Bryan Little

Infobox Ice Hockey Player


team = Atlanta Thrashers
league = NHL
JR Team = Barrie Colts
position = Centre
shoots = Right
height_ft = 5
height_in = 11
weight_lb = 190
nickname =
nationality = CAN
birth_date = Birth date and age|1987|11|12|mf=y
birth_place = Edmonton AB, CAN
draft = 12th overall
draft_year = 2006
draft_team = Atlanta Thrashers
career_start = 2007

Bryan Little (born November 12, 1987 in Edmonton, Alberta -- Raised in Cambridge, Ontario) is a professional ice hockey player who currently plays for the Atlanta Thrashers of the NHL He was selected first round, 12th overall in the 2006 NHL Entry Draft by the Thrashers. He won a gold medal with Team Canada at the 2007 World Junior Hockey Championship. He played Junior B. for the Cambridge Winterhawks, and attended Southwood Secondary School. After four seasons playing for the Barrie Colts of the Ontario Hockey League, he joined the Thrashers' farm team, the Chicago Wolves for two games in the 2007 playoffs, recording no points or penalties. According to one local columnist, "He didn’t play much, and he was playing out of position, but the biggest thing was that he fit right in ... he played like he’d been there all season."cite news
url=http://www.ajc.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/ajc/thrashers/entries/2007/05/14/little_looks_go.html
publisher=The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
author=Custance, Craig
title=Little looks good for Wolves
date=May 14, 2007
accessdate=2006-05-28]

He recently signed a 3-year NHL entry level contract with the Atlanta Thrashers and is committed to them up to the end of the 2009–2010 season. He made the Thrashers out of training camp in 2007 and joined the team full time. He made his NHL debut on October 5, 2007 scoring in his first game. He became the first Thrasher to score in his NHL debut. Midway through the season, he was demoted to the Wolves, where he would go on to win the 2008 Calder Cup Championship.

Playing career

*Played for the Team Ontario in 2003–04 in the World Under-17 Hockey Challenge in Newfoundland, winning a gold medal.
*Played with Canadian National Under-18 Summer Team at the 2004 World Junior Cup in Breclav, Czech Republic.
*Invited to the December 2005 Canadian World Junior hockey team selection camp.
*Played in 2006 CHL-NHL Top Prospects Game.
*Member of the gold-medal winning 2007 Canadian World Junior hockey team.
*Played 2 games in the 2007 Calder Cup playoffs with the Chicago Wolves.

Awards

*2003–04 OHL Eastern Conference Coach's Poll
**"Smartest Player" (3rd star).
*2004–05 Barrie Colts team Alternate Captain.
*2004–05 OHL Eastern Conference Coach's Poll
**"Smartest Player" (2nd star), "Hardest Worker" (2nd star), "Most Dangerous in the Goal Area" (2nd star).
*2004–05 Eastern Conference OHL All-Star.
*2005–06 Barrie Colts team Captain.
*2005–06 OHL Eastern Conference Coach's Poll
**"Hardest Worker", "Best Playmaker", "Most Dangerous in the Goal Area", "Best on Face-Offs", "Best Shot" (2nd star).
*2005–06 Eastern Conference OHL All-Star.
*2006–07 Barrie Colts team Captain.
*2006–07 OHL Eastern Conference Coach's Poll
**"Hardest Worker", "Best Playmaker" (2nd star), "Most Dangerous in the Goal Area" (3rd star), "Best Shot", "Hardest Shot" (3rd star), "Best on Face-Offs".
*2006–07 OHL All-Star.
*2006–07 Set the Barrie Colts current club record for most goals scored with the team.
*2006–07 Set the Barrie Colts current club record for most points earned with the team.

Career statistics

External links

*hockeydb|76840
*TSN-NHL-profile|4337
* [http://www.hockeysfuture.com/prospects/bryan_little Article about Little on www.hockeysfuture.com]
* [http://mckeenshockey.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=483786 Article on mckeenshockey.rivals.com scouting site]

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