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Joel Otto

Position: C
Shoots: Right
Height: 6-4    Weight: 220 lbs.
Born: October 29, 1961 in Elk River, Minnesota

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Fan Ratings

Fine Details ▪ Last Updated Feb 11, 2012, 9:48AM
All-Time NHL Skater Rank: #387. Danny Grant… #388. JOEL OTTO… #389. Murray Oliver… #389. Ed Westfall… #389. Doug Crossman… #389. Charlie Huddy… 

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Season Age Tm Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1984-85 23 CGY NHL 17 4 8 12 4 3 30 3 1 0 0 27 14.8
1985-86 24 CGY NHL 79 25 34 59 23 23 188 16 9 0 2 147 17.0
1986-87 25 CGY NHL 68 19 31 50 19 8 185 14 5 0 1 127 15.0
1987-88 26 CGY NHL 62 13 39 52 18 16 194 8 4 1 4 105 12.4
1988-89 27 CGY NHL 72 23 30 53 21 12 213 11 10 2 2 123 18.7
1989-90 28 CGY NHL 75 13 20 33 13 4 116 6 7 0 0 96 13.5
1990-91 29 CGY NHL 76 19 20 39 16 -4 183 11 7 1 4 109 17.4
1991-92 30 CGY NHL 78 13 21 34 13 -10 161 7 5 1 3 105 12.4
1992-93 31 CGY NHL 75 19 33 52 19 2 150 12 6 1 4 115 16.5
1993-94 32 CGY NHL 81 11 12 23 9 -17 92 7 3 1 1 108 10.2
1994-95 33 CGY NHL 47 8 13 21 8 8 130 6 0 2 2 46 17.4
1995-96 34 PHI NHL 67 12 29 41 14 11 115 5 6 1 1 91 13.2
1996-97 35 PHI NHL 78 13 19 32 12 12 99 12 0 1 2 105 12.4
1997-98 36 PHI NHL 68 3 4 7 3 -2 78 3 0 0 0 53 5.7
Career NHL 943 195 313 508 192 66 1934 121 63 11 26 1357 14.4

NHL Miscellaneous

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Per Game Adjusted Plus/Minus Point Shares
Season Age Tm Lg GP G A PTS GC PIM S G A PTS GC TGF PGF TGA PGA +/- OPS DPS PS
1984-85 23 CGY NHL 17 0.24 0.47 0.71 0.25 1.76 1.59 3 6 9 3 20 7 10 0 3 0.5 0.2 0.7
1985-86 24 CGY NHL 79 0.32 0.43 0.75 0.29 2.38 1.86 19 27 46 18 103 32 49 1 23 2.7 1.3 4.0
1986-87 25 CGY NHL 68 0.28 0.46 0.74 0.28 2.72 1.87 16 26 42 16 91 33 63 13 8 2.5 1.0 3.5
1987-88 26 CGY NHL 62 0.21 0.63 0.84 0.29 3.13 1.69 11 32 43 15 87 26 70 25 16 2.4 0.8 3.2
1988-89 27 CGY NHL 72 0.32 0.42 0.74 0.29 2.96 1.71 19 25 44 17 82 35 73 38 12 2.8 1.1 3.9
1989-90 28 CGY NHL 75 0.17 0.27 0.44 0.17 1.55 1.28 11 17 28 11 55 16 70 35 4 0.5 0.9 1.4
1990-91 29 CGY NHL 76 0.25 0.26 0.51 0.21 2.41 1.43 17 18 35 14 62 20 79 33 -4 1.7 0.5 2.2
1991-92 30 CGY NHL 78 0.17 0.27 0.44 0.16 2.06 1.35 12 18 30 11 65 20 99 44 -10 0.7 0.5 1.2
1992-93 31 CGY NHL 75 0.25 0.44 0.69 0.26 2.00 1.53 15 26 41 15 74 23 89 40 2 2.4 0.9 3.3
1993-94 32 CGY NHL 81 0.14 0.15 0.28 0.12 1.14 1.33 10 11 21 8 38 7 84 36 -17 -0.2 0.3 0.1
1994-95 33 CGY NHL 47 0.17 0.28 0.45 0.17 2.77 0.98 14 22 36 14 34 2 45 21 8 0.8 0.7 1.5
1995-96 34 PHI NHL 67 0.18 0.43 0.61 0.21 1.72 1.36 11 28 39 14 64 24 47 18 11 1.9 1.2 3.1
1996-97 35 PHI NHL 78 0.17 0.24 0.41 0.16 1.27 1.35 13 20 33 13 44 1 49 18 12 1.2 1.2 2.4
1997-98 36 PHI NHL 68 0.04 0.06 0.10 0.04 1.15 0.78 3 5 8 3 12 0 32 18 -2 -1.6 0.7 -0.8
Career NHL 943 0.21 0.33 0.54 0.20 2.05 1.44 174 281 455 172 831 246 859 340 66 18.4 11.3 29.7

