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Steve Ott • C
Ht/Wt:6'0", 193 lbs.
Born:Aug 19, 1982 (42 yrs) in Summerside, P.E.I.
Experience:14 years
Drafted:Drafted by Dallas in 2000 (1/25).
Shoots:L
Movements & Injuries
2017
5/25/2017 Announced his retirement.
3/01/2017 Acquired from the Detroit Red Wings.
2/06/2017 Missed 7 games (shoulder injury).
1/19/2017 Shoulder injury, injured reserve.
2016
10/30/2016 Fined $2,222.22 by the NHL.
7/01/2016 Signed as an unrestricted free agent by the Detroit Red Wings to a one-year contract.
4/15/2016 Missed the last 55 regular season and first playoff games (hamstring).
2015
12/06/2015 Hamstring, injured reserve.
11/19/2015 Missed 6 games (upper body injury).
11/06/2015 Upper body injury, day-to-day.
2/24/2015 Missed 1 game (personal reasons).
2/21/2015 Personal reasons, day-to-day.
2014
12/03/2014 Missed 1 game (groin).
11/29/2014 Groin, day-to-day.
7/10/2014 Re-signed as an unrestricted free agent by the St. Louis Blues to a two-year contract.
2/28/2014 Acquired from the Buffalo Sabres.
2012
7/02/2012 Acquired from the Dallas Stars.
3/10/2012 Missed 1 game (back spasms).
3/08/2012 Back spasms, day-to-day.
2011
11/17/2011 Missed 5 games (hip injury).
11/10/2011 Hip injury, injured reserve.
11/04/2011 Hip injury, day-to-day.
2010
3/02/2010 Missed 3 games (appendectomy).
3/01/2010 Signed by the Dallas Stars to a four-year contract extension.
2/08/2010 Appendectomy, early March.
2009
10/31/2009 Missed 2 games (suspension).
10/27/2009 Suspended by the NHL for two games.
10/21/2009 Missed 4 games (oblique).
10/14/2009 Oblique, day-to-day.
3/02/2009 Suspended by the NHL for 1 game.
3/01/2009 Suspended indefinitely by the NHL.
2008
12/18/2008 Missed 11 games (broken right hand).
11/24/2008 Broken right hand, late December.
10/29/2008 Missed 3 games (groin).
10/23/2008 Groin, day-to-day.
10/18/2008 Missed 2 games (undisclosed).
10/15/2008 Undisclosed, day-to-day.
4/29/2008 Re-signed by the Dallas Stars to a two-year contract.
3/12/2008 Suspended by the NHL for three games.
2007
3/27/2007 Missed 25 games (ankle injury).
1/30/2007 Ankle injury, sidelined indefinitely.
1/24/2007 Recalled from Iowa (AHL).
1/18/2007 Missed 36 games (broken ankle) and assigned to Iowa (AHL).
2006
10/29/2006 Broken ankle, mid-January.
9/14/2006 Sports hernia, sidelined indefinitely.
7/10/2006 Re-signed as a restricted free agent by the Dallas Stars to a two-year contract.
2005
8/11/2005 Re-signed as a restricted free agent by the Dallas Stars to a one-year contract.
7/31/2005 Dallas Stars tendered a qualifying offer.
2004
9/15/2004 Assigned to Hamilton (AHL).
1/30/2004 Fined $1,000 by the NHL.
2003
12/26/2003 Missed 7 games (muscle strain).
12/10/2003 Muscle strain, day-to-day.
2/13/2003 Recalled from Utah (AHL).
1/01/2003 Assigned to Utah (AHL).
2002
12/12/2002 Recalled from Utah (AHL).
10/05/2002 Assigned to Utah (AHL).
2001
9/19/2001 Returned to Windsor (OHL).
2000
9/17/2000 Returned to Windsor (OHL).
6/24/2000 Drafted by the Dallas Stars in the 1st round (25th overall) in 2000.
Career Transactions
2017
3/01/2017 Detroit Red Wings traded Steve Ott to the Montreal Canadiens for a sixth-round draft pick in 2018.
2016
7/01/2016 Signed as an unrestricted free agent by the Detroit Red Wings.
2014
2/28/2014 Buffalo Sabres traded Ryan Miller and Steve Ott to the St. Louis Blues for Jaroslav Halak, Chris Stewart, William Carrier, a first-round draft pick in 2015 and a conditional third-round draft pick in 2016.
2012
7/02/2012 Dallas Stars traded Steve Ott and Adam Pardy to the Buffalo Sabres for Derek Roy.
2000
6/24/2000 Drafted by the Dallas Stars in the 1st round (25th overall) in 2000.
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