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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)

Trophy case

Stanley Cup NHL Champion 2005-06

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.

Marco Sturm BOS · 59 P in 74 GP Kyle Calder CHI · 59 P in 79 GP Pierre-Marc Bouchard MIN · 59 P in 80 GP Tomas Holmstrom DET · 59 P in 81 GP Daymond Langkow CGY · 59 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

2005-06 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
60 30 29 59 19 54 164 123 0.98 18.3 19:18

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 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 4, 2006 @ PIT W 7-5 2 0 2 1 2 2 1 12:40
Mar 3, 2006 vs FLA W 5-2 2 0 2 3 0 2 1 19:56
Mar 1, 2006 vs BOS W 4-3 0 1 1 0 0 3 3 19:25
Feb 12, 2006 vs BUF W 4-3 (SO) 1 0 1 1 2 4 4 21:26
Feb 10, 2006 vs PIT L 3-4 0 1 1 1 2 4 3 22:13
Feb 9, 2006 @ TBL L 3-5 1 0 1 -2 0 6 3 19:38
Feb 5, 2006 @ BOS W 4-3 (SO) 1 0 1 2 0 5 0 23:45
Feb 3, 2006 @ NJD L 0-3 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 21:21
Jan 31, 2006 @ MTL W 8-2 3 1 4 3 0 3 3 17:56
Jan 28, 2006 vs ATL W 4-1 1 0 1 1 0 3 2 20:36
Jan 26, 2006 @ ATL W 5-1 0 1 1 1 0 5 2 20:59
Jan 25, 2006 @ FLA W 4-3 (SO) 0 0 0 -2 0 4 2 23:00
Jan 23, 2006 vs MTL W 7-3 1 1 2 1 0 1 1 15:50
Jan 21, 2006 @ WSH L 2-5 1 0 1 0 0 4 2 19:43
Jan 19, 2006 vs NYI W 4-3 0 1 1 0 2 2 2 17:33
Jan 17, 2006 @ PHI W 4-3 (SO) 1 0 1 1 0 3 0 20:30
Jan 15, 2006 vs STL W 4-2 0 2 2 1 0 1 3 17:06
Jan 13, 2006 vs NSH W 5-4 (OT) 1 0 1 1 0 3 3 20:09
Jan 10, 2006 vs DET W 3-2 1 1 2 1 0 4 4 17:05
Jan 7, 2006 @ NYI W 3-0 0 0 0 0 2 1 4 17:02
Jan 6, 2006 vs NYI W 4-1 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 15:55
Jan 4, 2006 vs ATL W 4-3 1 0 1 1 0 2 2 18:08
Dec 31, 2005 vs MTL W 5-3 1 1 2 0 0 2 1 20:31
Dec 29, 2005 vs PHI L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 4 3 22:37
Dec 28, 2005 @ OTT L 2-6 1 0 1 -1 0 2 1 14:51
Dec 26, 2005 @ TBL L 4-5 (OT) 1 1 2 -1 0 1 5 21:22
Dec 23, 2005 vs FLA W 4-3 0 1 1 1 2 4 1 15:48
Dec 20, 2005 vs TBL W 6-4 1 1 2 1 0 1 5 19:33
Dec 17, 2005 vs NJD W 4-1 1 1 2 2 0 3 1 17:55
Dec 15, 2005 vs CBJ W 2-1 0 0 0 -1 2 1 1 20:05
Dec 13, 2005 vs CHI W 5-3 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 19:22
Dec 10, 2005 @ SJS L 3-4 0 1 1 0 0 2 2 20:43
Dec 8, 2005 @ LAK W 3-2 2 0 2 -1 0 2 2 21:00
Dec 6, 2005 @ ANA W 6-2 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 18:38
Dec 3, 2005 @ PHX L 4-8 0 1 1 1 4 3 4 15:38
Dec 2, 2005 @ DAL L 4-5 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 19:50
Nov 29, 2005 @ ATL W 4-3 (OT) 0 1 1 0 0 1 3 19:35
Nov 27, 2005 vs ATL L 2-5 0 0 0 -2 0 3 2 21:26
Nov 25, 2005 vs TOR W 4-3 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 2 1 2 19:53
Nov 22, 2005 vs OTT L 3-5 0 2 2 1 2 2 3 22:33
Nov 20, 2005 vs TBL L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 0 2 2 21:58
Nov 19, 2005 @ NYR L 3-4 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 13:07
Nov 17, 2005 vs NYR W 5-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 19:25
Nov 15, 2005 @ OTT W 2-1 0 0 0 1 2 2 0 17:43
Nov 12, 2005 vs ATL L 0-9 0 0 0 -1 4 2 1 18:20
Nov 11, 2005 @ FLA W 1-0 0 1 1 0 0 5 0 22:55
Nov 9, 2005 @ BUF W 5-3 1 2 3 1 0 4 1 19:20
Nov 5, 2005 vs FLA W 2-0 0 1 1 1 2 2 4 22:24
Nov 3, 2005 vs TOR W 4-3 1 2 3 0 6 5 7 17:52
Oct 29, 2005 @ PIT W 5-3 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 20:12
Oct 28, 2005 vs PHI W 8-6 0 0 0 0 4 4 3 21:27
Oct 26, 2005 vs BOS W 4-3 (OT) 1 0 1 2 0 5 3 23:40
Oct 24, 2005 vs OTT W 3-2 0 0 0 0 4 1 2 20:45
Oct 22, 2005 @ WSH W 4-0 0 2 2 0 0 7 1 20:58
Oct 20, 2005 @ TOR L 4-5 (OT) 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 19:20
Oct 15, 2005 @ NJD W 6-1 1 0 1 1 2 2 0 16:40
Oct 12, 2005 vs WSH W 7-2 1 1 2 1 2 3 1 18:20
Oct 8, 2005 @ NYI L 2-3 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 17:50
Oct 7, 2005 vs PIT W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 17:57
Oct 5, 2005 @ TBL L 2-5 0 0 0 0 2 5 0 14:10