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
anytime awesome best grind league ottawa teams win
He was awesome for us. Ottawa is one of the best teams in the league and anytime you can grind one out and win its great.
bad caught fixed lost stick
He just got his stick up and it kind of caught me. I've never lost a tooth, so it's a little bad like that, but I got it fixed up and got it done.
When that happens, you can feel it coming.
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.
bench coming great knew roll stepped style
He stepped in there and did a great job, coming in off the bench isn't easy. We started to play our style of hockey. From there, we started to roll and knew we could compete.
Hopefully, he's all right because he's a big part of our team. We are going to need him.
feeling finding good ice puck
I'm feeling more comfortable, more confident, ... I'm just feeling real good on the ice right now and the puck is finding me.
face fun goals losing nice tooth whacked win
It's no fun losing your tooth or getting your face whacked with a stick, but it's nice to come back from two goals down to get the win ? no doubt.
anytime pick player
Anytime you see a player accidentally make a play like that, you want to pick him up.
call coming corner tough
That's a tough call. I didn't feel much coming around the corner but that's the call he made.
focusing front great less olympic team win
It was a great win for us. I can't say anything less about Cole. (Playing well in front of Quinn, Canada's Olympic team coach) was not something I was focusing on, but wanted to make a difference.
bad conference game nice overall win
It will be nice to get back home. We want first overall in our conference and first overall. We're going to try win every game from here on out. It's too bad we didn't get one tonight.
ended tough
It was a tough battle, and we ended up getting it done.
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.