Eric Comrie

Born in Edmonton, Alberta on July 6, 1995, Eric Comrie was selected by the Winnipeg Jets in the second round of the 2013 NHL Draft. He has spent the better part of a decade working his way through that organization and several others, accumulating 102 NHL appearances across a career that has repeatedly circled back to Winnipeg.

Comrie's path to a sustained NHL role was gradual. His first appearances with the Jets came in isolated spots — one game in 2016-17, three in 2017-18, one in 2018-19 — before brief stints elsewhere interrupted his tenure with the franchise. He appeared in three games for the Detroit Red Wings in 2019-20, then got into one game for the New Jersey Devils in 2020-21, winning it and posting a .909 save percentage, before the Jets reclaimed him.

The 2021-22 season marked Comrie's first extended stretch in the NHL. Playing 19 games as the Jets backup behind Connor Hellebuyck, he went 10-5 with a 2.58 goals-against average and a .920 save percentage, adding one shutout. He followed that with two seasons in Buffalo — 19 games for the Sabres in 2022-23 (9-9, 3.67 GAA, .886 SV%, one shutout) and 10 games in 2023-24 (2-7, 3.69 GAA, .874 SV%) — before returning to Winnipeg for 2024-25, where he posted a 2.39 GAA and .914 save percentage across 20 games, with two shutouts. Through 102 NHL regular-season games, he carries a career 3.11 GAA, .896 save percentage, and four shutouts.

The relationship between Comrie and Jets goalie coach Wade Flaherty has been a consistent thread throughout his career. On episode 280 of the InGoal Radio podcast, Comrie described what that connection means day-to-day: "Flats and I have a really special relationship where he just — he knows my game very well." He detailed a regimen in which the two are on the ice together at 10:30 every morning before an 11 o'clock practice, working through skating and footwork drills, then continuing for twenty minutes after ^[1]. The video component of that partnership — translating what they see in breakdown sessions directly into purpose-built drills — has been a recurring topic across Comrie's extensive body of work with InGoal ^[2].

The mental side of preparation has been equally prominent in how Comrie discusses his craft. In that same episode 280 conversation, he talked about the role of HRV training tools like Neuro Peak and Heart Math in helping him identify and replicate a calm pre-game state, and about mantras written on his stick as in-game anchors. He was candid about how suppressing his naturally outgoing personality in an attempt to fit a traditional goaltender's pre-game mold had the opposite of its intended effect: "Quiet stillness breeds tension for me," he said ^[1]. Working with a sports psychologist and completing a character assessment helped him understand that staying social and loose before games serves him better than isolation.

Comrie has also spoken about drawing from other sports for mental frameworks — referencing golf psychology, quarterbacks, and pitchers as sources of insight — and about his ongoing work with a personal sports psychologist to stay process-oriented rather than result-focused. He mentioned writing mantras on his stick as a consistent practice, with breath and centering as recurring themes ^[1]. An earlier podcast appearance, episode 26, covered his relationship with CCM Jetspeed FT2 skates ^[3], and episode 179 brought him back to InGoal Radio in the summer of 2022 ^[4].

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

Those Pro Reads represent one of the deepest libraries any goaltender has built with InGoal. The first set of breakdowns dates to his stint with the New Jersey Devils, with footage used across multiple entries as he returned to Winnipeg. Topics in that earlier series included managing puck movement and net-front traffic on power plays against the Buffalo Sabres ^[5], facing Jack Eichel on a solo rush and the role of angle and box control in generating patience ^[6], and working through moving screens to read releases on point shots ^[7].

Comrie returned to Pro Reads in August 2025 — after nearly four years away from the format — for an extended new video session with InGoal. That series has ranged across a wide set of scenarios: lateral cross-crease decisions against Calgary with a 5-on-4 situation and identifying handedness as the primary pre-read cue ^[2]; a Vegas sequence involving Shea Theodore and Jack Eichel that illustrated the difference between a shuffle and a t-push and the value of keeping toe caps up ice ^[8]; depth decisions following a puck-handling turnover against the Flames, including goalie coach Flaherty's cue of ensuring the puck is off the stick before dropping ^[9]; odd-man rush management on a 3-on-2 against Calgary, with Comrie's checklist for handedness, spread, and defensive coverage ^[10]; and a 6-on-5 late-game screen situation against Calgary where he explained his approach to staying relaxed rather than making violent head movements to find the puck ^[11].

The series continued into the 2025-26 season and beyond. A breakdown of a 3-on-1 against Pittsburgh detailed Comrie's read on middle-man pass-backs and his philosophy of staying inside his post — something he practices before every session — drawing a direct comparison to what he observes in Hellebuyck ^[12]. A power play sequence against the same Penguins, with Evgeni Malkin in the bumper and Sidney Crosby at the point, examined his use of the Reverse VH on low passes and the coverage logic behind that choice ^[13], available to InGoal subscribers. A scramble sequence against Carolina covering RVH decisions on pop passes and broken plays ^[14], and an in-zone lateral sequence against St. Louis that examined his "pick a post" philosophy on plays behind the net ^[15] — the latter recorded while Comrie was still with the Jets before he signed elsewhere as a free agent — round out the most recent entries.

Across all of it, Comrie has been consistent in pointing to Hellebuyck and Flaherty as reference points for how he thinks about positioning, patience, and reading the game. "I don't react until the puck is definitely off his stick blade," he said in one session. "That's what we like to see in our video" ^[10]. The full depth of those breakdowns is available to InGoal members.