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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 2003-04. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Shean Donovan CGY · 42 P in 82 GP Henrik Sedin VAN · 42 P in 76 GP Mike York EDM · 42 P in 61 GP Ryan Malone PIT · 43 P in 81 GP Steve Rucchin ANA · 43 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.

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

2003-04 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
80 18 24 42 -4 93 172 175 0.53 10.5 18:06

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 2003-04 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 4, 2004 @ FLA T 6-6 (OT) 1 2 3 1 2 5 3 23:32
Apr 2, 2004 vs NYI L 4-6 0 0 0 1 2 2 2 19:38
Mar 30, 2004 vs BOS L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 21:14
Mar 29, 2004 @ FLA L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 2 1 1 20:52
Mar 27, 2004 @ NYI W 3-2 0 0 0 0 2 1 4 23:26
Mar 25, 2004 vs FLA W 3-2 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 21:05
Mar 20, 2004 @ OTT W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 2 1 4 13:20
Mar 19, 2004 @ PIT L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 4 3 22:07
Mar 17, 2004 @ CHI W 3-2 1 1 2 3 0 3 0 22:39
Mar 15, 2004 @ ATL L 0-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 20:00
Mar 13, 2004 @ TBL W 5-1 0 2 2 0 0 1 2 19:58
Mar 12, 2004 vs ATL W 4-2 1 1 2 2 0 2 5 20:16
Mar 10, 2004 vs TBL L 2-4 0 0 0 -2 0 2 3 18:57
Mar 8, 2004 @ CBJ W 4-1 1 0 1 1 0 4 0 19:05
Mar 6, 2004 vs NJD L 1-4 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 15:53
Mar 5, 2004 @ ATL W 3-2 (OT) 0 1 1 -1 0 8 0 24:06
Mar 2, 2004 vs CBJ L 0-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 22:51
Feb 29, 2004 @ MIN T 3-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 4 21:58
Feb 28, 2004 @ MTL L 0-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 7 23:46
Feb 25, 2004 @ WSH W 2-1 1 0 1 1 2 2 2 18:30
Feb 23, 2004 @ TOR W 2-1 1 0 1 -1 2 6 3 21:28
Feb 21, 2004 vs BOS T 3-3 (OT) 1 0 1 0 0 1 4 19:08
Feb 19, 2004 vs TOR L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 2 2 4 18:18
Feb 16, 2004 vs FLA W 3-1 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 21:09
Feb 14, 2004 @ NJD L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 2 0 0 16:08
Feb 12, 2004 vs WSH T 3-3 (OT) 0 1 1 -1 2 2 2 17:42
Feb 4, 2004 @ ANA L 2-3 1 0 1 0 4 3 0 14:33
Feb 3, 2004 @ COL L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 18:19
Jan 31, 2004 @ DET T 4-4 (OT) 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 15:06
Jan 29, 2004 vs WSH L 3-5 0 0 0 -1 7 1 4 11:16
Jan 27, 2004 @ TOR W 2-0 1 0 1 1 0 3 2 15:48
Jan 25, 2004 vs BUF L 2-4 1 0 1 0 0 2 5 13:55
Jan 23, 2004 vs NYI L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 16:31
Jan 21, 2004 @ NJD W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 16:23
Jan 20, 2004 vs OTT L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 2 0 6 14:06
Jan 18, 2004 vs ATL L 2-5 0 1 1 0 2 2 3 12:36
Jan 16, 2004 @ ATL W 4-3 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 14:37
Jan 15, 2004 @ TBL L 4-5 1 1 2 1 0 2 5 15:53
Jan 11, 2004 vs OTT T 2-2 (OT) 1 0 1 1 2 4 2 16:57
Jan 9, 2004 @ WSH L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11:55
Jan 8, 2004 vs NYR W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 15:45
Jan 6, 2004 vs STL W 2-0 0 0 0 0 2 4 0 17:48
Jan 4, 2004 vs PHX L 0-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 16:48
Jan 2, 2004 vs DET L 1-4 0 0 0 -2 0 1 1 16:23
Dec 31, 2003 vs ANA L 1-3 0 0 0 0 2 4 3 18:22
Dec 29, 2003 vs BUF W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 14:20
Dec 27, 2003 vs MTL W 2-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 2 1 4 16:27
Dec 26, 2003 @ BUF L 1-3 0 0 0 0 2 3 2 15:44
Dec 22, 2003 vs DAL L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 4 1 3 17:33
Dec 20, 2003 @ BOS W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 18:01
Dec 18, 2003 vs PIT W 2-1 (OT) 0 0 0 1 0 2 4 21:09
Dec 14, 2003 @ VAN L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 1 0 1 5 14:08
Dec 11, 2003 @ CGY L 0-1 0 0 0 -1 2 2 4 16:29
Dec 9, 2003 @ EDM W 3-2 0 1 1 2 0 2 0 16:39
Dec 6, 2003 @ MTL L 1-3 0 0 0 -2 0 0 3 16:18
Dec 5, 2003 vs MTL T 1-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 20:51
Dec 3, 2003 vs NSH L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 2 2 3 20:39
Nov 29, 2003 vs PIT W 4-3 0 1 1 0 2 1 3 19:01
Nov 28, 2003 @ PHI L 2-4 0 1 1 -1 0 1 2 19:42
Nov 26, 2003 @ NYI W 2-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 20:11
Nov 23, 2003 vs TBL T 0-0 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 21:57
Nov 21, 2003 @ BUF L 0-5 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 18:49
Nov 20, 2003 @ OTT L 1-6 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 16:28
Nov 18, 2003 vs PHI T 2-2 (OT) 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 18:38
Nov 15, 2003 vs WSH L 1-2 0 0 0 1 2 2 3 18:10
Nov 13, 2003 vs ATL W 5-1 1 1 2 1 4 3 1 15:53
Nov 12, 2003 @ WSH L 1-7 0 0 0 -2 6 0 1 13:29
Nov 8, 2003 vs LAK W 3-2 (OT) 0 1 1 -1 2 0 0 13:18
Nov 6, 2003 vs NYR W 6-3 1 2 3 2 0 4 3 19:13
Nov 2, 2003 vs TOR L 1-2 0 1 1 -1 4 1 2 19:53
Nov 1, 2003 @ TBL L 3-4 1 0 1 0 0 5 3 16:53
Oct 30, 2003 @ NYR L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 16:11
Oct 28, 2003 vs SJS W 3-0 0 0 0 0 0 5 3 18:40
Oct 25, 2003 @ PHI T 4-4 (OT) 0 1 1 2 2 4 2 17:30
Oct 23, 2003 @ BOS W 2-0 0 0 0 0 2 6 0 19:50
Oct 22, 2003 @ PIT T 1-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 4 4 2 19:28
Oct 18, 2003 @ NYR T 2-2 (OT) 1 1 2 2 0 5 1 20:26
Oct 13, 2003 vs FLA T 2-2 (OT) 0 1 1 0 4 3 1 22:04
Oct 11, 2003 vs NJD L 1-2 0 0 0 1 2 1 2 17:42
Oct 9, 2003 @ FLA L 1-3 1 0 1 -1 0 2 1 16:33