The Edmonton Oilers It was announced Tuesday that Jay Woodcroft, coach of the team, has been signed to a three year extension for the 2024-25 season.
Woodcroft was the coach of the AHL Bakersfield Condors and rose to the position of head coach for the Oilers after Dave Tippett's firing in February 10.
Woodcroft replaced the Oilers in sixth place in the Pacific Division. However, the Oilers rose to second by the end the regular season. Edmonton, having suffered two first-round playoff exits during Tippett, won two playoff series, before falling to the Colorado Avalanche Finale of the Western Conference
Woodcroft, 45, was an assistant coach for Todd McLellan in San Jose in 2008. He then returned to McLellan as an assistant in Edmonton in 2015. Woodcroft had been a Bakersfield resident since 2018.
