1998 NHL Draft
Erik Cole in the 1998 NHL Draft
Carolina Hurricanes selected Erik Cole 71st overall in the 1998 NHL Draft, with the 13th pick of round 3.
It was the third of the 10 picks Carolina Hurricanes made in the draft. Of the 258 players selected in 1998, 132 have played in the NHL regular season. His 892 games put him 17th in the class.
- Overall pick
- 71
- Round and pick
- Round 3, pick 13
- Drafting team
- CARCarolina Hurricanes
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 19 years
The picks around it
Picks 68–74 in the 1998 draft
- 68Jarkko RuutuL652 GP · 142 PVANVancouver Canucks
- 69Jamie HodsonGNo NHL gamesTORToronto Maple Leafs
- 70Kevin HoldridgeDCARCarolina Hurricanes
- 71Erik ColeL892 GP · 532 PCARCarolina Hurricanes
- 72Dimitri AfanasenkovL227 GP · 54 PTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 73Pat O'LearyCPHXPhoenix Coyotes
- 74Julien VauclairD1 GP · 0 POTTOttawa Senators
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 1998 class
71st
of 258 players selected
42nd
of 156 forwards selected
Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.
First off the board
- 1Vincent LecavalierC1212 GP · 949 PTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 2David LegwandC1136 GP · 618 PNSHNashville Predators
- 3Brad StuartD1056 GP · 335 PSJSSan Jose Sharks
- 4Bryan AllenD721 GP · 136 PVANVancouver Canucks
- 5Vitaly VishnevskiD552 GP · 68 PANAAnaheim Ducks
- 6Rico FataL230 GP · 63 PCGYCalgary Flames
- 7Manny MalhotraC991 GP · 295 PNYRNew York Rangers
- 8Mark BellC450 GP · 182 PCHIChicago Blackhawks
- 9Mike RuppL610 GP · 99 PNYINew York Islanders
- 10Nik AntropovC788 GP · 465 PTORToronto Maple Leafs
+ 248 more
After the draft
The road to the NHL
Erik Cole made his NHL debut on October 5, 2001, 3 years and 100 days after the draft.
892
Games
265
Goals
267
Assists
532
Points
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
Carolina Hurricanes picks in the 1998 draft
- 11Jeff HeeremaR32 GP · 6 PCARCarolina Hurricanes
- 70Kevin HoldridgeDCARCarolina Hurricanes
- 71Erik ColeL892 GP · 532 PCARCarolina Hurricanes
- 91Josef VasicekC460 GP · 183 PCARCarolina Hurricanes
- 93Tommy WestlundL203 GP · 22 PCARCarolina Hurricanes
- 97Chris MaddenGCARCarolina Hurricanes
- 184Donald SmithCCARCarolina Hurricanes
- 208Jaroslav SvobodaL134 GP · 29 PCARCarolina Hurricanes
- 211Mark KosickCCARCarolina Hurricanes
- 239Brent McDonaldCCARCarolina Hurricanes