Andy Otto

Andrew Otto is an American retired ice hockey defenseman who was an All-American for Clarkson. During his freshman season, he was selected to participate at the 1983 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships. 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. 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 Regular Season Playoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 1981–82 Northwood School NY-HS —————————— 1982–83 Clarkson ECAC Hockey 295101524————— 1983–84 Clarkson ECAC Hockey 348192716————— 1984–85 Clarkson ECAC Hockey 335101544————— 1985–86 Clarkson ECAC Hockey 324283224————— 1985–86 New Haven Nighthawks AHL 10000————— 1986–87 Rotterdam Panda's Eredivisie —————————— 1987–88 HC Auronzo Italy 2 1714334712————— 1988–89 Turbana Panda's Rotterdam Eredivisie 4522396142————— 1989–90 Gunco Panda's Rotterdam Eredivisie 4312334562————— 1990–91 Gunco Panda's Rotterdam Eredivisie 249263528102352 1991–92 Gunco Panda's Rotterdam Eredivisie 29723302830006 1992–93 Gunco Panda's Rotterdam Eredivisie 22816241220000 2004–05 Zoetermeer Panters II Eerste Divisie 143811231234 2005–06 Zoetermeer Panters II Eerste Divisie 30000————— 2005–06 The Outlaws Zoetermeer Tweede Divisie 23252————— 2006–07 Hijs Hokij Den Haag III Tweede Divisie 119817021560 2007–08 Hijs Hokij Den Haag III Tweede Divisie 14117181611120 2008–09 Hijs Hokij Den Haag III Tweede Divisie 1442125420112 2009–10 Hijs Hokij Den Haag III Tweede Divisie 84486————— 2010–11 C. M. Amsterdam Tweede Divisie 4101211120 2012–13 C. M. Amsterdam Tweede Divisie 73582————— 2013–14 C. M. Amsterdam Tweede Divisie 82350————— 2015–16 C. M. Amsterdam Tweede Divisie 94913621456 2016–17 C. M. Amsterdam Tweede Divisie 1127916100014 2017–18 Hijs Hokij Den Haag III Tweede Divisie 8481216————— 2018–19 Hijs Hokij Den Haag III Tweede Divisie 9010102————— 2019–20 Hijs Hokij Den Haag III Tweede Divisie 1038116————— NCAA totals 128 22 67 89 108 — — — — — Tweede Divisie totals 115 40 102 142 78 9 4 12 16 22

International Year Team Event Result GP G A Pts PIM 1983 United States WJC 5th 7 3 1 4 20

Awards and honors Award Year AHCA East Second-Team All-American 1985–86