Neil Little

Photo taken from nhl.com press photo. Reprinted without permission.

BORN: Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada, December 18, 1971.
HEIGHT: 6'1"
WEIGHT: 190. pounds.
CATCHES: Left.
COLLEGE: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

STRENGTHS: Good team player.

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REGULAR SEASON STATISTICS:

YEAR	TEAM	LEAGUE	AGE	GP	MIN	W	L	T	OL	W%	GA	GAA	SA	SVPCT	ShO	G	A	PiM	S/60	UNI#	SOUT	GFA	S+/30	Z-SC	GD	GAR	SNW%	SNW	SNL	VAR	BAV	AVG	AAV	SoS	OS%+
1990-91	Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute	ECAC	19	18												0	0	2
1991-92	Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute	ECAC	20	28												0	0	6
1992-93	Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute	ECAC	21	31												0	3	8
1993-94	Hershey Bears	AHL	22	1	19	0	0	0			1	3.23	9	0.889	0	0	0	0	29.1				0.25	0.1	0.1	0.2	0.535	0	0
1993-94	Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute	ECAC	22	33	1920	19	10	4		0.636	102	3.19				0	1	4
1994-95	Hershey Bears	AHL	23	19	920	5	7	3		0.433	60	3.91	454	0.868	0	0	1	2	29.6				-0.72	-1.7	-10.9	-4.1	0.401	6	9
1994-95	Johnstown Chiefs	ECHL	23	16	897	7	6		1	0.536	55	3.68	530	0.896	0	0	0	2	35.5				0.36	0.9	6.3	14.3	0.554	8	6
1995-96	Hershey Bears	AHL	24	48	2680	21	18	6		0.533	149	3.34	1418	0.895	0	0	0	4	31.7				0.10	0.4	4.6	25.9	0.515	23	22
1996-97	Philadelphia Flyers	NHL	25	0	0	0	0	0			0		0		0	0	0	0		35
1996-97	Philadelphia Phantoms	AHL	25	54	3007	31	12	7		0.690	145	2.89	1602	0.909	0	0	1	6	32.0	31			0.31	1.4	16.8	40.8	0.555	28	22
1997-98	Philadelphia Flyers	NHL	26	0	0	0	0	0			0		0		0	0	0	0		35
1997-98	Philadelphia Phantoms	AHL	26	51	2960	31	11	7		0.704	145	2.94	1492	0.903	0	0	1	24	30.2				-0.01	0.0	-0.5	21.9	0.498	24	25
1998-99	Grand Rapids Griffins	IHL	27	50	2740	18	21	5	0	0.466	144	3.15	1362	0.894	3	0	2	6	29.8				-0.28	-1.2	-12.7	7.7	0.454	20	24
1999-00	Philadelphia Flyers	NHL	28	0	0	0	0	0			0		0		0	0	0	0		35
1999-00	Philadelphia Phantoms	AHL	28	51	2830	26	18	2		0.587	143	3.03	1516	0.906	1	0	2	21	32.1				-0.05	-0.2	-2.5	20.2	0.491	23	23
2000-01	Philadelphia Phantoms	AHL	29	58	3117	22	27	4		0.453	148	2.85	1624	0.909	2	0	2	60	31.3				0.06	0.3	3.3	27.7	0.511	27	26
2000-01	Philadelphia Flyers	NHL	29	0	0	0	0	0			0		0		0	0	0	0		35
2001-02	Philadelphia Phantoms	AHL	30	35	2079	13	15	7		0.471	70	2.02	942	0.926	2	0	0	6	27.2				0.41	1.5	12.8	26.9	0.583	20	15
2001-02	Philadelphia Flyers	NHL	30	1	60	0	1	0		0.000	4	4.00	29	0.862	0	0	0	10	29.0	35		1.00	-1.37	-0.9	-1.3	-0.9	0.309	0	1	0.00	100%	0%	0%	0.14	-3.1%
2002-03	Philadelphia Phantoms	AHL	31	42	2478	18	19	4		0.488	103	2.49	1102	0.907	4	0	0	2	26.7				-0.10	-0.4	-3.7	12.8	0.482	20	21
2002-03	Philadelphia Flyers	NHL	31	0	0	0	0	0			0		0		0	0	0	0		35
2003-04	Philadelphia Flyers	NHL	32	1	33	0	1	0		0.000	2	3.61	8	0.750	0	0	0	0	14.5	35		1.00	-4.83	-1.6	-1.3	-1.2	0.113	0	1	0.00	100%	0%	0%	0.52	7.7%
2003-04	Philadelphia Phantoms	AHL	32	34	1900	21	12	1		0.632	62	1.96	777	0.920	6	0	1	21	24.5			2.41	0.09	0.3	2.3	13.9	0.518	18	16	1.13	25%	33%	42%
2004-05	Philadelphia Phantoms	AHL	33	26	1382	15	7		0	0.682	54	2.34	687	0.921	3	0	1	6	29.8		3-0 (10/17)	3.08	0.15	0.5	3.5	13.8	0.531	12	10	1.11	41%	11%	48%
2005-06	Blues Espoo	FINLAND	34	37	2100	14	16	7		0.473	85	2.43		0.916	2
		NHL TOTALS		2	93	0	2	0		0.000	6	3.86	37	0.838	0	0	0	10	23.8						-2.6	-2.1	0.211	0	2