NHL Playoffs

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Season Age Tm Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1984-85 23 CGY NHL 3 2 1 3 3 10 1 1 0 1 6 33.3
1985-86 24 CGY NHL 22 5 10 15 -5 80 2 3 0 1 41 12.2
1986-87 25 CGY NHL 2 0 2 2 0 6 0 0 0 0 3 0.0
1987-88 26 CGY NHL 9 3 2 5 3 26 2 1 0 1 13 23.1
1988-89 27 CGY NHL SC 22 6 13 19 2 46 3 2 1 1 41 14.6
1989-90 28 CGY NHL 6 2 2 4 2 2 2 0 0 0 9 22.2
1990-91 29 CGY NHL 7 1 2 3 -2 8 1 0 0 0 9 11.1
1992-93 31 CGY NHL 6 4 2 6 1 4 3 0 1 1 14 28.6
1993-94 32 CGY NHL 3 0 1 1 -2 4 0 0 0 0 0
1994-95 33 CGY NHL 7 0 3 3 2 2 0 0 0 0 12 0.0
1995-96 34 PHI NHL 12 3 4 7 4 11 2 1 0 1 12 25.0
1996-97 35 PHI NHL 18 1 5 6 3 8 1 0 0 0 23 4.3
1997-98 36 PHI NHL 5 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0 8 0.0
Career NHL 1 122 27 47 74 10 207 17 8 2 6 191 14.1

Other Standard

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1980-81 19 Roseau Rams High-MN 23 5 11 16 10
1981-82 20 Bemidji State University NCAA 31 19 33 52 24
1982-83 21 Bemidji State University NCAA 37 33 28 61 68
1983-84 22 Bemidji State University NCAA 31 32 43 75 32
1984-85 23 Moncton Golden Flames AHL 56 27 36 63 89
1984-85 23 United States WEC-A 10 2 1 3 8
1987-88 26 United States Can-Cup 5 0 2 2 4
1989-90 28 Calgary Flames Fr-Tour 4 0 0 0 2
1989-90 28 United States WEC-A 9 2 4 6 2
1991-92 30 United States Can-Cup 8 4 0 4 2
1996-97 35 United States W-Cup 7 1 2 3 6
1997-98 36 United States Olympics 4 0 0 0 0
Career 1 Season AHL 56 27 36 63 89
Career 2 Seasons Can-Cup 13 4 2 6 6
Career 1 Season Fr-Tour 4 0 0 0 2
Career 1 Season High-MN 23 5 11 16 10
Career 3 Seasons NCAA 99 84 104 188 124
Career 1 Season Olympics 4 0 0 0 0
Career 1 Season W-Cup 7 1 2 3 6
Career 2 Seasons WEC-A 19 4 5 9 10

