Andy Otto
{{short description|American ice hockey player}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2025}}
{{Infobox ice hockey player
| name = Andy Otto
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1963|05|08}}
| birth_place = Park Ridge, Illinois, USA
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| height_ft = 5
| height_in = 10
| weight_lb = 178
| position = Defenseman
| shoots = Right
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| played_for = Clarkson
New Haven Nighthawks
Rotterdam Panda's
HC Auronzo
Zoetermeer Panters II
The Outlaws Zoetermeer
Hijs Hokij Den Haag III
C.M. Amsterdam
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| career_start = 1982
| career_end = 2020
| draft = 225th
| draft_year = 1982
| draft_team = New York Rangers
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Andrew Otto is an American retired ice hockey defenseman who was an All-American for Clarkson.
Career
Otto began attending Clarkson University after being selected by the New York Rangers in the NHL Draft.{{cite news|title=Andy Otto |url=http://www.hockeydraftcentral.com/1982/82225.html |work=Hockey Draft Central |accessdate=June 19, 2021}} During his freshman season, he was selected to participate at the 1983 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.{{cite news|title=Team USA - U20 World Championships 1983 - Player Stats |url=https://www.quanthockey.com/wjc-u20/en/teams/team-usa-players-1983-wjc-u20-stats.html |work=Quant Hockey |accessdate=June 19, 2021}} In his time with Clarkson, Otto was a decent player, helping the team make the NCAA Tournament as a sophomore and nearly overcame a 4-goal deficit against Minnesota–Duluth in the quarterfinals.
Otto was named team captain in his senior season and led all defensemen in scoring. He was named an All-American and, while the team's regular season wasn't much different than years past, Clarkson defeated top-seeded Harvard to make their first championship game in fifteen years.{{cite news|title=Clarkson Men's Hockey 2017-18 Media Guide|url=https://issuu.com/mikelg/docs/2017-18clarksonhockeyguidecolor|publisher=Clarkson Golden Knights |accessdate=2018-09-17}} the Knights ultimately lost the match and did not receive an at-large bid to the national tournament. Otto finished out the year with a single game for the New Haven Nighthawks.
Rather than stay in North America, Otto travelled to the Netherlands to continue his hockey career. He joined the newly formed Rotterdam Panda's and helped the team win the Eredivisie championship in 1987. He played for HC Auronzo in the Italian second league the following season before returning to the Panda's and helping the club win two more championships in 1989 and 1990. Otto remained with the team for three more years before the closure of their home rink put the club in dire financial circumstances.
Otto returned as a player eleven years later in the Eerste Divisie, the semi-professional second Dutch league. part way through the next season he was sent down to the Tweede Divisie (Dutch third league) and continued to play at the level until the COVID-19 pandemic caused the league to suspended operations in 2020.
Statistics
=Regular season and playoffs=
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! colspan="3" bgcolor="#ffffff" | ! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" | ! colspan="5" | Regular Season ! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" | ! colspan="5" | Playoffs | |||||||||
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! Season ! Team ! League ! GP ! G ! A ! Pts ! PIM ! GP ! G ! A ! Pts ! PIM | |||||||||
| 1981–82
| NY-HS | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| bgcolor="f0f0f0"
| 1982–83 | Clarkson | 29 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 24 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1983–84
| Clarkson | 34 | 8 | 19 | 27 | 16 | — | — | — | — | — |
| bgcolor="f0f0f0"
| 1984–85 | Clarkson | 33 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 44 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1985–86
| Clarkson | 32 | 4 | 28 | 32 | 24 | — | — | — | — | — |
| bgcolor="f0f0f0"
| 1985–86 | AHL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1986–87
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| bgcolor="f0f0f0"
| 1987–88 | Italy 2 | 17 | 14 | 33 | 47 | 12 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1988–89
| 45 | 22 | 39 | 61 | 42 | — | — | — | — | — |
| bgcolor="f0f0f0"
| 1989–90 | 43 | 12 | 33 | 45 | 62 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1990–91
| 24 | 9 | 26 | 35 | 28 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 |
| bgcolor="f0f0f0"
| 1991–92 | 29 | 7 | 23 | 30 | 28 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 1992–93
| 22 | 8 | 16 | 24 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| bgcolor="f0f0f0"
| 2004–05 | 14 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| 2005–06
| 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — |
| bgcolor="f0f0f0"
| 2005–06 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2006–07
| 11 | 9 | 8 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 0 |
| bgcolor="f0f0f0"
| 2007–08 | 14 | 1 | 17 | 18 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 2008–09
| 14 | 4 | 21 | 25 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| bgcolor="f0f0f0"
| 2009–10 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2010–11
| 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| bgcolor="f0f0f0"
| 2012–13 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2013–14
| 8 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — |
| bgcolor="f0f0f0"
| 2015–16 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| 2016–17
| 11 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| bgcolor="f0f0f0"
| 2017–18 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 16 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2018–19
| 9 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — |
| bgcolor="f0f0f0"
| 2019–20 | 10 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — |
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! colspan="3" | NCAA totals ! 128 !! 22 !! 67 !! 89 !! 108 !! — !! — !! — !! — !! — | |||||||||
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! colspan="3" | Tweede Divisie totals ! 115 !! 40 !! 102 !! 142 !! 78 !! 9 !! 4 !! 12 !! 16 !! 22 |
=International=
Awards and honors
References
{{Reflist|50em}}
External links
- {{Ice hockey stats|nhl=8457595|elite=159126|hockeydb=9644}}
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Category:AHCA Division I men's ice hockey All-Americans
Category:American men's ice hockey defensemen
Category:Ice hockey players from Illinois
Category:Sportspeople from Park Ridge, Illinois
Category:Ice hockey people from Cook County, Illinois
Category:New York Rangers draft picks
Category:Clarkson Golden Knights men's ice hockey players
Category:New Haven Nighthawks players