Matt Cooke

Quick Facts

Full Name	Matt Cooke
Occupation	Hockey Player
Date Of Birth	Sep 7, 1978(1978-09-07)
Age	46
Birthplace	Belleville
Country	Canada
Birth City	Ontario
Horoscope	Virgo

Matt Cooke Biography

Matt Cooke is one of the most popular and richest Hockey Player who was born on September 7, 1978 in Belleville, Ontario, Canada. NHL left winger who was caught with unlawful head-checks caused the league to amend its rules that banned his play style.

The NHL commissioner, The NHL commissioner, Gary Bettman, outlawed head hits from the blind side in response to a number of Cooke’s hits. banned head strikes in the side of the blind as a response to several of Cooke’s head hits.

As a youth, Cooke played in the 1992 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament with the Quinte minor ice hockey team from Belleville, Ontario.

Cooke played junior ice hockey in the Ontario Hockey League (OHL) for three seasons, predominantly with the Windsor Spitfires, prior to playing professionally. Recording an impressive 95-point (tenth overall in the league), 146-penalty-minute campaign in his second OHL season, he was drafted 144th overall by the Vancouver Canucks in the 1997 NHL Entry Draft. Returning to the OHL for a third season after being drafted, he was traded from Windsor to the Kingston Frontenacs on December 17, 1997, in exchange for Brent L’Heureux. Cooke would finish the season and his OHL career with Kingston.

Three children were born to him and his wife Michelle.

Matt Cooke Net Worth

Matt Cooke is one of the richest Hockey Player from Canada. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Matt Cooke 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He was an outstanding offensive player for the OHL with a score of 95 points in his second year and logging 146 penalty minutes.

He was a regular bug role in The Pittsburgh Penguins, often drawing suspensions for concussion-inducing hit.

Matthew David Cooke (born September 7, 1978) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player who played sixteen seasons and 1046 games in the National Hockey League (NHL). Cooke won the Stanley Cup with the Pittsburgh Penguins during the 2008–09 NHL season and was a member of the Team Canada team that won the gold medal at the 2004 World Championships. In addition to having previously played for the Penguins, he has also played in the NHL with the Vancouver Canucks, Washington Capitals and Minnesota Wild. Cooke was born in Belleville, Ontario, but grew up in Stirling, Ontario.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

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Who is Matt Cooke Dating?

According to our records, Matt Cooke married to Michelle Cooke. As of December 1, 2023, Matt Cooke’s is not dating anyone.

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After a year of inactivity on account of the 2004–05 NHL lockout, Cooke would play two more full seasons with the Canucks, scoring at a similar pace. With Cooke’s contract set to expire at the end of the 2007–08 season, he was sent to the Washington Capitals in exchange for Matt Pettinger at the trade deadline. The trade ended Cooke’s tenure with the Canucks in his ninth season with the club. At the time of the trade, he was 12th all-time in games played as a Canuck with 556.

Facts & Trivia

Matt Ranked on the list of most popular Hockey Player. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Canada. Matt Cooke celebrates birthday on September 7 of every year.

During his career, Cooke has been criticized by the media, league, fans, and team executives, and other players for his hitting in ways more likely to cause injury such as hits to the head. In the 2008–09 season, with the Penguins, Cooke was suspended on two different occasions. In November, he received a two-game suspension for a check to the head of the New York Rangers’ Artem Anisimov. In January 2009, he received another two-game suspension for a hit to the head of Scott Walker of the Carolina Hurricanes.

What is Matt Cooke doing now?

Matt Cooke embracing new role as coach | Minnesota Made AAA – Pointstreak Sites.

How many times has Matt Cooke been suspended?

In six suspensions covering 32 regular season and playoff games, Cooke has earned every negative label that has ever been used to describe a hockey player. A history of predatory, head-hunting contact almost ruined the NHL career of a serviceable player.

What team does Matt Cooke play for?

Matt Cooke
Position| Left Wing
Played for| Vancouver Canucks Washington Capitals Pittsburgh Penguins Minnesota Wild
National team| Canada
NHL Draft| 144th overall, 1997 Vancouver Canucks

Who ended Marc Savards career?

Savard effectively had his career ended by a nasty head shot delivered by Penguins cheap shot artist Matt Cooke in the spring of 2010, but came back to play 25 games in 2010-11 for Boston the following season. A Matt Hunwick hit delivered afterwards in Colorado was the final blow.

Is Matt Cooke married?

Michelle Cooke