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
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.
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.
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.
drive gotten great legs net powerful skater strength stride tough type using
I don't think I've gotten any faster. I think just my stride has gotten more powerful. Just going wide, being able to drive to the net and get by the D, using the strength in my legs to get there. Kind of like the type of skater that Erik Cole is. He's got great speed, but he's got such a powerful stride, it makes him tough to stop.
best canada continue gold good great last maybe next olympic players playing position push won wrong
I think I'm playing the wrong position because there's so many great players from Canada. They won Olympic gold last time. There's so many good players that are going to get a really good look. You never know. I'm just going to continue to do my best this year. I mean, if they give me a shot, they give me a shot. If not, maybe next time. I'm going to continue to push myself and be the best I can.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.