R. Norman Wood

R. Norman Wood
Biographical details
Born	Marblehead, Massachusetts
Died	February 19, 2015 (age 84); Manchester, Massachusetts
Playing career
1951–1954	Harvard
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1959–1965	Princeton
Head coaching record
Overall	49–88–1

Reginald Norman 'Woody' Wood (?– February 19, 2015) was an American ice hockey player and head coach who headed the program at Princeton for six years.^[1]

Career

A Massachusetts native, Wood attended Harvard in the early 1950s, playing varsity hockey for 3 years and serving as team captain in his senior season.^[2] After graduating Wood served in the military before returning to college hockey as a head coach for Princeton in 1959. Wood's first season with the Tigers was a mild success as the team compiled a winning season for the first time in four years but afterwards the club lost ground and routinely finished near the bottom of the newly created ECAC Hockey standings. He stayed with the program until 1965 before stepping down in favor of John E. Wilson.

After leaving Princeton Wood returned to Massachusetts and joined the Boston-area real estate firm of Hunneman & Company. In 1969 he was elected as president and CEO of National Realty Investors and later became president of Moors & Cabot Properties, Inc.^[3]

Personal life

While living in Massachusetts Wood became a season ticket holder for the Boston Bruins and would regularly take his sons to games.^[4] His eldest, Randy, ended up playing in the NHL for several years^[5] and was followed by Norman's grandson Miles Wood who made his NHL debut with the New Jersey Devils in 2016.

Norman Wood died at Kaplan house on February 19, 2015, at the age of 84.

Head coaching record

Statistics overview
Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing
Princeton Tigers Independent (1959–1961)
1959–60	Princeton	12–11–0
1960–61	Princeton	9–14–0
Princeton:		21–25–0
Princeton Tigers (ECAC Hockey) (1961–1965)
1961–62	Princeton	8–12–1	8–12–1	19th
1962–63	Princeton	6–17–0	5–16–0	25th
1963–64	Princeton	8–16–0	6–16–0	24th
1964–65	Princeton	6–18–0	4–17–0	14th
Princeton:		28–63–1
Total:		49–88–1
National champion Postseason invitational champion Conference regular season champion Conference regular season and conference tournament champion Division regular season champion Division regular season and conference tournament champion Conference tournament champion

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References

^ "Princeton Men's Hockey Team History". USCHO.com. Retrieved 2017-07-10.
^ "R. Norman Wood". Town Topics. 2015-02-25. Retrieved 2017-07-10.
^ "R. Norman Wood". Legacy.com. Retrieved 2017-07-10.
^ "PRO HOCKEY; Islanders Rally in Overtime". New York Times. 1990-02-11. Retrieved 2017-07-10.
^ "Randy Wood". NJSports.com. Retrieved 2017-07-10.
^ "Men's Hockey Year-by-Year". Princeton Tigers. Retrieved 2017-07-10.

[1] "Princeton Men's Hockey Team History". USCHO.com. Retrieved 2017-07-10.

[2] "R. Norman Wood". Town Topics. 2015-02-25. Retrieved 2017-07-10.

[3] "R. Norman Wood". Legacy.com. Retrieved 2017-07-10.

[4] "PRO HOCKEY; Islanders Rally in Overtime". New York Times. 1990-02-11. Retrieved 2017-07-10.

[5] "Randy Wood". NJSports.com. Retrieved 2017-07-10.

[media-6] "Men's Hockey Year-by-Year". Princeton Tigers. Retrieved 2017-07-10.

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v t e Princeton Tigers men's ice hockey
Playing venues	Lake Carnegie (1907–1923) Hobey Baker Memorial Rink (1923–present)
Head coaches	Russell O. Ellis (1920–1921) Moylan McDonnell (1921–1922) Chippy Gaw (1922–1924) Beattie Ramsay (1924–1927) Lloyd Neidlinger (1927–1933) Frank Fredrickson (1933–1935) Richard Vaughan (1935–1943, 1946–1959) R. Norman Wood (1959–1965) Johnny Wilson (1965–1967) Bill Quackenbush (1967–1973) Jack Semler (1973–1977) Jim Higgins (1977–1991) Don Cahoon (1991–2000) Len Quesnelle (2000–2004) Guy Gadowsky (2004–2011) Bob Prier (2011–2014) Ron Fogarty (2014–2024) Ben Syer (2024–Present)
Seasons	1899–1900 1900–01 1901–02 1902–03 1903–04 1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24
Conference affiliations	Intercollegiate Hockey Association (1899–1913) Intercollegiate Hockey League (1912–1917) Triangular Hockey League (1919–1926) Pentagonal League (1933–1943, 1946–1955) ECAC Hockey (1961–Present)
All-time leaders	Statistical leaders John Messuri (178 Points) Ryan Kuffner (75 Goals) Zane Kalemba (57 Wins)
NCAA Tournament appearances	1998 2008 2009 2018
Conference Tournament titles	ECAC: 1998 2008 2018
Princeton University Princeton, NJ