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Matt Cooke

#24 · Left wing · Minnesota Wild

Born Sep 7, 1978 in Belleville, Ontario, CAN · 5'11", 216 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 144th overall in 1997 by VAN (round 6)

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Stanley Cup NHL Champion 2008-09

Compare with a similar player

The forwards closest to him in points in 1998-99. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Warren Rychel COL · 2 P in 28 GP Chris Wells FLA · 2 P in 20 GP Jarrod Skalde SJS · 2 P in 17 GP Martin Sonnenberg PIT · 2 P in 44 GP Martin St. Louis CGY · 2 P in 13 GP

Career

Regular season games only. Pick a season to see its game log below. Cap hit is what he counted against the salary cap that season, where it is known.

0102030401998-99: 2 points298-991999-00: 12 points122000-01: 27 points2700-012001-02: 33 points332002-03: 42 points4202-032003-04: 23 points232005-06: 18 points1805-062006-07: 30 points302007-08: 23 points2307-082008-09: 31 points312009-10: 30 points3009-102010-11: 30 points302011-12: 38 points3811-122012-13: 21 points212013-14: 28 points2813-142014-15: 10 points10

Points by season. The darker bar is the season shown below.

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
1998-99 VAN 30 0 2 2 -12 27 22 43 0.07
1999-00 VAN 51 5 7 12 3 39 58 124 0.24
2000-01 VAN 81 14 13 27 5 94 121 198 0.33
2001-02 VAN 82 13 20 33 4 111 103 238 0.40
2002-03 VAN 82 15 27 42 21 82 118 82 0.51
2003-04 VAN 53 11 12 23 5 73 79 134 0.43
2005-06 VAN 45 8 10 18 -8 71 67 129 0.40
2006-07 VAN 81 10 20 30 0 64 133 209 0.37
2007-08 VAN 61 7 9 16 -4 64 68 154 0.26
2007-08 WSH 17 3 4 7 5 27 18 44 0.41
2008-09 PIT 76 13 18 31 0 101 86 262 0.41
2009-10 PIT 79 15 15 30 17 106 105 183 0.38
2010-11 PIT 67 12 18 30 14 129 95 192 0.45
2011-12 PIT 82 19 19 38 5 44 147 160 0.46
2012-13 PIT 48 8 13 21 -2 36 61 97 0.44 $1.8M
2013-14 MIN 82 10 18 28 8 54 104 190 0.34 $2.5M
2014-15 MIN 29 4 6 10 0 13 24 39 0.34 $2.5M
16 seasons Career 1046 167 231 398 61 1135 1409 2478 0.38

Playoffs

Playoff games only. Pick a season to see that year's bracket.

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2000-01 VAN 4 0 0 0 -3 4 1 10 0.00
2001-02 VAN 6 3 2 5 3 0 11 26 0.83
2002-03 VAN 14 2 1 3 3 12 15 42 0.21
2006-07 VAN 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 4 0.00
2007-08 WSH 7 0 0 0 -1 4 8 22 0.00
2008-09 PIT 24 1 6 7 -2 22 31 85 0.29
2009-10 PIT 13 4 2 6 -4 22 18 41 0.46
2011-12 PIT 6 0 4 4 3 16 3 21 0.67
2012-13 PIT 15 0 4 4 1 35 17 63 0.27
2013-14 MIN 6 0 3 3 1 8 4 32 0.50
2014-15 MIN 7 0 2 2 1 4 8 15 0.29
11 seasons Playoffs 103 10 24 34 2 129 117 361 0.33

1998-99 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
30 0 2 2 -12 27 22 43 0.07 0.0 8:07

Contract

Contracts he has signed

Signed Signed by Kind Seasons Years In all Cap hit
2013-14 to 2014-15 $2.5M
2012-13 to 2012-13 $1.8M

Every contract on record for him, newest first, with the team that signed him to it and the day it was signed. The one covering 1998-99 is marked. An extension is signed while the contract before it is still running, often a year ahead. A row with no team or date is a contract known only by its cap hit, most often one signed since October 2024.

Game log

Date Opponent Result G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI
Apr 7, 1999 @ DET L 1-6 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 11:08
Apr 5, 1999 @ CHI L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 06:38
Apr 3, 1999 @ SJS L 2-5 0 0 0 0 2 4 1 12:50
Apr 2, 1999 vs SJS L 0-7 0 0 0 -2 2 0 1 11:14
Jan 16, 1999 vs DET T 2-2 (OT) 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 08:47
Jan 8, 1999 vs FLA T 1-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 03:15
Jan 6, 1999 @ DAL L 4-6 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 06:53
Jan 4, 1999 @ STL L 0-4 0 0 0 0 7 2 2 09:39
Dec 31, 1998 vs PHI L 2-6 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 07:39
Dec 29, 1998 vs COL L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 04:06
Dec 27, 1998 @ EDM L 0-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 03:51
Dec 26, 1998 @ SJS L 0-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 10:48
Dec 23, 1998 vs CGY W 5-2 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 08:58
Dec 22, 1998 @ CGY W 5-3 0 0 0 -1 2 1 1 08:37
Dec 19, 1998 vs NSH L 4-6 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 04:26
Dec 17, 1998 vs COL W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 06:58
Dec 12, 1998 @ LAK L 0-3 0 0 0 -2 2 2 1 12:30
Dec 9, 1998 @ ANA T 4-4 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 07:00
Dec 6, 1998 vs PHX T 3-3 (OT) 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 14:01
Dec 4, 1998 vs DAL W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 06:56
Dec 1, 1998 @ BOS T 1-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 06:01
Nov 29, 1998 @ PHI L 2-6 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 01:31
Nov 27, 1998 @ DET L 1-7 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 07:36
Nov 2, 1998 @ EDM L 3-5 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 11:48
Oct 27, 1998 @ NSH L 4-5 0 0 0 -3 0 1 1 05:39
Oct 25, 1998 @ TBL L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 2 1 0 05:23
Oct 23, 1998 @ FLA W 5-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 10:23
Oct 21, 1998 @ WSH W 2-1 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 05:03
Oct 17, 1998 vs TOR W 4-1 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 10:04
Oct 14, 1998 vs EDM L 1-4 0 0 0 0 4 0 6 13:41