Steve Ott Named OHL Player of the Week

Toronto – The Ontario Hockey League today announced that Windsor Spitfires centre Steve Ott is the OHL Player of the Week for the week ending Sunday January 20, 2002 after scoring four goals and three assists for seven points, leading the Spitfires to three wins last week.

Ott, a 19-year-old native of Summerside, P.E.I., scored two goals, including the game-winner, as the Spitfires skated to a 3-2 win against the Greyhounds in Sault Ste. Marie on January 16. He followed up with two goals, including his second game-winner in as many days, as the Spitfires defeated the visiting Brampton Battalion on January 17 and chipped in with two assists in a 5-1 home-ice win over the Mississauga IceDogs on January 20.

Ott, who won a silver medal with Canada’s National Junior Team earlier this month, leads the Spitfires with 25 goals and 28 assists for 53 points in 33 games this season.

Steve Ott
Born: August 19, 1982 Summerside, P.E.I.
Position: Centre Shoots: Left
Height: 6.01 Weight: 184 lbs.
Windsor’s 2nd round choice, 41st overall, in the 1999 OHL Priority Selection
NHL – Dallas’ 1st round choice, 25th overall, in the 2000 NHL Entry Draft

Season  Club              GP G  A  PTS PIM
1998-99 Leamington Jr. B  48 14 30 44 110
1999-00 Windsor Spitfires 66 23 39 62 131
2000-01 Windsor Spitfires 55 50 37 87 164
2001-02 Windsor Spitfires 33 25 28 53 104
OHL     Totals         154 98 104 202 399