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. As a senior, he was named Colgate's Best Offensive Player and earned All-
ECACH Honorable Mention status. A 1991 graduate of
Colgate University, Woodcroft was picked by the
Chicago Blackhawks in the
1988 NHL Draft (134th overall). Following playing college hockey, he turned pro and signed with the
Indianapolis Ice of the
International Hockey League, where he stayed from 1991 to 1993, followed by a stint with the
Prince Edward Island Senators of the
American Hockey League in 1993-94. 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
Cornwall Aces and
Colonial Hockey League's
Quad City Mallards, Woodcroft embarked on a two-year stint with
Manchester Storm of the
British Ice Hockey Superleague (BISL). In England, Woodcroft is particularly remembered for a four-goal showing in a 7-0
European Hockey League home win over Czech powerhouse
Sparta Praha in the 1997-98 season. He garnered All-BISL First Team honors in his second year with the Storm. That drew the interest of a high caliber team from Germany's top-tier
Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL),
Kölner Haie. He signed with the team for the 1998-99 season, followed by stints with three other DEL teams in the following three years, including the
Kassel Huskies,
Frankfurt Lions and
Moskitos Essen. Woodcroft concluded his professional career playing in Italy (
HC Milan) and Sweden (
Linköping HC) in 2002-03. == Coaching career ==