Brittany Ott

Brittany "The Otter"[1] Ott (born June 12, 1990) is an American professional ice hockey player.

As of 2021[update], Ott plays for the New Hampshire region team in the Professional Women's Hockey Players Association.

[2] Ott played college hockey for the Maine Black Bears before declaring herself into the 2013 CWHL Draft.

In an article for InGoal Magazine, Ott described how she learned how to maintain focus from former team-mate Geneviève Lacasse: "She said choose two words that you can refer back to, to reset yourself after a bad goal or a bad play to help you get back to where you need to be, leveled off.

[5] Ott played four seasons with the University of Maine from 2009–2013, while studying Kinesiology Exercise Science.

She was awarded Hockey East Defensive Player of the Week in March 2013, Hockey East Goaltender of the Month in January 2012, the 2013 M Club Dean Smith Award and was a three-time Maine All-Academic.

"[5] In 2013, Ott declared herself eligible for the 2013 CWHL Entry Draft to continue her ice hockey career in the only top-level league.

The Blades lost the final 1–0 in overtime to the Toronto Furies, and Ott was named Third Star of the game.

In the 2016 NWHL playoffs, Ott would log a perfect 4–0 record, winning twice against the New York Riveters in the semi-finals and against the Buffalo Beauts in the Isobel Cup finals.

[13] "For me, the end goal remains the same: win a second Isobel Cup for Boston and to continue to grow the game as best as we can.

[15] During the women's national team's dispute with USA Hockey, Ott was contacted as a possible replacement player in the 2017 World Championships, but declined: "From a personal standpoint I have never been invited to a USA Hockey series or camp or anything like that and I would honestly love to be invited to something like that, however at the current time, this is a fight that I believe in and I'm definitely going to stand up and help fight as much as I can.