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
best great player rookie
He's by far, I think, the best rookie this season. And he's going to be a great player for a long time.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
goals guys looking trying
The guys were looking for me because I already had two goals so I was trying to get open.
excited game games grew hockey intensity knew later league level loved night played since watched watching
You can see the intensity in just the way the game is played and in the guys' faces. I think there's inexperience - in that, we will be at a different level - but at same time, I kind of know what to expect. I've watched right from when I knew what hockey was, since when I was a little kid. I grew up watching the league all the time, and the playoffs. There are games every night of the week, so I loved it. Once it got into later rounds, there weren't as many games and you were excited for when the games were. It was a lot of fun.
games i-can
I'll do whatever I can to promote the game.