Career

He is currently playing for the Charlotte Checkers of the American Hockey League as a prospect for the Carolina Hurricanes in the National Hockey League (National Hockey League). Woods was selected 129th overall in the 2012 National Hockey League Entry Draft by the Hurricanes after his freshman collegiate season with the University of Wisconsin in the Western Collegiate Hockey Association conference. He is the son of former professional player and ECHL Hall of Famer Bob Woods.

On April 10, 2013, Woods was signed to a three-year entry-level contract with the Carolina Hurricanes.

He then began his professional career in the tail end of the 2012-2013 with the Hurricanes AHL affiliate, the Charlotte Checkers. In the 2014-2015 season, his second full professional season, Woods was recalled by the Hurricanes and made his National Hockey League debut, becoming the first player to appear in the National Hockey League from junior USHL team the Muskegon Lumberjacks, in a 2-1 shootout victory against the New Jersey Devils on December 23, 2014.