Eric Comrie

Eric Comrie was selected by the Winnipeg Jets in the second round of the 2013 NHL Draft — 59th overall — out of Edmonton, Alberta, beginning a professional path that would carry him through five NHL organizations over more than a decade before circling back, more than once, to where it started.

Born July 6, 1995, the left-catching Comrie stands 6'1" and 190 pounds. His NHL debut came with Winnipeg in 2016-17, a single game in which he posted a 4.05 goals-against average and a .897 save percentage. He made limited appearances with the Jets over the next two seasons — three games in 2017-18 and one in 2018-19 — before the organization's depth chart sent him elsewhere. Three games with Detroit in 2019-20 and one with New Jersey in 2020-21 followed, the latter producing a win in his only appearance with the Devils.

The 2021-22 season marked Comrie's first sustained NHL run. Back in Winnipeg, he appeared in 19 games, going 10-5 with a 2.58 goals-against average and a .920 save percentage, adding one shutout. That stretch remains one of the clearest statistical lines of his career. A free-agent move to Buffalo followed, where he spent parts of two seasons with the Sabres. In 2022-23 he went 9-9 in 19 games with a 3.67 GAA and a .886 save percentage, recording one shutout. The 2023-24 season in Buffalo produced two wins in 10 games.

Comrie then returned to Winnipeg for 2024-25, appearing in 20 games and going 9-10 with a 2.39 GAA and a .914 save percentage — his lowest GAA in any season with more than three appearances — along with two shutouts. His NHL career totals through the 2025-26 season stand at 102 games played, 45 wins, 47 losses, 4 overtime losses, a 3.11 career GAA, an .896 save percentage, and 4 shutouts across 5,703:29 of ice time.

InGoal Magazine has covered Eric Comrie in three podcast appearances and twelve Pro Reads.

The most recent podcast appearance came in November 2024, when Comrie joined InGoal Radio Episode 280 with host Kevin Woodley ^[1]. In that conversation, Comrie spoke at length about his relationship with Winnipeg goalie coach Wade Flaherty — describing their daily pre- and post-practice sessions — and what it means to work alongside Connor Hellebuyck. "Flats and I have a really special relationship where he just he knows my game very well," Comrie said. He also opened up about the mental side of his preparation, including his use of HRV biofeedback tools and breath work, and what he described as a key personal discovery: that he plays his best when he is outgoing and social rather than withdrawn before games. "Quiet stillness breeds tension for me," he told Woodley. "When I'm relaxed and loose and having fun and joking around with Helly and we're having conversations about anything, anything in life... that's who I am as a person." That full episode, including Comrie's detailed discussion of his game-day routines, mantras written on his stick, and his relationship with sports psychology, is available at ^[1].

Comrie also appeared on InGoal Radio Episode 179 in July 2022 ^[2] and on Episode 26 in July 2019, which focused on his equipment, including the CCM Jetspeed FT2 skates ^[3].

His Pro Reads work with InGoal spans two separate extended video breakdown sessions — the first during his 2021-22 stint in Winnipeg and the second beginning in the summer of 2025 — making him one of the publication's most frequently featured subjects in that format. Across those sessions, Comrie has broken down rush reads, penalty kill depth decisions, post play, screening scenarios, and late-game 6-on-5 situations, consistently threading in the shared vocabulary he, Hellebuyck, and Flaherty use when reviewing video together.

A 2025 Pro Read examined how Comrie and Flaherty approach lateral pushes and the importance of keeping toe caps up ice on long shuffles ^[4], while a follow-up broke down a specific 5-on-5 look against the Vegas Golden Knights involving Jack Eichel and how early handedness awareness shapes his movement decisions ^[5]. Another entry looked at puck-handling decisions, depth after a turnover, and what Comrie described as one of Flaherty's key video markers: whether the goalie drops before or after the puck leaves the shooter's blade ^[6]. A Pro Read from October 2025 detailed Comrie's checklist for odd-man rushes — sticks and handedness, spacing of options, and what the defensemen are covering — and how Flaherty adjusted his depth decisions across the course of that season ^[7].

An entry published in December 2025 examined how Comrie manages screens, including his philosophy of staying relaxed rather than making violent head movements to search for the puck ^[8]. A February 2026 breakdown covered a power play sequence against Pittsburgh with Evgeni Malkin and Sidney Crosby, including Comrie's read of the low-to-bumper pass and his reasoning for using Reverse-VH on certain bang-bang plays ^[9]. An April 2026 entry dissected a 3-on-1 against the Penguins and Comrie's detailed explanation of why staying inside the post — rather than sliding to or beyond it — is, in his words, "very under looked in goaltending" ^[10].

The summer 2026 series accelerated ahead of Comrie's departure from Winnipeg, with InGoal moving through footage from his extended Jets video session. A June 2026 Pro Read covered post play and depth decisions across a multi-save scramble sequence against the Carolina Hurricanes ^[11]. A July 2026 entry examined his "picking a post" approach behind the net — how he stays anchored to one post and looks over the opposite shoulder rather than repeatedly opening windows — a method he attributed in part to Flaherty's teaching ^[12]. A late July 2026 breakdown covered penalty kill depth decisions against a Nashville power play, including how pre-scout information about the Predators' tendency to attack early off the man advantage shaped his positioning ^[13]. An August 2026 entry broke down a rush read and recovery against Vegas, including how Comrie described reading stick blades and releases as a shared priority between himself, Hellebuyck, and Flaherty ^[14]. The most recent Pro Read in the series examined a late-game 6-on-5 against Vegas, including Comrie's read of Victor Olofsson — a former Sabres teammate he called "probably the best shooter I ever faced in my life in practice" — and how shooter knowledge shaped his positioning and movement on the save ^[15].

All twelve Pro Reads are available to InGoal subscribers.

Following the 2025-26 season, in which Comrie appeared in 25 games for Winnipeg with a 12-11 record and a 3.13 GAA, he signed with the San Jose Sharks as a free agent — as noted across multiple InGoal Pro Reads published in the summer of 2026 ^{[15][14][13][12]}.