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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 2007-08. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Ryan Malone PIT · 51 P in 77 GP Rod Brind'Amour CAR · 51 P in 59 GP R.J. Umberger PHI · 50 P in 74 GP Andy McDonald STL · 52 P in 82 GP Chris Higgins MTL · 52 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

2007-08 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
73 22 29 51 5 76 216 186 0.70 10.2 19:22

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 2007-08 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, 2008 vs FLA L 3-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 3 20:20
Apr 2, 2008 vs TBL W 6-2 0 2 2 2 0 3 5 20:30
Apr 1, 2008 @ WSH L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 19:03
Mar 29, 2008 @ TBL L 1-2 0 0 0 -1 0 2 2 21:53
Mar 28, 2008 vs ATL W 7-1 0 2 2 0 8 0 1 17:42
Mar 25, 2008 vs WSH L 2-3 (SO) 1 0 1 -1 2 5 8 23:18
Mar 20, 2008 @ FLA W 2-1 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 9 2 21:50
Mar 19, 2008 @ ATL W 5-3 1 0 1 1 0 4 1 18:48
Mar 16, 2008 vs OTT W 5-1 0 0 0 0 2 1 4 22:40
Mar 14, 2008 @ BUF L 1-7 0 0 0 0 10 4 1 17:37
Mar 12, 2008 @ CHI W 3-0 1 0 1 1 0 4 1 20:54
Mar 8, 2008 vs BUF W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 26:24
Mar 6, 2008 vs MIN W 3-2 1 0 1 0 19 3 2 16:57
Mar 5, 2008 @ ATL W 6-3 1 1 2 -1 0 5 1 21:28
Mar 1, 2008 vs TBL W 5-1 0 1 1 3 0 1 1 21:29
Feb 28, 2008 vs NYR L 2-4 2 0 2 -2 0 3 3 23:43
Feb 26, 2008 vs NJD W 2-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 22:56
Feb 23, 2008 vs WSH W 6-3 1 1 2 -1 2 4 5 22:25
Feb 21, 2008 vs ATL W 5-3 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 23:27
Feb 19, 2008 vs BOS L 2-3 (SO) 1 0 1 2 0 7 4 23:57
Feb 16, 2008 vs FLA W 5-4 0 1 1 1 0 1 5 21:30
Feb 14, 2008 vs PIT W 4-2 1 0 1 0 2 3 6 24:22
Feb 12, 2008 @ BOS W 3-2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 17:00
Feb 9, 2008 @ NJD L 1-6 0 0 0 -2 0 2 0 15:26
Feb 8, 2008 @ WSH W 2-1 1 0 1 1 0 2 4 18:12
Feb 5, 2008 @ NSH L 0-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 18:22
Feb 2, 2008 @ PIT L 1-4 0 0 0 0 5 1 1 13:44
Jan 31, 2008 vs TOR W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 2 4 3 19:03
Jan 29, 2008 vs NYR W 3-1 0 0 0 1 2 1 3 16:59
Jan 22, 2008 vs NYI L 3-6 0 0 0 -2 0 5 5 18:42
Jan 21, 2008 @ NYI W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 19:23
Jan 18, 2008 vs EDM W 7-2 0 2 2 2 0 3 5 20:10
Jan 17, 2008 @ OTT L 1-5 0 0 0 -1 0 8 2 18:42
Jan 15, 2008 @ TOR L 4-5 1 1 2 2 0 2 2 18:57
Jan 12, 2008 vs COL L 4-5 1 0 1 0 0 4 2 20:08
Jan 10, 2008 vs NJD L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 3 18:07
Jan 8, 2008 @ BOS W 1-0 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 17:14
Jan 5, 2008 @ STL L 0-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 19:01
Jan 4, 2008 @ ATL W 4-3 0 0 0 -1 0 6 1 24:27
Jan 2, 2008 vs ATL L 4-5 (OT) 1 1 2 0 0 4 5 22:28
Dec 31, 2007 vs NYI L 1-4 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 19:12
Dec 29, 2007 @ CBJ L 1-4 0 0 0 -2 0 3 2 18:18
Dec 28, 2007 vs BOS W 4-3 0 0 0 0 0 3 5 19:52
Dec 26, 2007 @ NYR L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 0 4 2 22:30
Dec 22, 2007 @ TBL W 4-1 0 0 0 1 0 2 3 21:04
Dec 20, 2007 @ FLA L 4-5 1 1 2 1 0 3 0 21:55
Dec 18, 2007 vs TOR W 3-2 (OT) 0 2 2 0 0 2 4 21:28
Dec 15, 2007 @ PHI W 6-5 (SO) 0 2 2 1 0 5 2 20:38
Dec 14, 2007 vs CGY L 3-4 0 0 0 -1 2 5 3 22:54
Dec 12, 2007 vs OTT L 0-6 0 0 0 -1 0 0 4 16:50
Dec 9, 2007 @ DET L 2-5 2 0 2 0 0 4 1 19:47
Dec 8, 2007 @ MTL W 5-1 1 1 2 2 2 5 2 17:25
Dec 6, 2007 @ TBL L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 18:16
Dec 3, 2007 @ NYR W 4-0 0 0 0 0 2 4 5 14:49
Dec 1, 2007 @ BUF L 1-8 0 0 0 -2 2 1 1 17:10
Nov 30, 2007 vs WSH W 4-3 0 0 0 -1 0 2 7 16:09
Nov 28, 2007 vs PHI L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 18:59
Nov 24, 2007 @ WSH L 2-5 1 0 1 0 0 2 2 18:07
Nov 23, 2007 vs TBL W 4-3 0 2 2 -1 0 1 5 21:11
Nov 12, 2007 @ FLA W 4-3 0 0 0 -1 2 10 1 18:17
Nov 10, 2007 @ ATL W 5-3 0 1 1 0 0 9 1 21:47
Nov 8, 2007 vs TBL L 1-5 0 0 0 -1 2 2 3 17:16
Nov 5, 2007 vs WSH W 5-0 0 1 1 2 2 1 2 17:01
Nov 3, 2007 vs FLA W 4-2 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 15:38
Oct 31, 2007 @ FLA L 2-4 1 1 2 2 0 2 1 16:58
Oct 27, 2007 @ NYI W 8-3 0 3 3 3 0 4 1 13:02
Oct 19, 2007 @ PIT L 3-4 (SO) 0 0 0 1 4 2 1 17:42
Oct 13, 2007 @ MTL W 3-1 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 18:07
Oct 11, 2007 @ OTT W 5-3 2 0 2 0 0 4 4 15:32
Oct 9, 2007 @ TOR W 7-1 0 1 1 1 0 5 0 17:02
Oct 6, 2007 @ WSH L 0-2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 16:18
Oct 5, 2007 vs PIT W 4-1 0 1 1 2 2 3 4 15:27
Oct 3, 2007 vs MTL L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 17:13