Erik Cole

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Erik Cole
Date of birth November 6, 1978
place of birth Oswego , New York , USA
size 188 cm
Weight 93 kg
position Left wing
Shot hand Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 1998 , 2nd round, 71st position
Carolina Hurricanes
Career stations
1996-1997 Des Moines Buccaneers
1997-2000 Clarkson University
2000-2001 Cincinnati Cyclones
2001-2009 Carolina Hurricanes
2004-2005 Polar bears Berlin
2008-2009 Edmonton Oilers
2009-2011 Carolina Hurricanes
2011-2013 Canadiens de Montréal
2013-2015 Dallas Stars
2015 Detroit Red Wings

Erik Thomas Cole (born November 6, 1978 in Oswego , New York ) is a former American ice hockey player who played 938 games for the Carolina Hurricanes , Edmonton Oilers , Canadiens de Montréal , Dallas between 1996 and 2015 Stars and Detroit Red Wings in the National Hockey League on the position of left winger . With the Carolina Hurricanes, Cole won the Stanley Cup in 2006 .

Career

Cole began his career in 1996 in the United States Hockey League as a junior player with the Des Moines Buccaneers. From there he switched to North American college ice hockey at Clarkson University . During this time he was drawn by the Carolina Hurricanes in the 1998 NHL Entry Draft in the second round in 71st place. Here Cole made it into an All-Star selection several times . As a full professional he then played in the International Hockey League IHL with the Cincinnati Cyclones , the partners of the Carolina Hurricanes. In his second season he was able to score 23 goals and played his way to the Hurricanes in the NHL for the 2001/02 season .

Erik Cole in the Carolina Hurricanes jersey

His first NHL season Cole could finish as the fifth top scorer among the NHL newbies . He was also able to reach the final series of the play-offs for the Stanley Cup this season with the Hurricanes , which they lost to the Detroit Red Wings . In the coming season, Cole could not play in all games due to injuries. In the 2003/04 season he then reached 42 points.

Cole spent the lockout of the 2004/05 NHL season in Germany with the Eisbären Berlin in the German Ice Hockey League , where he was able to celebrate the championship title. In the play-offs , Cole was able to score five goals and one assist . In the third game of the best-of-five series in the final play-off round of the Eisbären against Adler Mannheim , Cole was able to score an undernumbered goal and thus provided the equalizer, which the Eisbären then expanded to victory, to which Cole still another Hit contributed. Cole attracted negative attention when he checked defender Arvīds Reķis hard against the head in the play-off quarter-finals against the Augsburg Panthers , so that Rekis hit the ice and suffered a serious concussion . Cole should be suspended for six games and be obliged to pay a fine of 1,800 euros. After the polar bears objected, Cole was suspended for four more games. Cole apologized in public to Rekis, but also stated that he never intended to hurt his opponent. The fans of the Eisbären Berlin themselves expressed criticism in public by always shouting the name "Cole" in consultation with the club during the suspension of the Eisbären team. The following season , Cole returned to the Carolina Hurricanes. Until recently he had repeatedly emphasized that if his services were no longer enough for the NHL, he would not rule out a return to Berlin.

In the regular season he was able to score the decisive goal eight times. In March 2006, Cole suffered a fracture of a cervical vertebra during a check from behind against the gang by Brooks Orpik , defender of the Pittsburgh Penguins , previously Cole had scored two goals in a game for the second time in a row in the same game. Orpik was suspended for three games. Only in the sixth game of the last play-off series in 2006 was Cole able to return to the ice and won the Stanley Cup with the Hurricanes . Despite the injury-related absence, he was able to look back on his best NHL season so far with 30 goals and 29 assists. In the summer of 2006 he received a contract for a further three years from the Hurricanes.

On July 1, 2011, Cole signed a four-year contract with the Montréal Canadiens . In February 2013 he was transferred to the Dallas Stars , in exchange Michael Ryder moved - together with a third-round vote in the 2013 NHL Entry Draft - to the Montréal Canadiens.