Similarity Scores

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Thru 14 Years Adjusted Point Shares (Best to Worst)
Player 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
Joel Otto 4.0 3.9 3.5 3.3 3.2 3.1 2.4 2.2 1.5 1.4 1.2 0.7 0.1 -0.8
Ron Sutter 92.3 4.7 4.0 3.5 3.2 3.0 2.8 2.5 2.5 1.9 1.3 1.3 1.0 -0.1 -0.4
Bruce MacGregor 91.5 4.4 4.2 3.8 3.4 3.3 3.1 2.7 2.6 2.2 2.0 2.0 1.0 0.0 -0.3
Shawn Burr 91.2 4.3 3.9 3.7 3.3 3.1 2.7 2.3 1.9 1.6 1.5 1.1 0.9 0.0 -0.4
Doug Risebrough 90.9 4.9 4.2 3.5 3.4 3.4 2.7 2.6 2.3 2.0 1.9 1.1 0.7 -0.1
Pat Flatley 89.7 3.9 3.8 3.5 3.5 3.2 3.2 2.8 2.5 2.4 1.5 1.4 1.3 0.4 0.0
Mike McPhee 89.5 4.1 3.8 3.4 2.9 2.8 2.6 2.5 2.4 2.3 2.0 0.6
Eric Nesterenko 88.7 3.6 3.4 3.3 2.9 2.8 2.7 2.6 2.3 2.0 1.9 1.6 1.3 0.3 0.0
Nick Mickoski 88.6 4.2 3.9 3.7 3.6 3.3 2.8 2.2 1.9 1.7 1.4 1.3 -0.4
Eric Belanger 87.7 4.1 3.5 3.5 3.0 3.0 2.9 2.9 2.4 2.0 2.0
Ron Murphy 86.9 4.2 4.2 4.1 3.6 3.0 2.7 2.5 1.9 1.6 1.5 1.4 1.0 0.2 -0.3
Career Adjusted Point Shares (Best to Worst)
Player 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19
Joel Otto 4.0 3.9 3.5 3.3 3.2 3.1 2.4 2.2 1.5 1.4 1.2 0.7 0.1 -0.8
Bruce MacGregor 91.5 4.4 4.2 3.8 3.4 3.3 3.1 2.7 2.6 2.2 2.0 2.0 1.0 0.0 -0.3
Doug Risebrough 90.9 4.9 4.2 3.5 3.4 3.4 2.7 2.6 2.3 2.0 1.9 1.1 0.7 -0.1
Ron Sutter 89.9 4.7 4.0 3.5 3.2 3.0 2.8 2.5 2.5 1.9 1.3 1.3 1.0 0.3 0.3 0.1 -0.1 -0.4 -0.4 -0.5
Shawn Burr 89.8 4.3 3.9 3.7 3.3 3.1 2.7 2.3 1.9 1.6 1.5 1.1 0.9 0.2 0.0 -0.2 -0.4
Pat Flatley 89.7 3.9 3.8 3.5 3.5 3.2 3.2 2.8 2.5 2.4 1.5 1.4 1.3 0.4 0.0
Mike McPhee 89.5 4.1 3.8 3.4 2.9 2.8 2.6 2.5 2.4 2.3 2.0 0.6
Nick Mickoski 88.6 4.2 3.9 3.7 3.6 3.3 2.8 2.2 1.9 1.7 1.4 1.3 -0.4
Eric Belanger 87.7 4.1 3.5 3.5 3.0 3.0 2.9 2.9 2.4 2.0 2.0
Trent Klatt 86.9 4.6 4.4 3.6 3.3 3.2 3.2 2.0 1.9 1.4 1.0 0.5 0.5 0.0
Kelly Miller 86.4 4.3 3.6 2.7 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.2 2.1 1.6 1.5 1.4 0.7 0.3 0.0 -0.2

Appearances on Leaderboards, Awards, and Honors

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Championships

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1989 Calgary Flames (NHL)

Penalties in Minutes

Career NHL 1934 (58)

Power Play Goals On-Ice Against

1991-92 NHL 44 (3)
Career NHL 340 (89)

Transactions

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September 11, 1984: Signed as a free agent by Calgary, September 11, 1984.

July 31, 1995: Signed as a free agent by Philadelphia, July 31, 1995.

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