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Matt Cooke

Position: C
Shoots: Left
Height: 5-11    Weight: 205 lbs.
Born: September 7, 1978 in Belleville, Ontario

Drafted by the Vancouver Canucks in the 6th round (144th overall) of the 1997 NHL Entry Draft.

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Season Age Tm Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1998-99 20 VAN NHL 30 0 2 2 1 -12 27 0 0 0 0 22 0.0 244 8:07
1999-00 21 VAN NHL 51 5 7 12 5 3 39 4 0 1 1 58 8.6 602 11:48
2000-01 22 VAN NHL 81 14 13 27 11 5 94 12 0 2 0 121 11.6 1181 14:35
2001-02 23 VAN NHL 82 13 20 33 12 4 111 12 1 0 2 103 12.6 1153 14:03
2002-03 24 VAN NHL 82 15 27 42 15 21 82 10 1 4 0 118 12.7 1098 13:24
2003-04 25 VAN NHL 53 11 12 23 9 5 73 9 1 1 4 79 13.9 747 14:06
2005-06 27 VAN NHL 45 8 10 18 7 -8 71 8 0 0 2 67 11.9 628 13:57
2006-07 28 VAN NHL 81 10 20 30 11 0 64 9 1 0 3 133 7.5 1264 15:37
2007-08 29 TOT NHL 78 10 13 23 9 1 91 9 0 1 1 86 11.6 1027 13:10
2007-08 29 VAN NHL 61 7 9 16 6 -4 64 7 0 0 1 68 10.3 817 13:24
2007-08 29 WSH NHL 17 3 4 7 3 5 27 2 0 1 0 18 16.7 209 12:19
2008-09 30 PIT NHL 76 13 18 31 12 0 101 13 0 0 1 86 15.1 1080 14:13
2009-10 31 PIT NHL 79 15 15 30 12 17 106 13 2 0 1 105 14.3 1168 14:47
2010-11 32 PIT NHL 67 12 18 30 11 14 129 9 0 3 2 95 12.6 1048 15:38
2011-12 33 PIT NHL 54 9 10 19 8 -1 20 7 1 1 1 99 9.1 859 15:55
Career NHL 859 135 185 320 122 49 1008 115 7 13 18 1172 11.5 12098 14:05

NHL Miscellaneous

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Per Game Adjusted Plus/Minus Point Shares
Season Age Tm Lg GP G A PTS GC PIM S G A PTS GC TGF PGF TGA PGA +/- OPS DPS PS
1998-99 20 VAN NHL 30 0.00 0.07 0.07 0.02 0.90 0.73 0 2 2 1 3 1 17 3 -12 -0.4 -0.2 -0.6
1999-00 21 VAN NHL 51 0.10 0.14 0.24 0.09 0.76 1.14 5 8 13 5 24 1 24 4 3 0.1 0.7 0.8
2000-01 22 VAN NHL 81 0.17 0.16 0.33 0.14 1.16 1.49 15 14 29 12 42 2 60 25 5 1.0 1.4 2.4
2001-02 23 VAN NHL 82 0.16 0.24 0.40 0.15 1.35 1.26 15 23 38 14 45 1 53 13 4 1.7 1.2 2.9
2002-03 24 VAN NHL 82 0.18 0.33 0.51 0.19 1.00 1.44 17 30 47 17 55 5 52 23 21 3.0 1.9 4.9
2003-04 25 VAN NHL 53 0.21 0.23 0.43 0.17 1.38 1.49 13 14 27 11 38 4 37 8 5 1.7 0.9 2.6
2005-06 27 VAN NHL 45 0.18 0.22 0.40 0.15 1.58 1.49 8 10 18 7 24 6 35 9 -8 0.7 0.4 1.1
2006-07 28 VAN NHL 81 0.12 0.25 0.37 0.13 0.79 1.64 10 20 30 11 50 7 60 17 0 0.4 1.8 2.1
2007-08 29 TOT NHL 78 0.13 0.17 0.29 0.11 1.17 1.10 11 14 25 10 33 3 43 14 1 0.7 1.2 1.9
2007-08 29 VAN NHL 61 0.11 0.15 0.26 0.10 1.05 1.11 8 10 18 7 24 2 37 11 -4 0.2 0.8 1.0
2007-08 29 WSH NHL 17 0.18 0.24 0.41 0.16 1.59 1.06 3 4 7 3 9 1 6 3 5 0.5 0.4 0.9
2008-09 30 PIT NHL 76 0.17 0.24 0.41 0.16 1.33 1.13 14 18 32 13 43 2 55 14 0 1.5 1.0 2.5
2009-10 31 PIT NHL 79 0.19 0.19 0.38 0.15 1.34 1.33 16 16 32 13 57 8 53 21 17 1.5 1.9 3.4
2010-11 32 PIT NHL 67 0.18 0.27 0.45 0.17 1.93 1.42 13 19 32 12 45 2 41 12 14 1.6 1.8 3.4
2011-12 33 PIT NHL 54 0.17 0.19 0.35 0.14 0.37 1.83 15 16 31 13 -1 0.7 1.0 1.8
Career NHL 859 0.16 0.22 0.37 0.14 1.17 1.36 152 204 356 139 459 42 530 163 49 14.2 15.1 29.3

