CHL Mississippi RiverKings

RiverKings Sign Forward Chad Woollard

Published on June 21, 2007 under Central Hockey League (CHL)
Mississippi RiverKings News Release


SOUTHAVEN, MS --- The Memphis RiverKings added some serious goal scoring punch today. Head Coach and Director of Hockey Operations Kevin McClelland announced that the team has signed three- time Central Hockey League All-Star Forward Chad Woollard. Woollard, who played the last two seasons with the Quad City Mallards of the United Hockey League, is the first player singed by the RiverKings for the 2007-2008 hockey season.

The eight year pro has scored 218 goals and picked up 219 assists in 475 career games.

"I think this was the best situation for me and my wife," Woollard said. "I also think it is the best opportunity to win a championship this season. This will be my ninth year and I am really dying to get that first championship."

He is looking forward to playing with the RiverKings and residing in the Southaven area.

"Coach McClelland said great things about the area and how the players and their families are treated," Woollard added. "They had a great team last year and it sounds like he is working to have an even better one this season."

Last season, the Durham, Ontario native led the Mallards with career highs of 82 points and 47 assists. His 35 goals were also third on the second highest scoring team in the UHL. He led Quad City in overall scoring and was a UHL All Star in each of his two seasons with the Mallards. His 44 goals in 2005-2006 were a career high and were the fifth most in the league. He has scored 30 or more goals in four of his eight seasons.

"I have always been a shooter and I love to shoot the puck," Woollard said. "In my early years I tried to concentrate on mostly the physical part of the game. As I have gotten older, I have learned to combine the physical play with the ability to put the puck into the net."

Prior to his two years with Quad City, Woollard (6-foot-3, 210 lbs) was a member of the Fort Worth Brahmas for five seasons and was a CHL All Star in 2003, 2004, 2005. He is the Brahmas' all-time leader in games (290), goals (132), points (264), shots (1,029), game-winning goals (15) and shorthanded goals (5).

Woollard started his career in the ECHL in 1999-2000 with the Jackson Bandits and the Greensboro Generals. He also has appeared in eight American Hockey League games on three separate call-ups to the Utah Grizzlies, St. John's Maple Leafs and San Antonio Rampage. He was up with the Rampage for two games this past season.

His junior hockey career consisted of three and a half seasons in the Ontario Hockey League from 1996-1999.

The RiverKings are coming off a season where they finished the regular season with 39 wins, the most since 02-03 and the third most in the franchise's history. The team also made a return to the playoffs for the first time since 2003 and made it to the Northern Conference finals before falling to the eventual President's Cup champion Colorado Eagles.

Chad Woollard

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Born Sep 18 1979 -- Durham, ONT

Height 6.03 -- Weight 210 -- Shoots L

--- Regular Season --- ---- Playoffs ----

Season Team Lge GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM

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1996-97 Sault Ste. Marie Greyhoun OHL 43 4 5 9 66 11 1 3 4 11

1997-98 Sault Ste. Marie Greyhoun OHL 34 3 9 12 79 -- -- -- -- --

1998-99 Owen Sound Platers OHL 50 28 29 57 79 15 2 9 11 22

1999-00 Toronto St. Michael's Maj OHL 26 13 10 23 31 -- -- -- -- --

1999-00 Jackson Bandits ECHL 17 3 4 7 17 -- -- -- -- --

1999-00 Greensboro Generals ECHL 15 3 4 7 8 - - -- -- -- --

2000-01 Fort Worth Brahmas WPHL 60 18 26 44 83 -- -- -- -- --

2001-02 Fort Worth Brahmas CHL 53 21 27 48 188 4 2 1 3 4

2001-02 Utah Grizzlies AHL 2 0 0 0 5 -- -- -- -- --

2002-03 Fort Worth Brahmas CHL 60 35 24 59 182 -- -- -- -- --

2003-04 Fort Worth Brahmas CHL 57 18 20 38 106 - - -- -- -- --

2003-04 St. John's Maple Leafs AHL 4 1 0 1 4 -- -- -- -- --

2004-05 Fort Worth Brahmas CHL 60 40 35 75 127 -- -- -- -- --

2005-06 Quad City Mallards UHL 76 44 32 76 123 7 8 4 12 4

2006-07 Quad City Mallards UHL 69 35 47 82 108 5 3 3 6 26

2006-07 San Antonio Rampage AHL 2 0 0 0 0

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