Women's Ice Hockey
- Title:
- Women's Ice Hockey Assistant Coach
Matt Woodard enters his first season as an assistant coach of the Quinnipiac Women's Ice Hockey Team, after recently serving as the Video Coach for the Hartford Wolf Pack in the American Hockey League (AHL).
During his time with the Wolf Pack, Woodard managed scouting and game analysis operations, including opponent breakdowns, game review, live game coding, postgame analytics, and practice planning support. He also assisted with special teams preparation, roster management and team communications.
Woodard joined the Wolf Pack following a five-year stint with American International College (AIC) in Springfield, MA. There, Woodard served as an Assistant Coach for three seasons (2020-23) and as the Associate Head Coach for two seasons (2023-25). Prior to his team as a coach in Western Mass, Woodard spent nine seasons as an Assistant Coach at various women's hockey programs at the NCAA level. Over that span, he helped win two regular season Atlantic Hockey America Championships, two Atlantic Hockey America Conference Championships and made two NCAA appearances.
He began his coaching career during the 2011-12 campaign with Manhattanville College (D3), where he spent two seasons as an Assistant Coach. He then served as an Assistant Coach for RIT for four seasons (2013-17) Yale University for two seasons (2017-19), and Dartmouth College for one year (2019-20). While with RIT, the program claimed CHA Conference Championship titles in 2013-14 and 2014-15.
The native of St. Louis Park, MN, played collegiately at AIC from 2005-09, appearing in 133 games for the Yellow Jackets. The defenseman recorded six goals and 23 assists for 29 career points, including a career-best 11-point campaign in 2006-07 with four goals and seven assists. During his collegiate career, Woodard also played under current AIC head coach Eric Lang, who served as the program's graduate assistant coach from 2006-08.
Professionally, Woodard played one season. During the 2009-10 campaign, he suited up in 68 IHL games, splitting the season between the Fort Wayne Komets and Bloomington PrairieThunder. With the Komets, he dressed in 49 games and recorded four goals and four assists, totaling eight points. As a member of the PrairieThunder, Woodard skated in 19 contests and scored two goals and six assists for eight points.
