Taylor Woods

Taylor Cassidy Woods (born September 26, 1994) is a Canadian ice hockey player, currently playing with the Toronto Six of the National Women's Hockey League (NWHL). A two-way forward who has occasionally also played as a defenceman, she won the Clarkson Cup with the Markham Thunder in 2018 and scored the last regular season goal in Canadian Women's Hockey League (CWHL) history.

Taylor Woods
Born (1994-09-26) September 26, 1994
Morden, Manitoba, Canada
Height 160 cm (5 ft 3 in)
Weight 134 lb (61 kg; 9 st 8 lb)
Position Forward
Shoots Right
NWHL team
Former teams		 Toronto Six
PWHPA
Markham Thunder
Brampton Thunder
Cornell Big Red
National team  Canada
Playing career 2012–present

Playing career

Woods began playing in the Saskatchewan Female U18 AAA Hockey League (SFU18AAAHL), the top minor ice hockey league in the province, as a high school freshman with the Notre Dame Hounds of Athol Murray College of Notre Dame. She was the team’s top point scorer in her first season, notching 23 points in 28 games, and was a top-three point scorer on the team in the following two seasons. With the Hounds, Woods won gold at the 2011 Esso Cup, Canada’s national women's midget hockey championship, in addition to setting a tournament record with 12 assists.[1][2]

During her senior year, 2011–12, she played in the Junior Women's Hockey League (JWHL) with the Balmoral Hall Blazers of Balmoral Hall School and set a team record for assists in a season, with 41 assists in 30 games.

NCAA

Woods joined the Cornell Big Red women's ice hockey program in 2012, beginning as a third-line centre and playoff specialist during her rookie NCAA season. She scored in her first game with the university, finishing her rookie year with 22 points, good for third on the team in goals, including a hat-trick in the ECAC Hockey Tournament Semifinal.[3] For her third year with the university, she switched positions to play as a defenceman, before moving back to forward for her senior season. She finished her time at Cornell with 81 points in 131 games and remains the sixth leading all-time short handed scorer for the team.[4]

Professional

She was drafted 23rd overall by the Brampton Thunder in the 2016 CWHL Draft.[5]

In May 2019, she joined the newly formed Professional Women's Hockey Players Association (PWHPA) after the collapse of the CWHL. During the 2019–20 PWHPA Dream Gap Tour, she played for Team Johnston at the Unifor Women's Hockey Showcase in September 2019 and for Team Spooner at the Secret Women's Hockey Showcase in January 2020.[6]

She opted to part ways with the PWHPA in April 2020 and instead signed with the first Canadian expansion NWHL, one of the original five players to join the team.[7][8]

International
Medal record
Representing  Canada
Women's ice hockey
World U18 Championship
2012 Czech Republic

Woods competed as member of Team Canada at the 2012 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship.[9] She joined a roster filled with other future hockey stars, including Cayley Mercer, Laura Stacey, Erin Ambrose, Emerance Maschmeyer, and future Toronto Six teammate Elaine Chuli.[10] Woods scored Canada’s opening goal of the tournament, in their match against Switzerland, and was named best player of the game by the team.[11] She finished the tournament with three goals and three assists and her performance helped Team Canada sweep the tournament and win gold that year.[12]

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs
    Regular season   Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
2008–09 Notre Dame Hounds SFMAAAHL 28 14 9 23 9 1 5 6 4
2009–10 Notre Dame Hounds SFMAAAHL 28 19 25 44 8 9 9 11 20 8
2010–11 Notre Dame Hounds SFMAAAHL 28 22 32 54 14 9 11 13 24 12
2011–12 Balmoral Hall Blazers JWHL 30 21 41 62 2 –––––
2012–13 Cornell Big Red NCAA 33 11 11 22 32 –––––
2013–14 Cornell Big Red NCAA 34 9 13 22 27 –––––
2014–15 Cornell Big Red NCAA 33 4 16 20 22 –––––
2015–16 Cornell Big Red NCAA 31 9 8 17 16 –––––
2016–17 Brampton Thunder CWHL 200446 –––––
2017–18 Markham Thunder CWHL 28 4 1 5 18 3 0 0 0 0
2018–19 Markham Thunder CWHL 26 2 3 5 12 3 0 0 0 0
2019–20 GTA West PWHPA ––––– –––––
NCAA totals 13133488197 –––––

International
Year Team Event Result   GP G A Pts PIM
2012 Canada WJC 5 3 3 6 0
Junior totals 5 3 3 6 0

Awards and honors
Award Year ref
NCAA
All-Ivy – Second Team 2016 [13]
ECAC All-Tournament Team 2013
ECAC Hockey Rookie of the Week November 20, 2012 [14]
International
World U18 Gold Medal 2012
Canada
Esso Cup Gold Medal 2011

References
  1. Graves, Wendy (March 30, 2015). "Winning Esso: Notre Dame Hounds (2011)". Hockey Canada. Retrieved December 9, 2020.
  2. "Coupe Esso Cup – 2017 Guide and Record Book / Guide et livre des records 2017" (PDF). Hockey Canada. 2017. p. 19. Retrieved December 10, 2020.
  3. Kantor, Jack (August 24, 2016). "Cassandra Poudrier '16 and Taylor Woods '16 Selected in CWHL Draft". The Cornell Daily Sun. Retrieved September 30, 2020.
  4. "2015–16 Women's Ice Hockey Roster: #6 Taylor Woods". Cornell University Athletics. Retrieved October 1, 2020.
  5. Staffieri, Mark (December 15, 2017). "Markham Thunder Feature Versatile Talent in Taylor Woods". Women's Hockey Life. Retrieved December 9, 2020.
  6. Staffieri, Mark (December 9, 2019). "PWHPA Spotlight: Dream Gap Tour | Toronto Unifor Showcase Recap". Women's Hockey Life. Retrieved October 1, 2020.
  7. Murphy, Mike (May 22, 2020). "Toronto's offense already looks dangerous". The Ice Garden. Retrieved October 1, 2020.
  8. Spencer, Donna (August 22, 2020). "NWHL confirms plans to expand into Toronto". Sportsnet. Retrieved October 1, 2020.
  9. Graves, Wendy (August 24, 2016). "In a league of their own". Hockey Canada. Retrieved October 1, 2020.
  10. Book, Jared (March 7, 2019). "'You take away the gold medal and you have that forever': A look back at Canada's 2012 Women's Under-18 team". Eyes On The Prize. Retrieved October 1, 2020.
  11. "IIHF Ice Hockey U18 Women's World Championship – Best Players per Game" (PDF). stats.iihf.com. International Ice Hockey Association. January 7, 2012. Retrieved December 9, 2020.
  12. Lipscombe, Kristen (April 27, 2012). "A Taylor Made Recipe for Success Notre Dame Alumnae Joins Exclusive Group As World and National Champion". Hockey Canada. Retrieved December 9, 2020.
  13. "Women's Ice Hockey All-Ivy, Postseason Awards Announced". The Ivy League. February 25, 2016. Retrieved June 5, 2020.
  14. "2012–13 ECAC Women's Weekly Awards" (PDF). ECAC Hockey. November 20, 2012. Retrieved June 5, 2020.
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