POSTSEASON STATISTICS:

YEAR	TEAM	LEAGUE	AGE	GP	MIN	W	L	W%	GA	GAA	SA	SVPCT	ShO	A	PiM	S/60	UNI#	GFA	VAR	BAV	AVG	AAV
1994-95	Johnstown Chiefs	ECHL	23	3	145	0	2	0.000	11	4.55				0	4
1995-96	Hershey Bears	AHL	24	1	60	0	1	0.000	4	4.00			0	0	0
1996-97	Philadelphia Phantoms	AHL	25	10	620	6	4	0.600	20	1.93			1	1	17		31
1997-98	Philadelphia Phantoms	AHL	26	20	1193	15	5	0.750	48	2.41			3	1	2
1999-00	Philadelphia Phantoms	AHL	28	5	298	2	3	0.400	15	3.02				0	0
2000-01	Philadelphia Phantoms	AHL	29	10	631	5	5	0.500	23	2.18			1	0	0
2001-02	Philadelphia Phantoms	AHL	30	5	298	2	3	0.400	13	2.61	156	0.917	0	0	0	31.4
2004-05	Philadelphia Phantoms	AHL	33	2	25	1	0	1.000	0	0.00	5	1.000	0	0	0	12.0		5.18	0.02	0%	100%	0%

NHL GAME LOGS:

DATE	DEC	MIN	SEC	SAVES	SHOTS	SCORE	OT	SOUT	OPP	LOC	GOALTENDERS	SUBSTITUTION
	Selected by Philadelphia Flyers in National Hockey League entry draft, June 22, 1991.
03/02/1997						5-2		/	Hartford	Road	Burke
03/29/1997						5-3		/	Washington	Road	Ranford, Kolzig
03/30/1997						2-3		/	St. Louis	Road	Fuhr
04/01/1997						1-1	OT	/	Tampa Bay	Home	Puppa
10/29/1997						2-3		/	St. Louis	Home	McLennan, Fuhr
11/03/1997						5-1		/	St. Louis	Road	Fuhr
11/29/1997						3-3	OT	/	Tampa Bay	Road	Puppa
12/01/1997						1-1	OT	/	Buffalo	Home	Hasek
12/03/1997						0-3		/	Boston	Home	Dafoe
12/05/1997						4-4	OT	/	NY Rangers	Road	Richter, Muzzatti
03/08/1998						4-3	OT	/	Pittsburgh	Home	Wregget
03/10/1998						2-2	OT	/	New Jersey	Home	Brodeur
03/12/1998						3-2		/	Vancouver	Home	Irbe
03/14/1998						6-1		/	Detroit	Home	Osgood, Maracle
03/16/1998						4-1		/	Toronto	Home	Potvin
03/19/1998						3-3	OT	/	Anaheim	Home	Shtalenkov
03/31/1998						3-2		/	Chicago	Home	Hackett
04/02/1998						3-0		/	Los Angeles	Home	Storr
04/04/1998						1-4		/	Florida	Home	Vanbiesbrouck
10/24/1999						2-0		/	Florida	Home	Burke
01/16/2001						3-4	OT	/	NY Rangers	Road	Richter
11/17/2001						3-1		/	New Jersey	Road	Brodeur
11/20/2001						3-3	OT	/	New Jersey	Home	Brodeur
11/23/2001						3-3	OT	/	Dallas	Road	Belfour
11/25/2001						1-4		/	Vancouver	Home	Cloutier
11/29/2001						2-3	OT	/	Boston	Home	Dafoe
12/01/2001						2-0		/	Tampa Bay	Home	Weekes
12/04/2001						3-2		/	NY Islanders	Road	Osgood
12/06/2001						0-2		/	NY Islanders	Home	Snow
12/08/2001						5-1		/	Minnesota	Home	Roloson, Fernandez
01/26/2002						4-2		/	Carolina	Home	Irbe, Barrasso
03/04/2002						4-1		/	Boston	Road	Dafoe
03/07/2002						2-4		/	Calgary	Home	Turek
03/08/2002						4-2		/	Tampa Bay	Road	Khabibulin
03/10/2002						1-3		/	Toronto	Home	Schwab
03/12/2002						1-1	OT	/	Toronto	Road	Schwab
03/14/2002						1-3		/	Buffalo	Home	Noronen
03/16/2002						1-2		/	Colorado	Home	Roy
03/18/2002						3-3	OT	/	Tampa Bay	Home	Kochan
03/21/2002						2-1		/	Anaheim	Home	Shields
03/23/2002						4-4	OT	/	Pittsburgh	Road	Hedberg
03/25/2002						4-1		/	Toronto	Home	Schwab
03/27/2002						4-2		/	NY Rangers	Road	Blackburn
03/28/2002	L	60		25	29	1-4		/	Carolina	Road	Irbe
03/20/2003						4-2		/	Pittsburgh	Home	Caron
03/22/2003						1-2		/	NY Rangers	Home	Dunham, Blackburn
03/24/2003						6-2		/	Atlanta	Home	Hnilicka
01/31/2004						5-3		/	Pittsburgh	Road	Aubin
02/02/2004	L	33	12	6	8	1-2		/	Tampa Bay	Home	Khabibulin	Replaced Esche
02/04/2004						5-1		/	Washington	Home	Kolzig
02/05/2004						5-1		/	Atlanta	Road	Nurminen

