Steve Ott
Steve Ott | ||||||
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Born |
Summerside, Prince Edward Island, Canada | August 19, 1982|||||
Height | 6 ft 0 in (183 cm) | |||||
Weight | 193 lb (88 kg; 13 st 11 lb) | |||||
Position | Centre | |||||
Shot | Left | |||||
Played for |
Dallas Stars Buffalo Sabres St. Louis Blues Detroit Red Wings Montreal Canadiens | |||||
National team |
NHL Draft |
25th overall, 2000 Dallas Stars | ||||
Playing career | 2002–2017 |
Steven Bradley Ott (born August 19, 1982) is a
Playing career
Early career and years in Dallas
Born in Summerside, Prince Edward Island, Ott later moved to Stoney Point, Ontario. He played his minor hockey with the Sun County Panthers of the Ontario Minor Hockey Association (OMHA) and the Belle River Canadiens (Great Lakes Junior C Hockey League) in the mid-1990s before signing for the 1998–99 season with the Leamington Flyers Junior B club (WOJHL). After a solid season, Ott was selected in the second round, 41st overall, of the 1998 OHL Priority Selection by the Windsor Spitfires.
Ott was a first round draft pick of the
Ott represented
In the 2007–08 season, Ott was suspended by the NHL for three games for a hit to the head of Jordan Leopold of the Colorado Avalanche during a game on March 9, 2008.[2] Ott also played in 18 playoff games for the Stars during their run to the Western Conference Finals.
Ott was suspended one game by the NHL on March 1, 2009, for an incident during a game on February 28, 2009, against the
During the 2009–10 season, on March 31, 2010, Ott scored his first NHL career hat-trick at home against the San Jose Sharks.[4]
Buffalo Sabres
On July 2, 2012, Ott was traded, along with
On October 1, 2013, Ott and Thomas Vanek were both awarded the captaincy of the Sabres. However, later in the month on October 27, Vanek was traded to the New York Islanders, leaving Ott as the team's sole captain.
St. Louis Blues
Approaching the 2013–14 trade deadline, Ott and fellow impending free agent Ryan Miller were traded by the rebuilding Sabres to the St. Louis Blues in exchange for Jaroslav Halák, Chris Stewart, William Carrier and two future draft picks.[6]
On December 5, 2015, Ott suffered a season-ending injury in a game against the Toronto Maple Leafs. Attempting to deliver a body check to Leafs captain Dion Phaneuf, Ott missed the hit and fell awkwardly into the boards. He was diagnosed with a torn hamstring and missed the remainder of the 2015–16 season. He practiced with the Blues prior to Game 3 of their first-round series against the defending champion Chicago Blackhawks but did not play until their second-round series against the Dallas Stars. He played in 9 playoff games, putting up one assist as the Blues lost in the Western Conference Final to the San Jose Sharks.
Detroit Red Wings
Becoming a free agent in the offseason, Ott signed a one-year contract with the Detroit Red Wings on July 1, 2016.[7]
Montreal Canadiens
On February 28, 2017, Ott was traded to the
Coaching career
St. Louis Blues
On May 25, 2017, Ott retired from his professional hockey playing career, and was named as an assistant coach for the St. Louis Blues for the 2017–18 season. He finished his career with 848 career games in the NHL.[9]
On June 12, 2019, Ott won the Stanley Cup as the Blues defeated the Boston Bruins in seven games.
