Eric Staal
Eric Staal
Eric Craig Staalis a Canadian professional ice hockey player playing for the Minnesota Wild of the National Hockey League. Eric is the oldest of the Staal brothers, which include former teammates Marc Staal, Jordan Staal and Jared Staal. He is a member of the Triple Gold Club, having won the Stanley Cup with the Carolina Hurricanes in 2006, and both the 2007 World Championships and the 2010 Winter Olympics with Team Canada...
ProfessionHockey Player
Date of Birth29 October 1984
CityThunder Bay, Canada
finding help hopefully points team
The puck's kind of finding me right now. Hopefully I can keep it going and help our team put points on the board.
expect
We expect he'll come back for us. He's been there for us all year.
coming flying playing
The way I'm playing right now, I'm coming with a lot of speed, the puck's flying for me and I'm going to keep it going as long as I can.
When that happens, you can feel it coming.
glad good guys harder maybe time year
I was glad to still be playing. I got in a good year with a lot of minutes. Maybe some of the guys who didn't play had a harder time getting back into the groove.
far finish good guys obviously ready strong year
It doesn't come by yourself, it comes with other guys that you play with and teammates. It's been a good year so far and obviously we need to finish strong, and I would like to finish strong and be ready for the playoffs.
best canada continue gold good great last maybe next olympic players playing position push won wrong
I think I'm playing the wrong position because there's so many great players from Canada. They won Olympic gold last time. There's so many good players that are going to get a really good look. You never know. I'm just going to continue to do my best this year. I mean, if they give me a shot, they give me a shot. If not, maybe next time. I'm going to continue to push myself and be the best I can.
found good needed net screen wood
We needed the win. I didn't get as much wood on it as I would have liked, but I found the back of the net with a good screen in front.
drive gotten great legs net powerful skater strength stride tough type using
I don't think I've gotten any faster. I think just my stride has gotten more powerful. Just going wide, being able to drive to the net and get by the D, using the strength in my legs to get there. Kind of like the type of skater that Erik Cole is. He's got great speed, but he's got such a powerful stride, it makes him tough to stop.
goal
The power-play goal was a big lift, ... It got us on the right track. And Hedi scored a big one after that at 18:36 of the second.
definitely
We've definitely got to try to get pucks deep. We've got to play a much better North-South game.
ask bit farewell hand shake shock
For him to ask me to go shake his hand on his farewell night, it was a little bit of a shock for me.
definitely scenario wins
It's definitely not the scenario we want every night. But we're going to take the wins as they come.
front good saw screen
It was kind of a seeing-eye goal. We had a good screen in front of him and I don't think he saw it.