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
definitely scenario wins
It's definitely not the scenario we want every night. But we're going to take the wins as they come.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
finding help hopefully points team
The puck's kind of finding me right now. Hopefully I can keep it going and help our team put points on the board.
expect
We expect he'll come back for us. He's been there for us all year.
coming flying playing
The way I'm playing right now, I'm coming with a lot of speed, the puck's flying for me and I'm going to keep it going as long as I can.
When that happens, you can feel it coming.
glad good guys harder maybe time year
I was glad to still be playing. I got in a good year with a lot of minutes. Maybe some of the guys who didn't play had a harder time getting back into the groove.
far finish good guys obviously ready strong year
It doesn't come by yourself, it comes with other guys that you play with and teammates. It's been a good year so far and obviously we need to finish strong, and I would like to finish strong and be ready for the playoffs.
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.