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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

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The forwards closest to him in points in 2008-09. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Wojtek Wolski COL · 42 P in 79 GP Michal Handzus LAK · 42 P in 82 GP David Legwand NSH · 42 P in 73 GP Milan Lucic BOS · 42 P in 72 GP Chuck Kobasew BOS · 42 P in 68 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

2008-09 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
80 18 24 42 0 73 178 180 0.53 10.1 17:37

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 2008-09 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 11, 2009 @ NJD L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 20:27
Apr 9, 2009 vs BUF L 1-5 0 0 0 -1 0 2 5 16:36
Apr 7, 2009 vs NYI W 9-0 0 4 4 3 0 3 2 15:17
Apr 4, 2009 vs PIT W 3-2 (OT) 0 1 1 0 0 3 3 22:09
Apr 2, 2009 vs NYR W 4-2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 22:32
Mar 28, 2009 @ NJD W 2-1 0 0 0 -1 0 2 2 19:12
Mar 25, 2009 vs OTT W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 20:28
Mar 23, 2009 @ FLA W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 2 1 5 20:12
Mar 21, 2009 vs WSH W 4-1 0 0 0 -1 0 2 2 23:26
Mar 20, 2009 vs NYI W 5-4 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 19:54
Mar 18, 2009 vs NJD W 4-2 0 1 1 0 2 2 3 16:53
Mar 14, 2009 @ WSH L 4-5 (SO) 1 1 2 3 2 4 3 21:34
Mar 12, 2009 @ DAL L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 4 18:16
Mar 11, 2009 @ CHI L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 2 2 4 21:11
Mar 9, 2009 vs NYR W 3-0 0 1 1 1 0 2 4 20:34
Mar 7, 2009 @ TBL W 9-3 0 4 4 2 0 1 1 14:50
Mar 6, 2009 vs CGY W 6-1 1 0 1 0 0 1 5 19:40
Mar 3, 2009 @ NSH L 5-6 (OT) 1 1 2 2 0 3 2 16:48
Feb 28, 2009 vs MIN W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 14:07
Feb 26, 2009 vs CBJ L 0-1 0 0 0 -1 0 2 4 15:58
Feb 24, 2009 vs TBL W 5-3 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 17:48
Feb 21, 2009 vs CGY L 2-3 (SO) 1 0 1 1 0 1 4 22:55
Feb 19, 2009 @ DAL L 2-4 0 0 0 -2 16 1 5 16:02
Feb 17, 2009 @ SJS L 2-4 1 0 1 -1 0 1 5 17:43
Feb 16, 2009 @ PHX W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 17:31
Feb 14, 2009 @ LAK W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 15:19
Feb 11, 2009 vs MTL W 7-2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 11:53
Feb 8, 2009 @ MIN L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 20:41
Feb 7, 2009 @ DET L 3-8 0 0 0 -2 0 2 1 19:29
Feb 5, 2009 @ STL W 2-1 (SO) 0 0 0 1 0 2 5 19:11
Feb 3, 2009 vs CHI L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 16:53
Feb 1, 2009 vs NSH L 1-2 0 0 0 -2 0 2 6 22:00
Jan 30, 2009 vs MIN W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 20:10
Jan 27, 2009 vs BUF L 2-10 1 0 1 0 2 5 3 18:03
Jan 20, 2009 vs CBJ W 4-3 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 14:21
Jan 18, 2009 vs PHX W 6-3 0 0 0 -1 0 5 2 20:33
Jan 16, 2009 @ COL W 3-2 0 1 1 1 0 5 3 19:04
Jan 15, 2009 @ MIN L 1-5 0 0 0 -2 2 2 2 17:51
Jan 13, 2009 @ WSH W 5-2 3 0 3 2 0 5 1 18:25
Jan 11, 2009 vs STL W 2-1 0 1 1 1 0 3 2 19:29
Jan 9, 2009 vs SJS L 1-4 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 17:30
Jan 7, 2009 vs VAN L 2-4 1 0 1 -1 0 3 4 17:31
Jan 5, 2009 vs NYI W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 18:58
Jan 3, 2009 vs DAL W 4-1 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 21:02
Dec 31, 2008 @ CGY L 4-6 1 1 2 2 0 6 3 19:31
Dec 30, 2008 vs OTT L 2-3 0 0 0 0 2 3 4 21:23
Dec 28, 2008 vs NSH W 5-2 1 2 3 2 0 3 0 19:19
Dec 26, 2008 @ VAN W 3-2 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 18:47
Dec 22, 2008 vs PHX W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 12:45
Dec 19, 2008 vs ANA L 2-3 (SO) 1 0 1 0 0 7 1 18:41
Dec 17, 2008 @ VAN L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 2 3 1 16:39
Dec 16, 2008 vs CHI L 2-9 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 14:48
Dec 13, 2008 vs VAN W 3-0 0 0 0 0 2 2 5 14:14
Dec 11, 2008 vs FLA L 0-2 0 0 0 -1 0 5 1 16:06
Dec 6, 2008 @ SJS W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 2 0 0 15:29
Dec 5, 2008 @ LAK W 5-4 (SO) 0 1 1 0 0 2 3 19:46
Dec 3, 2008 vs DAL W 5-2 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 17:03
Nov 30, 2008 @ DAL L 3-4 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 16:55
Nov 29, 2008 @ STL W 4-2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 4 18:11
Nov 26, 2008 vs LAK L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 18:24
Nov 20, 2008 vs DET L 3-4 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 10:42
Nov 18, 2008 @ CBJ W 7-2 0 1 1 1 0 0 3 13:18
Nov 17, 2008 @ DET L 0-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 16:51
Nov 15, 2008 vs COL L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 16:59
Nov 13, 2008 vs TOR L 2-5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15:21
Nov 10, 2008 @ NYR W 3-2 (SO) 1 0 1 0 0 2 2 15:02
Nov 9, 2008 @ NJD W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 14:37
Nov 6, 2008 @ PIT L 4-5 0 1 1 1 4 3 1 17:54
Nov 5, 2008 @ CBJ L 4-5 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 17:31
Nov 2, 2008 @ PHI W 5-4 1 0 1 0 0 5 1 18:16
Nov 1, 2008 @ CAR W 3-1 0 0 0 1 0 2 8 16:43
Oct 30, 2008 @ NSH L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 0 3 2 14:58
Oct 27, 2008 vs BOS L 0-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 15:16
Oct 25, 2008 @ VAN L 3-6 0 0 0 0 17 4 0 07:24
Oct 23, 2008 @ COL L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 16:25
Oct 22, 2008 @ CHI L 0-3 0 0 0 -1 0 3 3 16:10
Oct 18, 2008 vs CGY W 3-2 0 0 0 0 4 4 8 18:31
Oct 17, 2008 @ CGY W 4-3 1 0 1 0 2 3 3 15:34
Oct 15, 2008 @ ANA W 3-2 0 1 1 -1 0 3 2 16:12
Oct 12, 2008 vs COL W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17:12