Craig Woodcroft
Craig Woodcroft | ||||||
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Born |
Toronto, Ontario, Canada | December 3, 1969|||||
Height | 5 ft 11 in (180 cm) | |||||
Weight | 187 lb (85 kg; 13 st 5 lb) | |||||
Position | Forward | |||||
Shot | Left | |||||
Played for |
Linköpings HC | |||||
National team |
NHL Draft | 134th overall, | ||||
Playing career | 1991–2003 |
Craig Woodcroft (born December 3, 1969) is a Canadian professional ice hockey head coach and former forward. He was previously the head coach of HC Dinamo Minsk of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL).
During his playing career, he represented
Playing career
Woodcroft amassed 168 points (73 goals, 95 assists) over his four-year NCAA career at Colgate University. Woodcroft was presented with the Colgate Coaches Award in 1989 and hauled in ECACH Tournament MVP distinction the following year, helping the Raiders capture the Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference championship.[1] As a senior, he was named Colgate's Best Offensive Player and earned All-ECACH Honorable Mention status.[2]
A 1991 graduate of
Woodcroft made 12 appearances for Finnish Liiga side TuTo Hockey in 1994-95 and then was sent to lower division team Reipas Lahti on loan, where he saw the ice in three contests, before heading back to North America. He finished the season playing a couple of games for IHL's Cleveland Lumberjacks and strengthening ECHL outfit Columbus Chill in 19 games.
At the beginning of the 1995-96 campaign, Woodcroft took up an offer to play in Germany: Woodcroft parted ways with Deggendorfer EC after two games, but remained in the country to join fellow German second-division team EV Weiden. At Weiden, he produced 13 goals and 22 assists in 28 contests.
After playing briefly for AHL's
Woodcroft concluded his professional career playing in Italy (
Coaching career
Woodcroft is the founder of the Northern Edge Hockey Academy.[5] In 2010-11, he served as president of Hockey Operations for the Sioux City Musketeers of the United States Hockey League.[6]
Woodcroft served as Skill Development Coach for the St. Louis Blues from 2010 to 2012 and was director of the Nashville Predators' Rookie Development Camp between 2012 and 2014.[7]
In 2014, Woodcroft signed a two-year deal as associate coach of German DEL side Adler Mannheim.[8] In his first year, serving under head coach Geoff Ward, Woodcroft helped guide the Adler squad to the German championship title. In February 2016, he was promoted to Adler Mannheim head coach after Greg Ireland was fired.[9] Woodcroft left Mannheim after the 2015-16 season and was named head coach of HC Dinamo Minsk of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) in April 2016.[10]
On June 26, 2017, it was announced that Woodcroft would become the new head coach of
The current head coach of the Kontinental Hockey League club Dynamo (Minsk),[16] which he led earlier in the 2016/2017 season.[17] He was a member of the coaching staff of the national ice hockey team of Belarus as an assistant coach during three Ice Hockey World Championships. From November 2, 2021, the head coach of the Belarus national team.[18]
Career statistics
Regular season
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Playoffs | |||||||||||||
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Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
1987–88 | Colgate University | NCAA
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29 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 28 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1988–89 | Colgate University | NCAA | 29 | 20 | 29 | 49 | 62 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1989–90 | Colgate University | NCAA | 37 | 20 | 26 | 46 | 108 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1990–91 | Colgate University | NCAA | 32 | 26 | 30 | 56 | 52 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1991–92 | Indianapolis Ice | IHL | 75 | 21 | 17 | 38 | 67 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1992–93 | Indianapolis Ice | IHL | 65 | 12 | 19 | 31 | 80 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1993–94 | Prince Edward Island Senators | AHL | 33 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 41 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1994–95 | TUTO Hockey | Liiga | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1994–95 | Reipas Lahti | I-Divisioona | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1994–95 | Cleveland Lumberjacks | IHL | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1994–95 | Columbus Chill | ECHL | 16 | 7 | 14 | 21 | 22 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 12 | ||
1995–96 | Deggendorfer EC | Germany2 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1995–96 | EV Weiden | Germany2 | 28 | 13 | 22 | 35 | 50 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1995–96 | Cornwall Aces | AHL | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1995–96 | Quad City Mallards | CoHL
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4 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | ||
1996–97 | Manchester Storm | BISL | 41 | 17 | 22 | 39 | 68 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | ||
1997–98 | Manchester Storm | BISL | 42 | 17 | 31 | 48 | 79 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 14 | ||
1998–99 | Kölner Haie | DEL | 49 | 9 | 11 | 20 | 83 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 10 | ||
1999–00
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Kassel Huskies | DEL | 49 | 11 | 30 | 41 | 60 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 14 | ||
2000–01 | Frankfurt Lions | DEL | 58 | 7 | 27 | 34 | 93 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2001–02 | Moskitos Essen
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DEL | 58 | 8 | 19 | 27 | 87 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2002–03 | Milano Vipers | Italy | 24 | 8 | 14 | 22 | 42 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2002–03 | Linköping HC | SHL | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 28 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 37 | ||
IHL totals | 142 | 33 | 36 | 69 | 147 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
DEL totals | 214 | 35 | 87 | 122 | 323 | 13 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 24 |
External links
- Biographical information and career statistics from NHL.com, or Eliteprospects.com, or The Internet Hockey Database
- http://www.eliteprospects.com/staff.php?staff=16401
- https://web.archive.org/web/20160215234129/http://www.adler-mannheim.de/trainer.php
References
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- ^ "COLGATE ATHLETIC HISTORY" (PDF). gocolgateraiders.com. Colgate University Athletics. Retrieved 2016-02-19.
- ^ "Storm Stars - Craig Woodcroft". www.inthecrease.co.uk. Retrieved 2016-02-19.
- ^ "Milanosiamonoi - il sito". www.milanosiamonoi.com. Retrieved 2016-02-19.
- ^ "Hockey School Comes to Rochester". WNY Hockey Report. Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2016-02-19.
- ^ "Strand out as Musketeers Head Coach". Retrieved 2017-06-02.[permanent dead link]
- ^ Stefan, Diepold. "Craig Woodcroft". www.eishockey-online.com. Archived from the original on 2016-02-20. Retrieved 2016-02-19.
- ^ "Associate Coach Craig Woodcroft | Facebook". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 2016-02-19.
- ^ "ADLER Mannheim". www.adler-mannheim.de. Archived from the original on 2016-02-23. Retrieved 2016-02-19.
- ^ "Craig Woodcroft appointed head coach of HC Dinamo Minsk". eng.belta.by. 2016-04-28. Retrieved 2016-04-29.
- ^ "It is Craig Woodcroft after all - GSHC signs new head coach". www.eishockey-online.com. Retrieved 2017-06-26.
- ^ Wharnsby, Tim (July 25, 2017). "Canadian men's Olympic hockey management team offers no surprises". CBC Sports. Retrieved July 25, 2017.
- ^ "Rosters". www.hockeycanada.ca. Retrieved 2017-12-31.
- ^ Club, www.gshc.ch, GSHC - Site officiel du Genève-Servette Hockey. "Retour de Chris McSorley comme Head Coach du GSHC - Genève-Servette Hockey Club". www.gshc.ch (in French). Retrieved 2018-04-03.
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