NHL Playoffs

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Season Age Tm Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
2000-01 22 VAN NHL 4 0 0 0 -3 4 0 0 0 0 1 0.0 48 12:04
2001-02 23 VAN NHL 6 3 2 5 3 0 2 1 0 0 11 27.3 91 15:09
2002-03 24 VAN NHL 14 2 1 3 3 12 2 0 0 0 15 13.3 198 14:07
2003-04 25 VAN NHL 7 3 1 4 3 12 3 0 0 1 15 20.0 129 18:23
2006-07 28 VAN NHL 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0.0 10 9:51
2007-08 29 WSH NHL 7 0 0 0 -1 4 0 0 0 0 8 0.0 97 13:55
2008-09 30 PIT NHL SC 24 1 6 7 -2 22 1 0 0 0 31 3.2 364 15:09
2009-10 31 PIT NHL 13 4 2 6 -4 22 4 0 0 0 18 22.2 197 15:11
Career NHL 1 76 13 12 25 -1 78 12 1 0 1 100 13.0 1134 14:55

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1994-95 16 Wellington Dukes ON-Jr.A 46 9 23 32 62
1995-96 17 Windsor Spitfires OHL 61 8 11 19 102
1996-97 18 Windsor Spitfires OHL 65 45 50 95 146
1997-98 19 Canada WJC-A 6 1 1 2 6
1997-98 19 2 Teams OHL 48 22 32 54 -5 99 14 4 4 1
1997-98 19 Windsor Spitfires OHL 23 14 19 33 1 50 7 4 3 0
1997-98 19 Kingston Frontenacs OHL 25 8 13 21 -6 49 7 0 1 1
1998-99 20 Syracuse Crunch AHL 37 15 18 33 -28 119 7 8 0 3 98 15.3
1999-00 21 Syracuse Crunch AHL 18 5 8 13 7 27 4 1 0 0 52 9.6
2003-04 25 Canada WC-A 9 2 2 4 5 8 2 0 0 0
Career 2 Seasons AHL 55 20 26 46 -21 146 11 9 0 3 150 13.3
Career 3 Seasons OHL 174 75 93 168 -5 347 14 4 4 1
Career 1 Season ON-Jr.A 46 9 23 32 62
Career 1 Season WC-A 9 2 2 4 5 8 2 0 0 0
Career 1 Season WJC-A 6 1 1 2 6

Other Playoffs

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1995-96 17 Windsor Spitfires OHL 7 1 3 4 6
1996-97 18 Windsor Spitfires OHL 5 5 5 10 10
1997-98 19 Kingston Frontenacs OHL 12 8 8 16 20 5 2 1 0
Career 3 Seasons OHL 24 14 16 30 36 5 2 1 0

