Eric Comrie

Eric Comrie was born in Edmonton, Alberta, on July 6, 1995, and was selected by the Winnipeg Jets in the second round, 59th overall, in the 2013 NHL Entry Draft. More than a decade later, he is still a Jet — a trajectory that has looped through several NHL addresses before circling back to where it began.

Comrie's first NHL action came in the 2016-17 season, a single appearance in which he went 1-0 with a 4.05 goals-against average and a .897 save percentage. Sporadic call-ups followed over the next two seasons: three games in 2017-18 (1-2, 3.99 GAA, .872 SV%) and one in 2018-19 (0-1, 5.01 GAA, .821 SV%), all with Winnipeg. The Jets remained his organizational home throughout, but his path to regular NHL minutes required detours.

In 2019-20 he appeared in three games with the Detroit Red Wings, going 0-2 with a 4.28 GAA and a .864 save percentage. The following shortened season brought a single outing with the New Jersey Devils — a win — before the Jets reclaimed him. It was footage from that brief Devils stint, including saves against the Buffalo Sabres and Jack Eichel, that would later become the source material for an extensive series of InGoal Pro Reads video breakdowns ^[1][2].

The 2021-22 season marked Comrie's first full campaign as a backup at the NHL level, and he posted the most substantial numbers of his career to that point: 19 games with Winnipeg, a 10-5 record, a 2.58 GAA, a .920 save percentage, and one shutout — all while working behind starter Connor Hellebuyck and goaltending coach Wade Flaherty. InGoal continued to document his work through that season with additional Pro Reads entries, including a breakdown of how he navigates screens and reads shot releases ^[3][4].

From there, Comrie spent two seasons in Buffalo. In 2022-23 he went 9-9 in 19 games with a 3.67 GAA and a .886 save percentage, adding one shutout. The following year, 2023-24, brought a harder stretch: 10 games, a 2-7 record, a 3.69 GAA, and a .874 save percentage.

He returned to Winnipeg for 2024-25 and turned in his best statistical season since 2021-22: 20 games, a 9-10 record, a 2.39 GAA, a .914 save percentage, and two shutouts. Through 102 career NHL games, Comrie holds a 45-47-4 record with a 3.11 GAA, a .896 save percentage, and four shutouts across 5,703:29 of ice time.

In the current 2025-26 season, Comrie is 12-11-1 in 25 games with a 3.13 GAA and a .890 save percentage, still wearing number 1 for Winnipeg.

InGoal Magazine has covered Eric Comrie in three podcast appearances and twelve Pro Reads. His first podcast appearance, Episode 26 of InGoal Radio, touched on his path to pro and his experiences with CCM Jetspeed FT2 skates ^[5]. He returned to InGoal Radio in July 2022 ^[6] and again in November 2024 ^[7].

The Pro Reads series — produced by Kevin Woodley — spans saves from Comrie's Devils stint through his current time back with the Jets, and it forms one of the more detailed first-person goaltending libraries InGoal has assembled with any single NHL goaltender. The most recent entries, available to InGoal subscribers, cover a wild in-zone sequence against the Carolina Hurricanes ^[8], a 3-on-1 against the Pittsburgh Penguins and Comrie's read on pass tendencies at that moment ^[9], a Penguins power play featuring Evgeni Malkin in the bumper spot ^[10], managing vision and staying relaxed through traffic on a late 6-on-5 against Calgary ^[11], and a 3-on-2 led by Nazem Kadri ^[12]. Earlier in the series, Comrie broke down depth decisions on a slot turnover against Calgary ^[13] and detailed his approach to lateral coverage while keeping toe caps up ice ^[14][15].

Across the sessions, Comrie has spoken openly about the shared language he, Hellebuyck, and Flaherty use when reviewing video — including what they look for as a signal of patience at the moment of release. "That's one of the biggest things we see and know we're on our game or off our game with our goalie coach," Comrie said on one play, describing the standard of not moving before the puck leaves the shooter's stick ^[12]. On the question of staying inside his post, he offered: "I think that's one thing that's very under looked in goaltending is how much a guy stays inside of his post, and how important it is to stay inside your post" ^[9]. Each of those breakdowns, and the full context around them, is available to InGoal subscribers.