Todd Woodcroft

Todd Woodcroft (born August 15, 1972) is a Canadian ice hockey coach. He is the current head coach of the University of Vermont men's ice hockey team.
==Coaching career==
Woodcroft began coaching by running his own hockey school until joining the Minnesota Wild as a video coach in 2000. During his work with the Wild, Woodcroft also served as a video coach for Team Canada at the 2004 IIHF World Championship, helping the team win a Gold medal.https://www.swehockey.se/globalassets/svenska-ishockeyforbundet/landslag/herr/tre-kronor/20162017/team-swedens-organization-and-team-management-season-20162017/todd_woodcroft.pdf From 2006 to 2009, he'd serve in scouting role with the Washington Capitals and Wild respectively, while also serving as an assistant coach for Belarus during the 2006 IIHF World Championship. Woodcroft also served as the assistant general manager and director of player personnel for one season at HC Dinamo Minsk. 
From 2009 to 2013, Woodcroft was a scout for the Los Angeles Kings, and was part of the team's 2012 Stanley Cup-winning squad. He joined the Calgary Flames as the director of scouting, while simultaneously coaching for both Belarus and Switzerland during international competition. In 2016, he joined the Winnipeg Jets as an assistant coach under Paul Maurice.https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/winnipeg-jets-todd-woodcroft-1.3711957 Woodcroft would also be on staff for Sweden's 2017 IIHF World Championship Gold medal performance, and during the 2016 World Cup of Hockey.
On April 15, 2020 Woodcroft was named the fifth head coach in University of Vermont history, replacing Kevin Sneddon.
==Personal life==
Woodcroft comes from a hockey family. His older brother Craig is the head coach at Dinamo Minsk, while younger brother Jay is currently the head coach of the AHL's Bakersfield Condors. Two of his uncles were part of the "Flying Fathers," a traveling hockey team of ordained Catholic priests.https://www.cbc.ca/sports-content/hockey/opinion/2014/01/the-woodcrofts-a-unique-hockey-day-in-canada-family.html
==Head coaching record==
==References==
==External links==
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*Todd Woodcroft at EliteProspects
Category:1972 births
Category:Living people
Category:Canadian ice hockey coaches
Category:Ice hockey people from Ontario
Category:McGill University alumni
Category:University of Toronto alumni
Category:Winnipeg Jets coaches
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Category:Washington Capitals scouts
Category:Los Angeles Kings scouts
Category:Calgary Flames scouts
Category:Vermont Catamounts men's ice hockey coaches