After almost two years, Cole was transferred to the Detroit Red Wings together with a performance-based third-round voting right in the 2015 NHL Entry Draft . In return, Dallas received Mattias Bäckman , Mattias Janmark and a second-round vote in the 2015 draft. By the end of the season, Cole had eleven appearances for the Red Wings, who then announced that they would not renew his contract. In September 2017, Cole finally returned his retirement from active sports.

International

Cole represented the US at the 2005 World Cup . Here he scored one goal and five assists in seven games and reached sixth place with his team. At the 2006 Winter Olympics he scored a goal and an assist. The United States came in eighth.

Achievements and Awards

Career statistics

Regular season Play-offs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
1995/96 Oswego Buccaneers High school 40 49 41 90 - - - - -
1996/97 Des Moines Buccaneers USHL 48 30th 34 64 140 5 2 0 2 6th
1997/98 Clarkson University ECAC 34 11 20th 31 55
1998/99 Clarkson University ECAC 36 22nd 20th 42 50
1999/00 Clarkson University ECAC 33 19th 11 30th 46
1999/00 Cincinnati Cyclones IHL 9 4th 3 7th 2 7th 1 1 2 2
2000/01 Cincinnati Cyclones IHL 69 23 20th 43 28 5 1 0 1 2
2001/02 Carolina Hurricanes NHL 81 16 24 40 35 23 6th 3 9 30th
2002/03 Carolina Hurricanes NHL 53 14th 13 27 72 - - - - -
2003/04 Carolina Hurricanes NHL 80 18th 24 42 93 - - - - -
2004/05 Polar bears Berlin DEL 39 6th 21st 27 76 8th 5 1 6th 37
2005/06 Carolina Hurricanes NHL 60 30th 29 59 54 2 0 0 0 0
2006/07 Carolina Hurricanes NHL 71 29 32 61 76 - - - - -
2007/08 Carolina Hurricanes NHL 73 22nd 29 51 76 - - - - -
2008/09 Edmonton Oilers NHL 63 16 11 27 63 - - - - -
2008/09 Carolina Hurricanes NHL 17th 2 13 15th 10 18th 0 5 5 22nd
2009/10 Carolina Hurricanes NHL 40 11 5 16 29 - - - - -
2010/11 Carolina Hurricanes NHL 82 26th 26th 52 49 - - - - -
2011/12 Canadiens de Montréal NHL 82 35 26th 61 48 - - - - -
2012/13 Canadiens de Montréal NHL 19th 3 3 6th 10 - - - - -
2012/13 Dallas Stars NHL 28 6th 1 7th 10 - - - - -
2013/14 Dallas Stars NHL 75 16 13 29 20th 3 0 0 0 2
2014/15 Dallas Stars NHL 57 18th 15th 33 14th - - - - -
2014/15 Detroit Red Wings NHL 11 3 3 6th 0 - - - - -
NCAA overall 103 52 51 103 151
IHL total 78 27 23 50 30th 12 2 1 3 4th
NHL overall 892 265 267 532 659 46 6th 8th 14th 54

International

Represented the USA at:

year team event result Sp T V Pt SM
2005 United States WM 6th place 7th 1 5 6th 6th
2006 United States Olympia 8th place 6th 1 2 3 0
2007 United States WM 5th place 7th 1 4th 5 2
Men overall 20th 3 11 14th 8th

( Legend for player statistics: Sp or GP = games played; T or G = goals scored; V or A = assists scored ; Pkt or Pts = scorer points scored ; SM or PIM = penalty minutes received ; +/− = plus / minus balance; PP = overpaid goals scored ; SH = underpaid goals scored ; GW = winning goals scored; 1  play-downs / relegation )

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personal data
SURNAME Cole, Erik
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Cole, Erik Thomas (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH November 6, 1978
PLACE OF BIRTH Oswego , New York