Please answer the following question: Facts: - played for: '' '' '' ' uhl '' '' ' missouri river otters '' flint generals '' '' ' wchl '' '' ' anchorage ' aces '' '' ' chl '' '' ' corpus christi echl icerays '' '' ' jackson bandits - weight lb: 192 - career end: 2005 - position: centre - height in: 1 - shoots: right - height ft: 6 - birth date: 11 august 1976 - career start: 2000 - draft: undrafted - image: woodcroft 20120714.jpg - birth place: toronto , on , can Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of jay woodcroft .
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jay woodcroft -lrb- born august 11 , 1976 -rrb- is a canadian former professional ice hockey player .he is currently an assistant coach with the edmonton oilers of the national hockey league -lrb- nhl -rrb- .in july 2008 , the san jose sharks hired woodcroft as an assistant coach under head coach todd mclellan .on april 20 , 2015 , the team announced that they had agreed to '' part ways '' with head coach todd mclellan , assistant coaches jim johnson and jay woodcroft , as well as video coordinator brett heimlich .on june 25 , 2015 , the edmonton oilers appointed jay woodcroft and jim johnson as assistant coaches .the pair will join newly appointed head coach todd mclellan in edmonton .