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
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.
nice remember time
It's something I'll remember for a long time and something that's nice to accomplish.
against beat games good ourselves played prove
They've played two good games against us, and we wanted to come in here and prove to ourselves that we can beat that team, ... We know we've got a lot more games against them, so we have to keep getting better.
It's just bruised, I'll be all right. I'll play (Thursday) night.
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.
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.
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.
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.
games i-can
I'll do whatever I can to promote the game.
goal guy want
I want to be that counted-on guy to score goals.
team winning years
If our team is playing well and winning, it doesn't really matter to me if I am scoring points or not. For me though the more I can help offensively the better our chances are to win, so I just push myself to get better and hope it continues for the rest of the year.
play-hard style trying
I play hard and aggressive. I don't lay out the huge body checks because it's not really the style I play. But I love to be around the net and love battling corners and trying to dish pucks out.