, or:The Internet Hockey Database