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
chances finding skating
I've just been finding the back of the net. I've been getting a lot of chances and skating well, and I want to keep that going as long as I can.
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.
nice remember time
It's something I'll remember for a long time and something that's nice to accomplish.
It's just bruised, I'll be all right. I'll play (Thursday) night.
ended tough
It was a tough battle, and we ended up getting it done.
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.
hear played soon
We hear that, but it's a little soon because we haven't all played in the NHL.
bit break good guys happy lick playing rest time
We're happy with the way we're playing right now, but any time you can get a little bit of a break and get some rest to some guys and kind of lick your wounds, it's a good thing.
alone break games lose ready three
You never want to lose three games in a row, let alone going into a break. Go into the break and rejuvenate and come back and be ready to go.
finally plays power tonight
There were a lot of power plays tonight and we were finally able to get it done ? we'll take it.
finishing hard nice stay tough
They play us tough every time. They're always working hard and finishing their checks. They were able to stay around. It was just nice to get the win.
count notice playing taking
The way our team's playing right now, you can't really count us out. I think the league's taking notice of that.
He's got no nerves. I don't know how he does it.
definitely gifted helping offensive score
He's a very gifted offensive player. He's definitely helping me score goals. He's going to be able to find me on the ice, and I'm going to find him.