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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 2006-07. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Anze Kopitar LAK · 61 P in 72 GP Maxim Afinogenov BUF · 61 P in 56 GP Scott Gomez NJD · 60 P in 72 GP Brendan Shanahan NYR · 62 P in 67 GP Dainius Zubrus BUF · 60 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

2006-07 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
71 29 32 61 2 76 166 222 0.86 17.5 18:01

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 2006-07 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, 2007 vs FLA W 5-4 (OT) 1 0 1 0 2 9 1 19:50
Apr 6, 2007 vs ATL L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 16:51
Apr 3, 2007 @ TBL L 2-3 0 2 2 -1 0 2 4 18:27
Apr 1, 2007 @ FLA W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 16:50
Mar 30, 2007 vs TBL L 2-4 1 0 1 1 0 6 6 17:49
Mar 28, 2007 @ PHI L 1-5 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 20:07
Mar 27, 2007 @ TOR L 1-6 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 15:32
Mar 24, 2007 vs SJS W 6-4 1 0 1 2 0 3 0 13:52
Mar 22, 2007 vs WSH W 4-3 1 1 2 1 0 5 4 19:42
Mar 17, 2007 @ NJD W 7-2 0 1 1 0 0 0 4 14:59
Mar 15, 2007 vs NJD L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 0 2 5 15:47
Mar 13, 2007 vs FLA W 3-1 0 1 1 1 0 3 5 15:52
Mar 11, 2007 @ NYR L 1-2 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 12:06
Mar 9, 2007 @ WSH W 3-0 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 15:01
Feb 17, 2007 @ MTL W 5-3 1 1 2 0 0 3 0 14:54
Feb 8, 2007 @ BOS W 5-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 08:52
Feb 6, 2007 @ MTL W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 15:20
Feb 3, 2007 vs BOS L 3-4 (OT) 2 0 2 2 4 6 3 20:45
Feb 1, 2007 vs TBL L 0-4 0 0 0 0 0 3 8 17:31
Jan 27, 2007 @ WSH L 3-7 1 0 1 -3 0 3 1 14:44
Jan 26, 2007 vs WSH W 6-2 0 1 1 1 6 1 3 18:44
Jan 20, 2007 vs TBL L 5-6 (SO) 0 0 0 -2 0 0 5 16:30
Jan 18, 2007 vs WSH L 2-5 1 0 1 0 0 2 5 16:39
Jan 16, 2007 @ FLA W 3-2 (OT) 1 1 2 1 0 3 0 17:50
Jan 13, 2007 vs ATL L 3-4 (SO) 0 2 2 2 14 1 6 16:21
Jan 11, 2007 vs FLA W 6-4 1 1 2 2 0 3 9 18:22
Jan 9, 2007 @ TOR W 4-1 0 0 0 -1 0 3 3 18:34
Jan 6, 2007 vs NYI W 4-2 2 0 2 1 0 3 6 17:22
Jan 4, 2007 vs PHX L 0-2 0 0 0 -1 0 1 4 18:51
Jan 2, 2007 @ PIT L 0-3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 16:23
Dec 31, 2006 vs PHI L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 4 2 6 21:17
Dec 29, 2006 vs ANA W 4-2 1 0 1 -1 0 3 5 16:34
Dec 28, 2006 @ BUF L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 2 5 19:34
Dec 26, 2006 vs FLA W 4-2 0 0 0 0 2 0 13 18:44
Dec 23, 2006 @ FLA W 3-2 (OT) 1 0 1 -1 0 1 3 16:23
Dec 22, 2006 vs NYI W 5-1 1 0 1 1 0 1 3 11:30
Dec 19, 2006 @ PHI W 2-1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 20:47
Dec 16, 2006 @ TBL W 3-2 0 1 1 1 2 5 3 19:47
Dec 15, 2006 vs TOR L 3-4 1 0 1 -1 2 4 3 22:35
Dec 11, 2006 @ COL L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 23:38
Dec 8, 2006 @ VAN L 3-4 (OT) 1 2 3 2 6 4 4 23:13
Dec 6, 2006 @ EDM L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 0 2 2 20:24
Dec 5, 2006 @ CGY L 0-3 0 0 0 -2 2 4 1 19:24
Dec 2, 2006 vs BOS W 5-2 1 1 2 1 0 2 2 15:52
Nov 30, 2006 vs MTL W 4-2 2 0 2 2 0 11 4 20:52
Nov 28, 2006 vs OTT L 1-4 0 0 0 -2 0 2 1 16:40
Nov 24, 2006 @ BOS W 5-1 1 0 1 1 0 4 1 18:01
Nov 22, 2006 @ NYI L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 2 0 0 14:18
Nov 21, 2006 @ NYR L 0-4 0 0 0 -1 0 2 2 22:55
Nov 18, 2006 vs DAL W 5-4 0 1 1 0 4 1 5 22:12
Nov 17, 2006 @ WSH W 4-1 1 3 4 2 0 2 1 17:26
Nov 15, 2006 vs NYR W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 10 18:24
Nov 13, 2006 vs BUF L 4-7 0 0 0 1 4 0 8 19:46
Nov 11, 2006 vs PIT W 6-2 0 2 2 1 2 2 6 18:06
Nov 9, 2006 vs WSH W 5-0 3 0 3 2 0 4 1 20:11
Nov 7, 2006 @ NJD L 2-3 (SO) 0 1 1 0 2 1 2 21:21
Nov 4, 2006 @ OTT W 3-2 1 2 3 0 2 2 6 21:17
Nov 2, 2006 vs MTL L 0-4 0 0 0 -2 0 2 2 21:47
Nov 1, 2006 @ ATL W 5-2 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 20:51
Oct 28, 2006 vs TBL W 6-4 1 0 1 0 0 3 4 18:56
Oct 26, 2006 @ TBL L 1-5 0 0 0 -1 2 0 1 15:52
Oct 25, 2006 vs ATL W 5-4 (OT) 0 0 0 -2 0 5 2 20:03
Oct 21, 2006 @ NYI L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 19:23
Oct 20, 2006 @ BUF L 4-5 0 2 2 0 0 4 3 22:50
Oct 16, 2006 @ TBL W 5-1 0 1 1 0 2 0 2 16:24
Oct 14, 2006 @ PIT W 5-1 0 0 0 1 2 1 1 19:14
Oct 13, 2006 @ ATL W 4-3 0 1 1 2 0 3 5 17:03
Oct 11, 2006 @ FLA L 3-6 0 0 0 0 2 4 0 18:42
Oct 7, 2006 @ WSH L 2-5 0 0 0 0 4 0 2 08:03
Oct 6, 2006 vs NJD L 0-4 0 0 0 -2 0 2 3 18:57
Oct 4, 2006 vs BUF L 2-3 (SO) 1 0 1 1 4 2 5 19:29