About Miles Wood

Miles Wood was born in Buffalo, NY on September 13, 1995. While Wood was born in Buffalo, he grew up in Manchester, Massachusetts where he established his love for hockey.

When Wood was 11 years old, he wrote a letter to Alexander Ovechkin asking him to autograph the hockey card. In the letter, Wood said that if Ovechkin didn’t sign it that when he made it to the NHL the first thing he would do is check Ovechkin in a game. Overchkin never returned the card, but signed a photo for Wood before Wood’s first game against Ovechkin at the Verizon Center.

Growing up in Massachusetts and Playing Hockey

Growing up Wood was always surrounded by hockey. Wood’s father, Randy Wood was an NHL player for the New York Islanders, Buffalo Sabres, Toronto Maple Leafs, and Dallas Stars. Wood’s grandfather, R. Norman Wood, was also the head coach for Princeton University’s hockey team from 1959 to 1965.

In Wood’s youth, he played for the 2007 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament with the Middlesex Islanders minor ice hockey team where he also played with past teammates on the Columbus Blue Jackets: Jon Gillies and Matt Grzelcyk.

Wood played hockey at Noble and Greenough School where he was drafted 100th overall in the fourth round of the NHL 2013 draft by the New Jersey Devils. He graduated from the school in 2015.

After graduating from Noble and Greenough School, he attended Boston College for a year before he signed a three-year entry-level contract with the New Jersey Devils on April 8, 2016 as a left winger. He made his NHL debut the next night and won his first game against the Toronto Maple Leafs. He scored his first goal on November 29, 2016 against the Winnipeg Jets.

Wood’s Achievements in the NHL

The 2017-18 season was Wood’s career high in scoring points and he played in his first playoff game. Wood helped get the Devils to the playoffs with their game against the Toronto Maple Leafs when he scored the winning goal. Wood ended the regular season with a career-best 32 points. At the end of the season, he signed a four-year contract with the Devils.

Wood played with the Devils for 8 years before becoming a free agent and getting signed by the Colorado Avalanche with a six-year, $15 million contract. He suffered an injury that affected his playtime in the 2024-2025 season which led him to being traded to the Columbus Blue Jackets.