Matt Cooke

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Matt Cooke
Date of birth September 7, 1978
place of birth Belleville , Ontario , Canada
size 180 cm
Weight 98 kg
position Left wing
Shot hand Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 1997 , 6th lap, 144th position
Vancouver Canucks
Career stations
1994-1995 Wellington Dukes
1995-1997 Windsor Spitfires
1997-1998 Kingston Frontenacs
1998-2008 Vancouver Canucks
2008 Washington Capitals
2008-2013 Pittsburgh Penguins
2013-2015 Minnesota Wild

Matthew David "Matt" Cooke (born September 7, 1978 in Belleville , Ontario ) is a former Canadian ice hockey player who played 1046 games for the Vancouver Canucks , Washington Capitals , Pittsburgh Penguins and Minnesota Wild between 1995 and 2015 in the National Hockey League on the position of the left winger . Cooke celebrated his greatest career success in the service of the Pittsburgh Penguins by winning the Stanley Cup in 2009 and in the jersey of the Canadian national team by winning the World Cup in 2004 .

Career

Cooke in the Pittsburgh Penguins jersey

The 1.80 m tall winger first played from 1994 to 1995 for the Wellington Dukes in the Metro Junior A Hockey League . He then went on the ice from 1995 for the Windsor Spitfires and the Kingston Frontenacs in the Canadian Junior League Ontario Hockey League , and scored 168 points in 174 OHL games of the regular season . In the 1997 NHL Entry Draft , Cooke was finally selected as the 144th in the sixth round by the Vancouver Canucks .

First, the left shooter was used by the Canucks in the Syracuse Crunch , a farm team in the American Hockey League , during the rest of the 1998/99 season he commuted between the Crunch and the Canucks. From the 2000/01 season Cooke was an integral permanent staff of the franchises of British Columbia . In the 2005/06 season , however, he had to go through a career low, also due to injury problems, when he scored only 18 points.

During the 2007/08 season , on February 26, 2008, the attacker was transferred to the Washington Capitals in exchange for Matt Pettinger . In July 2008 Cooke signed a free agent contract with the Pittsburgh Penguins , with whom the striker won the Stanley Cup in the 2008/09 season .

In July 2013, Cooke signed a three-year deal worth $ 7.5 million with the Minnesota Wild . From this, however, he was bought out prematurely after the 2014/15 season (buy-out) and he subsequently ended his active career.

International

With the Canadian national team , Matt Cooke won the gold medal at the 2004 World Cup , and he also played in the 1998 Junior World Cup . At the 2004 World Cup, Cooke scored in the final against Sweden to make it 5-3.

Achievements and Awards

Career statistics

Regular season Playoffs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
1994/95 Wellington Dukes MTJHL 46 9 23 32 62 - - - - -
1995/96 Windsor Spitfires OHL 61 8th 11 19th 102 7th 1 3 4th 6th
1996/97 Windsor Spitfires OHL 65 45 50 95 146 5 5 5 10 10
1997/98 Windsor Spitfires OHL 23 14th 19th 33 50 - - - - -
1997/98 Kingston Frontenacs OHL 25th 8th 13 21st 49 12 8th 8th 16 20th
1998/99 Vancouver Canucks NHL 30th 0 2 2 27 - - - - -
1998/99 Syracuse crunch AHL 37 15th 18th 33 119 - - - - -
1999/00 Vancouver Canucks NHL 51 5 7th 12 39 - - - - -
1999/00 Syracuse crunch AHL 18th 5 8th 13 27 - - - - -
2000/01 Vancouver Canucks NHL 81 14th 13 27 94 4th 0 0 0 4th
2001/02 Vancouver Canucks NHL 82 13 20th 33 111 6th 3 2 5 0
2002/03 Vancouver Canucks NHL 82 15th 27 42 82 14th 2 1 3 12
2003/04 Vancouver Canucks NHL 53 11 12 23 73 7th 3 1 4th 12
2004/05 Vancouver Canucks NHL not played because of lockout
2005/06 Vancouver Canucks NHL 45 8th 10 18th 71 - - - - -
2006/07 Vancouver Canucks NHL 81 10 20th 30th 64 1 0 0 0 2
2007/08 Vancouver Canucks NHL 61 7th 9 16 64 - - - - -
2007/08 Washington Capitals NHL 17th 3 4th 7th 27 7th 0 0 0 4th
2008/09 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 76 13 18th 31 101 24 1 6th 7th 22nd
2009/10 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 79 15th 15th 30th 106 13 4th 2 6th 22nd
2010/11 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 67 12 18th 30th 129 - - - - -
2011/12 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 82 19th 19th 38 44 6th 0 4th 4th 16
2012/13 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 48 8th 13 21st 36 15th 0 4th 4th 35
2013/14 Minnesota Wild NHL 82 10 18th 28 54 6th 0 3 3 8th
2014/15 Minnesota Wild NHL 29 4th 6th 10 13 7th 0 2 2 4th
OHL total 174 75 93 168 347 24 14th 16 30th 36
AHL total 55 20th 26th 46 146 - - - - -
NHL overall 1046 167 231 398 1135 110 13 25th 38 141

International

Represented Canada to:

year team event result Sp T V Pt SM
1998 Canada June World Cup 8th place 6th 1 1 2 6th
2004 Canada WM 1st place, gold 9 2 2 4th 8th
Juniors overall 6th 1 1 2 6th
Men overall 9 2 2 4th 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 Cooke, Matt
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Cooke, Matthew David (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH September 7, 1978
PLACE OF BIRTH Belleville , Ontario , Canada