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Erik Cole

#72 · Left wing · Detroit Red Wings

Born Nov 6, 1978 in Oswego, New York, USA · 6'2", 205 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 71st overall in 1998 by CAR (round 3)

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Stanley Cup NHL Champion 2005-06

Compare with a similar player

The forwards closest to him in points in 2002-03. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Simon Gagne PHI · 27 P in 46 GP Jaroslav Bednar FLA · 27 P in 67 GP Oleg Petrov NSH · 27 P in 70 GP Ivan Novoseltsev FLA · 27 P in 78 GP Branko Radivojevic PHX · 27 P in 79 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.

02040602001-02: 40 points4001-022002-03: 27 points2702-032003-04: 42 points4203-042005-06: 59 points5905-062006-07: 61 points6106-072007-08: 51 points5107-082008-09: 42 points4208-092009-10: 16 points1609-102010-11: 52 points5210-112011-12: 61 points6111-122012-13: 13 points1312-132013-14: 29 points2913-142014-15: 39 points3914-15

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2001-02 CAR 81 16 24 40 -10 35 159 257 0.49
2002-03 CAR 53 14 13 27 1 72 125 37 0.51
2003-04 CAR 80 18 24 42 -4 93 172 175 0.53
2005-06 CAR 60 30 29 59 19 54 164 123 0.98
2006-07 CAR 71 29 32 61 2 76 166 222 0.86
2007-08 CAR 73 22 29 51 5 76 216 186 0.70
2008-09 EDM 63 16 11 27 -3 63 145 134 0.43
2008-09 CAR 17 2 13 15 3 10 33 46 0.88
2009-10 CAR 40 11 5 16 -9 29 81 94 0.40
2010-11 CAR 82 26 26 52 -1 49 201 225 0.63
2011-12 MTL 82 35 26 61 11 48 241 186 0.74
2012-13 MTL 19 3 3 6 1 10 41 43 0.32 $4.5M
2012-13 DAL 28 6 1 7 -7 10 45 58 0.25
2013-14 DAL 75 16 13 29 -17 20 139 89 0.39 $4.5M
2014-15 DAL 57 18 15 33 4 14 98 116 0.58 $4.5M
2014-15 DET 11 3 3 6 -2 0 24 18 0.55
13 seasons Career 892 265 267 532 -7 659 2050 2009 0.60

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2001-02 CAR 23 6 3 9 -2 30 68 113 0.39
2005-06 CAR 2 0 0 0 -1 0 3 12 0.00
2008-09 CAR 18 0 5 5 -5 22 32 76 0.28
2013-14 DAL 3 0 0 0 -3 2 2 6 0.00
4 seasons Playoffs 46 6 8 14 -11 54 105 207 0.30

2002-03 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
53 14 13 27 1 72 125 37 0.51 11.2 16:58

Contract

Contracts he has signed

Signed Signed by Kind Seasons Years In all Cap hit
2012-13 to 2014-15 $4.5M

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 2002-03 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
Jan 30, 2003 @ TBL L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 08:17
Jan 29, 2003 vs TOR L 2-3 0 1 1 1 0 2 1 18:08
Jan 25, 2003 @ FLA L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 2 1 1 18:47
Jan 24, 2003 vs FLA W 3-1 1 1 2 2 5 4 2 17:21
Jan 22, 2003 @ WSH L 3-5 0 0 0 -1 0 4 0 18:15
Jan 20, 2003 vs STL L 3-5 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 15:04
Jan 18, 2003 @ NJD L 2-5 1 0 1 0 0 4 0 15:51
Jan 17, 2003 vs NJD L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 18:25
Jan 15, 2003 vs PIT L 0-2 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 19:12
Jan 12, 2003 vs COL L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 14:48
Jan 10, 2003 vs WSH L 1-4 0 0 0 -2 0 2 0 14:48
Jan 8, 2003 @ NYR L 1-5 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 13:22
Jan 7, 2003 @ ATL T 3-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 11:04
Jan 4, 2003 @ BOS W 4-2 1 0 1 -2 4 4 0 17:13
Jan 3, 2003 @ BUF L 3-6 0 1 1 1 0 4 0 16:50
Dec 31, 2002 vs NYR L 0-2 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 16:28
Dec 28, 2002 @ NYI L 0-3 0 0 0 -1 4 2 0 14:48
Dec 27, 2002 vs ATL L 3-5 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 16:10
Dec 22, 2002 vs DAL W 1-0 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 18:59
Dec 20, 2002 @ ATL W 3-2 (OT) 0 1 1 1 0 2 1 18:48
Dec 18, 2002 vs TBL T 1-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 4 1 2 21:44
Dec 15, 2002 @ MIN L 1-2 0 0 0 -1 4 1 1 18:02
Dec 12, 2002 @ CGY W 4-3 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 18:41
Dec 11, 2002 @ EDM L 1-4 0 0 0 0 4 5 0 15:36
Dec 7, 2002 @ OTT L 2-5 1 0 1 0 15 2 1 17:45
Dec 6, 2002 vs FLA L 0-2 0 0 0 -2 0 4 1 20:34
Dec 4, 2002 @ FLA L 2-4 1 0 1 0 0 3 2 18:36
Dec 3, 2002 @ NSH W 2-1 1 0 1 1 2 4 0 19:21
Nov 30, 2002 @ CBJ W 4-2 2 0 2 1 0 6 1 18:18
Nov 29, 2002 vs DET W 6-4 0 1 1 0 2 2 0 18:48
Nov 27, 2002 vs VAN L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 2 2 1 18:19
Nov 25, 2002 @ NYR L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 0 4 0 21:00
Nov 23, 2002 @ MTL W 7-3 3 1 4 2 0 4 1 19:40
Nov 21, 2002 @ BOS L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 13:46
Nov 19, 2002 vs OTT T 4-4 (OT) 1 2 3 3 0 3 3 18:52
Nov 17, 2002 vs TBL L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 18:58
Nov 15, 2002 vs PHI T 1-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 2 4 2 19:55
Nov 12, 2002 vs PHX W 3-2 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 17:50
Nov 9, 2002 vs PIT W 3-2 0 0 0 2 2 1 0 16:06
Nov 7, 2002 vs BUF W 2-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 05:33
Nov 5, 2002 vs PHI L 1-2 (OT) 0 1 1 -1 2 2 0 18:08
Nov 1, 2002 vs MTL T 2-2 (OT) 0 1 1 2 0 5 2 19:43
Oct 30, 2002 vs NYI W 4-2 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 16:56
Oct 29, 2002 @ NJD W 2-1 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 18:51
Oct 26, 2002 vs CHI T 3-3 (OT) 1 0 1 0 0 3 1 19:54
Oct 23, 2002 @ OTT L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 15:35
Oct 22, 2002 @ NYI W 4-1 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 14:40
Oct 19, 2002 vs NJD W 3-1 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 15:39
Oct 17, 2002 vs WSH L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 19:04
Oct 15, 2002 @ STL L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 17:13
Oct 12, 2002 @ TBL L 1-5 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 12:23
Oct 11, 2002 vs ATL W 5-3 1 1 2 0 0 6 0 16:38
Oct 9, 2002 vs NYR L 1-4 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 14:36