WINNIPEG – Todd Woodcroft will join the Winnipeg Jets behind the bench this upcoming season.
The 43-year-old has been brought in to be the team’s assistant coach. He’s the second of such hires the Jets have made in two months. Winnipeg replaced outgoing assistant coach Pascal Vincent with Jamie Kompon in July.
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Woodcroft has spent the last three seasons with the Calgary Flames as their scouting director and professional scout. He’s also scouted for the LA Kings, Washington Capitals and Minnesota Wild.
The Toronto product was a video coach for the Wild from 2000 to 2005 and the Capitals for the 2005 to 2006 season. He held the same role for Canada at the 2004 IIHF World Championship, helping the country win a gold medal. Woodcroft has also been an assistant coach with Belarus and Switzerland’s world championship teams. He will help Sweden at next month’s World Cup of Hockey as a special assignment coach.
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Woodcroft will work alongside Jets head coach Paul Maurice, assistant coaches Charlie Huddy and Jamie Kompon, goalie coach Wade Flaherty and video coach Matt Prefontaine.
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