Game logs have been compiled using the best information that I can find; for a detailed list of known concerns, please click here. I am always looking for assistance in making these more accurate, and welcome your help. For the 1983-84 season and prior, one of my key sources was the Hockey Summary Project, a tremendous resource and one of the best data collections on the Internet. In return, I have attempted to make these data better where possible.

AHL GAME LOGS:

DATE	DEC	MIN	SEC	SAVES	SHOTS	SCORE	OT	SOUT	OPP	LOC	GOALTENDERS	SUBSTITUTION
	Started 2003-04 season with Philadelphia Phantoms
10/10/2003	L	58	30	19	22	2-4		/	Binghamton	Home	Emery
10/11/2003	W	60		26	27	3-1		/	Bridgeport	Road	Dubielewicz
10/12/2003	W	60		29	29	3-0		/	Norfolk	Home	Passmore
10/18/2003	L	58	9	26	29	2-4		/	Toronto	Home	Valiquette
10/25/2003	L	58	58	20	22	1-2		/	Norfolk	Road	Andersson
11/08/2003	W	64	47	29	31	3-2	OT	/	Hershey	Road	Budaj
11/12/2003	L	40		15	19	3-5		/	Cincinnati	Home	Ferhi	Replaced by Niittymaki
11/15/2003	L	59	9	13	16	2-3		/	Bridgeport	Road	Kochan
11/22/2003	W	50	13	17	18	5-4		/	Wilkes-Barre	Road	Aubin	Replaced Niittymaki
11/23/2003	W	60		22	23	3-1		/	Portland	Home	Ouellet
11/28/2003	W	60		26	28	3-2		/	Wilkes-Barre	Home	Brochu
12/06/2003	W	60		20	22	3-2		/	Norfolk	Road	Passmore
12/12/2003	L	20		5	8	1-4		/	Bridgeport	Home	Dubielewicz	Replaced by Houle
12/13/2003	W	60		15	16	3-1		/	Norfolk	Road	Anderson
12/18/2003	W	60		13	14	3-1		/	Toronto	Road	Valiquette, Morrison
12/23/2003	W	60		25	25	1-0		/	Hamilton	Road	Fichaud
12/26/2003	W	60		24	26	6-2		/	Hershey	Home	Lawson
12/28/2003	L	56	10	20	24	1-5		/	Bridgeport	Home	Emery, Thompson, Emery	Replaced by Niittymaki
01/10/2004	W	60		26	27	2-1		/	Binghamton	Road	Emery
01/17/2004	L	58	58	31	35	3-4		/	Wilkes-Barre	Road	Chiodo
01/24/2004	W	60		24	24	2-0		/	Hershey	Road	Lawson
01/25/2004	W	60		24	26	3-2		/	Springfield	Home	LeNeveu
02/13/2004	L	33	8	14	17	0-4		/	Hartford	Road	LaBarbera	Replaced by Houle
02/15/2004	W	60		27	28	2-1		/	Lowell	Road	DesRochers
02/20/2004	W	60		29	29	3-0		/	Hershey	Home	Lawson
02/21/2004	W	60		21	22	4-1		/	Hershey	Road	Budaj
02/25/2004	W	60		21	22	4-1		/	Cincinnati	Road	Bryzgalov
