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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)

Trophy case

Stanley Cup NHL Champion 2008-09

Compare with a similar player

The forwards closest to him in points in 2005-06. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Dave Andreychuk TBL · 18 P in 42 GP Richard Park VAN · 18 P in 60 GP Stephane Yelle CGY · 18 P in 74 GP Jim Dowd COL · 18 P in 78 GP Dominic Moore NYR · 18 P in 82 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

2005-06 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
45 8 10 18 -8 71 67 129 0.40 11.9 13:57

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 2005-06 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
Mar 27, 2006 vs LAK W 7-4 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 06:29
Mar 25, 2006 vs EDM L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 2 1 2 12:22
Mar 23, 2006 vs EDM W 4-3 (SO) 0 1 1 0 0 1 3 12:54
Mar 21, 2006 @ EDM W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 13:11
Mar 19, 2006 vs DET L 3-7 1 0 1 0 4 2 2 12:44
Mar 17, 2006 @ CBJ W 3-2 0 1 1 1 2 2 1 13:36
Mar 14, 2006 @ NSH L 0-5 0 0 0 -2 4 1 1 11:04
Mar 13, 2006 @ DAL L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 7 3 7 13:45
Mar 11, 2006 vs DAL L 1-2 0 0 0 0 4 1 3 16:59
Mar 9, 2006 vs NSH L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 4 15:23
Mar 5, 2006 vs STL L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 2 2 3 15:34
Mar 3, 2006 @ CHI W 5-4 (SO) 0 1 1 1 2 3 4 16:34
Mar 2, 2006 @ NSH L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 2 7 2 14:07
Feb 28, 2006 @ CGY W 2-1 0 0 0 1 2 1 4 12:57
Feb 12, 2006 vs MIN W 3-2 (OT) 0 2 2 2 4 1 3 11:49
Feb 10, 2006 vs ANA L 1-3 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 08:49
Jan 16, 2006 @ PIT W 4-2 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 16:18
Jan 14, 2006 @ NYI W 8-1 0 1 1 1 0 1 3 15:10
Jan 13, 2006 @ NJD L 0-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 16:04
Jan 10, 2006 vs TOR W 4-3 1 0 1 1 2 3 1 19:13
Jan 7, 2006 vs CGY W 4-3 (OT) 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 16:54
Jan 5, 2006 @ CHI W 3-2 0 0 0 0 4 0 3 13:03
Jan 4, 2006 @ DAL L 1-3 0 0 0 0 4 1 2 15:17
Jan 2, 2006 @ STL L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 2 2 5 14:08
Dec 31, 2005 @ MIN L 3-4 1 0 1 0 0 1 5 16:31
Dec 28, 2005 vs NSH W 4-3 0 1 1 0 0 0 3 14:21
Dec 26, 2005 vs CGY L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 14:03
Dec 23, 2005 vs CGY L 5-6 (SO) 0 0 0 -2 0 0 4 16:08
Dec 21, 2005 vs EDM L 6-7 0 0 0 -1 0 1 3 12:33
Dec 19, 2005 vs LAK L 3-4 (SO) 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 14:55
Dec 17, 2005 vs EDM L 4-5 (OT) 1 0 1 1 0 1 6 11:38
Dec 15, 2005 @ PHI W 5-4 0 0 0 -1 4 2 4 14:29
Dec 13, 2005 @ NYR W 3-2 1 0 1 1 4 4 4 14:33
Oct 29, 2005 @ COL L 3-4 (OT) 1 0 1 0 2 2 5 17:07
Oct 27, 2005 @ COL L 2-6 0 1 1 1 2 2 1 10:28
Oct 25, 2005 @ MIN W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 11:55
Oct 22, 2005 vs COL W 6-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 13:55
Oct 20, 2005 vs PHX W 3-2 1 0 1 1 2 3 3 15:11
Oct 18, 2005 vs CHI W 6-2 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 13:17
Oct 16, 2005 vs DAL W 5-2 0 0 0 -2 0 1 3 11:39
Oct 14, 2005 @ MIN W 5-3 0 1 1 0 2 1 1 13:43
Oct 12, 2005 @ MIN L 0-6 0 0 0 -2 0 2 3 17:15
Oct 10, 2005 @ DET W 4-2 1 0 1 0 2 3 3 14:46
Oct 8, 2005 @ EDM L 3-4 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 12:16
Oct 5, 2005 vs PHX W 3-2 0 0 0 0 2 3 5 12:47