News release
1 August 2006
Frank Littlejohn is now an Elmira Jackal!
Elmira, NY The Elmira Jackals announced today that they have signed forward Frank Littlejohn to a contract. He becomes the 10th player signed by the Jackals for the 2006-07 Season.
Electric forward Frank Littlejohn is officially an Elmira Jackal. His rights were acquired by the Jackals on July 27th from the Quad City Mallards in exchange for the rights of defenseman Andrei Lupandin and forward Craig Macdonald. After being one of Elmiras biggest rivals for most of the teams 6-year existence, Littlejohn will now don the Jackals jersey after he signed a one-year contract for the 2006-07 season.
Littlejohn, who split the 2005-06 season between the Missouri River Otters and Quad City, had 47 points (27 goals, 20 assists) and 170 PIMs in 63 games played. The 511, 195 lbs right wing was traded to the Mallards just prior to the UHL Trade Deadline last year and he had 12 points (5 goals, 7 assists) in just 14 games for his new club. Littlejohn helped Quad City go deep into the playoffs, before losing to Danbury in the Colonial Cup semifinals.
Littlejohn has been a United Hockey League mainstay for the last seven years. He first came into the league in the 2000-01 season with the Adirondack IceHawks and became a well known opponent to Jackals fans. He spent five seasons with Adirondack before being traded to the Missouri River Otters two years ago. Arguably his best season was in 2004-05, split between Adirondack and Missouri, where he posted a career-high 60 points (33 goals, 27 assists) and 268 penalty minutes in 77 games played. In his 8-year professional career, Littlejohn has tallied some impressive numbers: 341 points (189 goals, 152 assists) and 1,633 penalty minutes in 489 games played.
Frank is exactly the type of player that I want to coach, said Jackals Head Coach Kris Waltze. He told me recently that he wants to be in Elmira, his work ethic is excellent and he wants to win here.
The Oshawa, Ontario native has been to the UHL playoffs on five separate occasions, with a post-season career of 9 points (6 goals, 3 assists) and 98 PIMs in 26 games played. In each of the last two years, Littejohn has helped his respective teams Missouri and Quad City reach the Colonial Cup Semifinals.