Personal life
Ott has been married twice and has three children, one from his first marriage, and two from his current marriage.[10][11] Before beginning his professional hockey career, Ott raced kneeldown outboard hydroplanes. He gave it up at age 17 to focus on hockey. As of 2014 his father was a professional boat racer in the American Power Boat Association (APBA) and Ott was pit crewing for him during his off-season in the summer. About power boating Ott says "it’s extremely dangerous. A lot of people get injured, and life-threatening stuff as well. It’s something that you have to have in your blood to be able to do it, but I think it’s passed down from my dad."[12]
Career statistics
Regular season and playoffs
Regular season
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Playoffs | |||||||||||||
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Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
1998–99 | Leamington Flyers | WOHL | 48 | 14 | 30 | 44 | 110 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1999–2000 | Windsor Spitfires | OHL | 66 | 23 | 39 | 62 | 131 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 21 | ||
2000–01 | Windsor Spitfires | OHL | 55 | 50 | 37 | 87 | 164 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 27 | ||
2001–02 | Windsor Spitfires | OHL | 53 | 43 | 45 | 88 | 178 | 14 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 49 | ||
2002–03 | Utah Grizzlies | AHL | 40 | 9 | 11 | 20 | 98 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2002–03 | Dallas Stars | NHL | 26 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 31 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
2003–04 | Dallas Stars | NHL | 73 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 152 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
2004–05 | Hamilton Bulldogs | AHL | 67 | 18 | 21 | 39 | 279 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | ||
2005–06 | Dallas Stars | NHL | 82 | 5 | 17 | 22 | 178 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
2006–07 | Dallas Stars | NHL | 19 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 35 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | ||
2006–07 | Iowa Stars | AHL | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2007–08 | Dallas Stars | NHL | 73 | 11 | 11 | 22 | 147 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 22 | ||
2008–09 | Dallas Stars | NHL | 64 | 19 | 27 | 46 | 135 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2009–10 | Dallas Stars | NHL | 73 | 22 | 14 | 36 | 153 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2010–11 | Dallas Stars | NHL | 82 | 12 | 20 | 32 | 183 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2011–12 | Dallas Stars | NHL | 74 | 11 | 28 | 39 | 156 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2012–13 | Buffalo Sabres | NHL | 48 | 9 | 15 | 24 | 93 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2013–14 | Buffalo Sabres | NHL | 59 | 9 | 11 | 20 | 55 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2013–14 | St. Louis Blues | NHL | 23 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 37 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 14 | ||
2014–15 | St. Louis Blues | NHL | 78 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 86 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | ||
2015–16 | St. Louis Blues | NHL | 21 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 34 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | ||
2016–17 | Detroit Red Wings | NHL | 42 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 63 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2016–17 | Montreal Canadiens | NHL | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
NHL totals | 848 | 109 | 179 | 288 | 1555 | 61 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 80 |
International
Year | Team | Event | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | |
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2001 | Canada | WJC
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7 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | |
2002 | Canada | WJC | 7 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 8 | |
2010 | Canada | WC
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7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 20 | |
Junior totals | 14 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 14 |
Awards and honours
Award | Year | |
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OHL | ||
Third All-Star Team | 2001 | |
CHL Second All-Star Team | 2001 | |
Second All-Star Team | 2002 | |
NHL | ||
Stanley Cup champion (coaching staff) | 2019 |
References
- ^ "Simply the pest: Dallas Stars' Ott ticks off foes". dallasnews.com. 2008-04-25. Retrieved 2008-11-10.
- ^ "League hands Ott three-game suspension for hit to leopold's head". ESPN.com. 2008-03-12. Retrieved 2009-02-06.
- ^ "NHL suspends Ott over eye-gouge". Canoe-Slam Sports. 2009-04-03.
- ^ "Top 10 Hockey Agitators Of All-Time [Part 2/2]". YouTube. Retrieved 2010-07-27.[dead YouTube link]
- ^ "Stars acquire Roy from Sabres in exchange for Pardy and Ott". The Sports Network. 2012-07-02. Archived from the original on 2012-07-04. Retrieved 2012-07-02.
- ^ "Sabres deal Miller, Ott to Blues for Halak, Stewart, Picks". The Sports Network. 2014-02-28. Retrieved 2014-02-28.
- ^ DiFilippo, Alex (July 1, 2016). "Detroit agrees to terms with free agent forward Steve Ott on one-year contract". Detroit Red Wings. Retrieved July 1, 2016.
- ^ St. James, Helene (March 1, 2017). "Red Wings trade Steve Ott to Canadiens for 2018 6th-round draft pick". Detroit Free Press. Retrieved March 1, 2017.
- ^ "Steve Ott Returns as Assistant Coach". St. Louis Blues. 25 May 2017. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
- ^ "A Growing Leader". NHL.com. August 15, 2008. Retrieved June 7, 2018.
There he has been able to spend a little time with his wife Candice and one-year-old daughter Layna.
- ^ "Steve 'Iceman' Ott's Blues duties take backseat for Maverick's birth". foxsports.com. February 23, 2015. Retrieved June 6, 2018.
- ^ "Get to know Steve Ott". NHL.com. March 13, 2014. Retrieved September 8, 2022.
External links
- Biographical information and career statistics from NHL.com, or Eliteprospects.com, or Hockey-Reference.com, or The Internet Hockey Database