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Sabres appoint Bob Woods of Saskatoon as Assistant Coach

The Buffalo Sabres announced this afternoon that they had appointed Bob Woods as an assistant coach on the team.

Woods comes over from the WHL’s Saskatoon Blades, where he held the dual role of General Manager and Head Coach between the 2013-14 and 2015-16 seasons.

During his time as a left-handed defenseman, Woods primarily played in the AHL and ECHL for a period of 13 years - AHL: Utica Devils, Hershey Bears, Portland Pirates; IHL: Fort Wayne Komets; ECHL: Johnstown Chiefs, Hampton Roads Admirals, Mobile Mysticks, Tallahassee Tiger Sharks, Mississippi Sea Wolves; and in Austria for Wiener EV.