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Mar 18, 1972 Chetwynd, British Columbia, British Columbia, Canada 52 years old
Canadian ice hockey player
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About Dody Wood
- Darin Michael "Dody" Wood (born March 18, 1972) is a retired ice hockey left winger drafted by the San Jose Sharks in the 3rd round, 45th overall in the 1991 NHL Entry Draft.
- He suited up for 106 NHL games with the San Jose Sharks before being traded to the New Jersey Devils on December 7, 1997.
- He was later assigned to the Albany River Rats for the remainder of the 97-98 season.
- In September 2000, he signed as a free agent by the Vancouver Canucks. Wood also played with the IHL's Kansas City Blades, where he was voted Most Popular Player two times as well as winning Community Service Awards.
- He wore number 16 in his first stint with the team (1992–1995), and 13 when he returned (1998) because someone else already had 16, but returned to 16 later on.
- He also suited up for a few games for the Memphis RiverKings of the CHL as well as the Dayton Bombers in the 2003-2004 season. In his time with San Jose, Dody Wood went toe-to-toe with popular enforcer Tie Domi.
- The fight occurred in Domi's final season with the Winnipeg Jets.
- Dody was considered a strong opponent against Tie Domi.
- In fact, the brawl between the two was one of the few fights Domi had lost.
- Wood was considered an enforcer as well.
- He participated in several fights throughout his professional career, these include fights with: Jim Paek (1993), Donald Brashear (1997), and Scott Walker (1997).Wood continued his hockey career after the NHL by playing for a senior league, the Horse Lake Thunder of the North Peace Hockey League and eventually playing for the Allan Cup.
- The league included many players that played with Wood in his NHL career including "Vancouver Canuck and Montreal Canadien Gino Odjick, former Calgary Flames fighter Sasha [The Masha] Lakovic and his brother Greg Lakovic, and Theo Fleury's cousin Todd Holt".
- Here, Dody Wood was referred to as the "former San Jose tough guy".
- Several articles note the irony of "Odjick, Lakovic and Wood banding together in a league with the word 'Peace' in its title"
