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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 2009-10. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Dave Bolland CHI · 16 P in 39 GP Jordin Tootoo NSH · 16 P in 51 GP David Booth FLA · 16 P in 28 GP Pavol Demitra VAN · 16 P in 28 GP Evgeny Artyukhin ATL · 16 P in 54 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

2009-10 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
40 11 5 16 -9 29 81 94 0.40 13.6 16:23

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 2009-10 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 10, 2010 @ BOS L 2-4 1 0 1 1 0 4 2 15:53
Apr 8, 2010 vs MTL W 5-2 0 0 0 -1 0 4 2 18:14
Apr 6, 2010 @ TBL W 8-5 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 16:38
Apr 3, 2010 vs NJD L 0-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 19:10
Apr 1, 2010 @ OTT L 3-4 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 2 3 19:09
Mar 31, 2010 @ MTL W 2-1 0 1 1 1 2 1 2 17:51
Mar 29, 2010 @ ATL W 4-1 1 0 1 1 4 1 3 16:28
Mar 27, 2010 vs ATL L 0-4 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 20:28
Mar 25, 2010 vs WSH W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 16:59
Mar 23, 2010 @ TBL L 2-3 (OT) 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 15:31
Mar 21, 2010 vs BUF L 3-5 0 0 0 -2 0 1 4 12:11
Mar 20, 2010 @ PIT W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 1 2 1 1 16:04
Mar 18, 2010 vs WSH W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 14:32
Mar 16, 2010 vs BOS L 2-5 2 0 2 1 0 3 5 15:37
Mar 13, 2010 vs PHX L 0-4 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 15:59
Mar 11, 2010 vs PIT W 4-3 (OT) 0 1 1 0 0 4 1 12:38
Mar 7, 2010 @ ATL W 4-0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 10:23
Mar 6, 2010 @ FLA L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 2 4 1 16:50
Mar 4, 2010 vs OTT W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 13:50
Mar 2, 2010 @ TOR W 5-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 10:50
Dec 9, 2009 @ NJD L 2-4 0 0 0 -2 4 1 0 16:53
Dec 7, 2009 @ PIT W 3-2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 18:47
Dec 5, 2009 vs VAN W 5-3 3 0 3 1 0 6 0 13:45
Nov 30, 2009 vs WSH L 2-3 0 0 0 -2 0 1 4 15:37
Nov 28, 2009 @ BUF L 1-5 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 15:33
Nov 27, 2009 vs ATL L 4-6 1 1 2 -1 0 5 0 17:14
Nov 25, 2009 @ ANA L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 15:40
Nov 23, 2009 @ DAL L 0-2 0 0 0 0 4 2 2 15:01
Nov 21, 2009 vs TBL W 3-1 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 18:22
Nov 19, 2009 vs TOR W 6-5 (SO) 1 0 1 -2 7 3 8 16:22
Nov 17, 2009 @ MTL L 2-3 (SO) 0 1 1 1 0 2 1 19:22
Nov 15, 2009 vs MIN W 5-4 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 21:24
Nov 13, 2009 vs NYI L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 8 18:46
Nov 11, 2009 vs LAK L 2-5 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 15:52
Nov 7, 2009 @ CBJ L 2-3 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 14:30
Nov 6, 2009 vs TOR L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 3 5 14:49
Nov 4, 2009 @ FLA L 0-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 3 15:26
Nov 1, 2009 vs SJS L 1-5 0 0 0 -1 0 0 5 20:24
Oct 3, 2009 @ BOS L 2-7 0 0 0 -2 0 0 3 14:52
Oct 2, 2009 vs PHI L 0-2 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 21:42