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
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.
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.
It's just bruised, I'll be all right. I'll play (Thursday) night.
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.
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.
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.
ended tough
It was a tough battle, and we ended up getting it done.
Hopefully, he's all right because he's a big part of our team. We are going to need him.
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.
definitely
We've definitely got to try to get pucks deep. We've got to play a much better North-South game.
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.
couple head nice pass picked steam win
I got a head of steam going when I picked his pass off and went the other way, ... It was just nice to get a win and get a couple of goals.
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.
hear played soon
We hear that, but it's a little soon because we haven't all played in the NHL.