Mike Little

Mike Little
Date of birth	November 12, 1987
place of birth	Enfield , Connecticut , USA
size	175 cm
Weight	85 kg
position	defender
Shot hand	Right
Career stations
2006-2007	Springfield Pics
2007-2011	American International College
2011-2013	Stockton Thunder
2013-2015	Florida Everblades
2015-2016	Kassel Huskies
2016-2017	Krefeld penguins
2017-2019	Kassel Huskies
since 2019	SønderjyskE ishockey

Mike Little (born November 12, 1987 in Enfield , Connecticut ) is an American ice hockey player who has been under contract with SønderjyskE Ishockey in the Danish Metal Ligaen since 2019 .

Career

Mike Little played for the Springfield Pics in the Eastern Junior Hockey League in the 2006/07 season . For the next season he stayed in Springfield and began studying at the American International College . Little was now part of the college's ice hockey team, the Yellow Jackets , who played Atlantic Hockey in the NCAA Conference . In his first three years he reached last place with his team and was eliminated in the first round of the playoffs . In the 2010/11 season he was assistant captain of his team. After Little was again last in his fourth year with the Yellow Jackets, you could defeat the team of the United States Military Academy in the first round of the playoffs . In the quarter-finals, the Rochester Institute of Technology lost two games.

After the end of the college season, Little made his professional debut for the Reading Royals in the ECHL on March 23, 2011 . He played seven games and gave two assists. For the 2011/12 season Little signed with Stockton Thunder . There he was the best defender of his team and came in the playoffs to the conference semi-finals. Because of his good performance, Little was chosen into the ECHL All-Rookie Team . He then extended his contract and reached the final of the Kelly Cup with his team the next year . There Little was defeated by his former Reading Royals team with the Stockton Thunder in five games. In September 2013 he was transferred to the Florida Everblades , where he spent the season. In addition, Little played three games in the American Hockey League for the Norfolk Admirals . In July 2014, he extended his contract with the Everblades. In the 2014/15 season , Little led his team as assistant captain to first place in the East Division. In the playoffs, the Everblades lost to the eventual Kelly Cup winner South Carolina Stingrays in the second round. Little showed outstanding performance offensively and defensively, so that he was voted ECHL Defenseman of the Year . During the season he came back to the AHL when he first played for the Charlotte Checkers . Games for the Springfield Falcons followed , so that Little played in Springfield ice hockey in the junior area, college business and professional hockey.

On June 2, 2015, the Iserlohn Roosters from the German Ice Hockey League announced the commitment of the defender. He got a trial contract until the beginning of the season. After the five-week preparation phase with seven test matches, the Roosters announced on September 7th that Little would not receive a contract for the season. This was followed by the change to the Austrian first division club Graz 99ers and another transfer in November to the German second division club Kassel Huskies . With the Huskies, Little initially received a trial contract, two weeks later the working paper was extended to the end of the 2015/16 season. With the Huskies he won the championship title in the DEL2 and a few days after the end of the season he accepted a contract offer from the DEL club Krefeld Pinguine , which tied him for the 2016/17 season. In 2017 he returned to the huskies.

Achievements and Awards

• 2012 ECHL All-Rookie Team
• 2015 ECHL First All-Star Team
• 2015 ECHL Defenseman of the Year
• 2015 ECHL Plus Performer Award (together with Drew Daniels )
• 2016 master of the DEL2

Career statistics

				Regular season							Play-offs
season	team	league		Sp	T	V	Pt	SM	+/-		Sp	T	V	Pt	SM	+/-
2007/08	American International College	AHA		36	0	5	5	2	-18
2008/09	American International College	AHA		35	1	0	1	6th	-13
2009/10	American International College	AHA		33	3	10	13	10	-10
2010/11	American International College	AHA		29	1	12	13	14th	-15
2010/11	Reading Royals	ECHL		7th	0	2	2	2	6th		-	-	-	-	-	-
2011/12	Stockton Thunder	ECHL		70	10	31	41	36	21st		8th	0	2	2	2	-3
2012/13	Stockton Thunder	ECHL		63	8th	26th	34	24	-2		23	0	7th	7th	12	1
2013/14	Norfolk Admirals	AHL		3	0	0	0	0	0		-	-	-	-	-	-
2013/14	Florida Everblades	ECHL		44	4th	18th	22nd	14th	10		-	-	-	-	-	-
2014/15	Florida Everblades	ECHL		63	13	41	54	14th	46		9	3	5	8th	4th	3
2014/15	Charlotte Checkers	AHL		4th	0	0	0	2	0		-	-	-	-	-	-
2014/15	Springfield Falcons	AHL		3	0	2	2	0	-1		-	-	-	-	-	-
AHA total				133	5	27	32	32	-56
AHL total				10	0	2	2	2	-1		-	-	-	-	-	-
ECHL total				248	35	118	153	90	81		40	3	14th	17th	18th	1

( Legend for player statistics: Sp or GP = games played; T or G = goals scored; V or A = assists scored ; Pkt or Pts = scorer points scored ; SM or PIM = penalty minutes received ; +/− = plus / minus balance; PP = overpaid goals scored ; SH = underpaid goals scored ; GW = winning goals scored; ¹  play-downs / relegation )

Web links

• Mike Little at eliteprospects.com (English)
• Mike Little at hockeydb.com (English)
• Mike Little at eurohockey.com

Individual evidence

1. ↑ The ECHL - Premier 'AA' Hockey League | Little named CCM Hockey ECHL Defenseman of the Year. (No longer available online.) In: www.echl.com. Archived from the original on February 13, 2016 ; accessed on February 13, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
2. ↑ Moser Medical Graz99ers "Two inlet and two outlets for the 99ers. In: www.99ers.at. Archived from the original on February 18, 2016 ; accessed on March 27, 2016 . 
3. ↑ Mike Little stays with the huskies. In: del-2.org. Retrieved February 13, 2016 . 
4. ↑ Schalljo: DEL2 champion Mike Little changes to the Krefeld Penguins. (No longer available online.) In: portal.krefeld-pinguine.de. Archived from the original on April 26, 2016 ; Retrieved April 26, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.