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.
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.
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.
hear played soon
We hear that, but it's a little soon because we haven't all played in the NHL.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.