Similarity Scores

Explanation ▪ Players with careers of similar quality and shape (thru 2010-11)
Thru 12 Years Adjusted Point Shares (Best to Worst)
Player 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Matt Cooke 4.9 3.4 3.4 2.9 2.6 2.5 2.4 2.1 1.9 1.1 0.8 -0.6
Kelly Miller 91.3 4.3 3.6 2.7 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.2 2.1 1.5 1.4 0.7 0.0
Tiger Williams 91.0 5.0 3.9 3.7 3.1 2.8 2.3 2.2 2.0 1.6 1.4 0.3 -0.5
Greg Johnson 89.4 4.1 3.7 3.5 2.9 2.7 2.6 2.1 1.9 1.5 1.1 0.4 0.1
Ron Sutter 88.6 4.7 4.0 3.5 3.2 3.0 2.8 2.5 2.5 1.9 1.3 1.0 -0.1
Mike Keane 88.3 4.3 3.3 3.3 3.0 2.3 2.2 1.9 1.7 1.4 1.0 0.9 0.5
Eric Nesterenko 87.6 3.6 3.4 3.3 2.9 2.8 2.6 2.3 2.0 1.9 1.6 0.3 0.0
Mike McPhee 87.3 4.1 3.8 3.4 2.9 2.8 2.6 2.5 2.4 2.3 2.0 0.6
Bruce MacGregor 86.7 4.4 4.2 3.8 3.4 3.3 2.7 2.6 2.2 2.0 1.0 0.0 -0.3
Tommy Williams 86.3 4.9 4.9 3.5 3.1 3.0 2.2 2.1 1.7 1.7 0.5 0.5 0.0
Steve Kasper 86.0 5.0 3.6 3.0 2.9 2.5 2.3 1.7 1.6 1.0 0.6 0.2 -0.2
Career Adjusted Point Shares (Best to Worst)
Player 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19
Matt Cooke 4.9 3.4 3.4 2.9 2.6 2.5 2.4 2.1 1.9 1.1 0.8 -0.6
Kelly Miller 89.4 4.3 3.6 2.7 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.2 2.1 1.6 1.5 1.4 0.7 0.3 0.0 -0.2
Greg Johnson 88.8 4.1 3.7 3.5 2.9 2.7 2.6 2.1 1.9 1.5 1.1 0.4 0.1
Tiger Williams 88.5 5.0 3.9 3.7 3.1 2.8 2.3 2.2 2.0 1.6 1.6 1.4 0.4 0.3 -0.5
Doug Smail 88.1 4.8 3.8 3.7 2.2 2.2 2.0 2.0 1.9 1.5 1.1 1.1 0.6 -0.6
Eddie Shack 86.8 4.5 3.7 3.6 3.4 3.2 2.4 2.2 2.1 1.5 1.4 1.3 1.1 0.5 0.3 0.0 0.0 -0.6
Doug Risebrough 86.8 4.9 4.2 3.5 3.4 3.4 2.7 2.6 2.3 2.0 1.9 1.1 0.7 -0.1
Tommy Williams 86.6 4.9 4.9 3.5 3.1 3.0 2.2 2.1 1.7 1.7 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.0
Murph Chamberlain 86.5 3.3 2.5 2.4 2.2 1.9 1.8 1.8 1.6 0.8 0.6 0.5 0.5
Mike McPhee 86.4 4.1 3.8 3.4 2.9 2.8 2.6 2.5 2.4 2.3 2.0 0.6
Ron Sutter 85.4 4.7 4.0 3.5 3.2 3.0 2.8 2.5 2.5 1.9 1.3 1.3 1.0 0.3 0.3 0.1 -0.1 -0.4 -0.4 -0.5

Appearances on Leaderboards, Awards, and Honors

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Championships

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2009 Pittsburgh Penguins (NHL)

Games Played

2001-02 NHL 82 (2)
2002-03 NHL 82 (4)

Short-Handed Goals

2002-03 NHL 4 (3)
2010-11 NHL 3 (10)

Transactions

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February 26, 2008: Traded to Washington by Vancouver for Matt Pettinger, February 26, 2008.

July 6, 2008: Signed as a free agent by Pittsburgh, July 6, 2008.

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