02/28/2004	L	60		19	24	2-5		/	Milwaukee	Road	Finley
03/06/2004	L	36	45	13	17	0-4		/	Wilkes-Barre	Road	Caron	Replaced by Niittymaki
03/14/2004	W	60		24	24	2-0		/	Portland	Road	Ouellet
03/21/2004	L	40		11	14	2-3		/	Grand Rapids	Home	Lamothe	Replaced by Niittymaki
03/28/2004	W	60		19	20	3-1		/	Manchester	Home	Hnilicka
04/03/2004	W	60		23	24	4-1		/	Wilkes-Barre	Road	Brochu
04/10/2004	T	65		25	25	0-0	OT	/	Bridgeport	Road	Dubielewicz
10/23/2004	W	61	9	30	32	3-2	OT	/	Hershey	Road	Lawson
11/07/2004	W	60		20	21	3-1		/	Cincinnati	Home	Bryzgalov
11/13/2004	W	59	53	33	35	3-2		/	Binghamton	Road	Emery
11/20/2004	W	61	30	23	26	4-3	OT	/	Albany	Road	Clemmensen
11/27/2004	W	60		40	41	3-1		/	Hershey	Road	Budaj
12/11/2004	L	59	19	20	25	4-6		/	Wilkes-Barre	Road	Fleury
12/12/2004	W	60		26	27	5-1		/	Milwaukee	Home	Finley, Kotyk
12/15/2004	W	60		25	28	4-3		/	Springfield	Road	Storr
12/29/2004	L	62	0	46	48	1-2	OT	/	Norfolk	Home	Leighton
01/01/2005	W	65		24	28	5-4	SO	3/5	Albany	Road	Clemmensen
01/08/2005	W	64	57	24	27	4-3	SO	3/6	Wilkes-Barre	Road	Fleury, Sabourin
01/09/2005	W	60		27	27	3-0		/	Albany	Home	Clemmensen
01/12/2005	L	58	29	19	23	2-4		/	Binghamton	Home	Emery
01/14/2005	L	44	38	21	25	2-6		/	Norfolk	Road	Leighton	Replaced by Houle
01/21/2005	-	0	2	0	0	1-2		/	Rochester	Road	Miller	Replaced Niittymaki
02/05/2005	-	26	21	5	6	1-4		/	Wilkes-Barre	Road	Fleury	Replaced Niittymaki
02/20/2005	W	60		30	31	6-1		/	Grand Rapids	Road	MacIntyre, MacDonald
02/23/2005	-	25	53	14	15	0-5		/	Cincinnati	Road	Cassivi	Replaced Niittymaki
03/03/2005	-	10	28	1	2	4-7		/	Binghamton	Road	Emery	Replaced Niittymaki
03/04/2005	W	60		33	33	4-0		/	Bridgeport	Road	Kochan
03/06/2005	L	59	28	16	20	3-4		/	Wilkes-Barre	Home	Fleury
03/12/2005	L	59	4	21	24	2-3		/	Portland	Road	Daigneault
03/20/2005	W	60		32	32	5-0		/	Portland	Home	Daigneault
04/02/2005	W	65		28	31	4-3	SO	4/6	Norfolk	Road	Munro
04/09/2005	W	60		37	38	2-1		/	Hershey	Road	Budaj
04/17/2005	L	59	36	38	42	2-4		/	Norfolk	Home	Munro
05/13/2005	W	13	19	2	2	7-4		/	Wilkes-Barre	Home	Chiodo, Fleury	Replaced Niittymaki
05/27/2005	-	11	11	3	3	4-6		/	Providence	Road	Toivonen, Madden	Replaced Niittymaki, replaced by Niittymaki

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