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
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 gifted helping offensive score
He's a very gifted offensive player. He's definitely helping me score goals. He's going to be able to find me on the ice, and I'm going to find him.
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.
found good needed net screen wood
We needed the win. I didn't get as much wood on it as I would have liked, but I found the back of the net with a good screen in front.
fun crazy night
The atmosphere at the different arenas has been pretty crazy. It's been a lot of fun coming to the rink every night and competing at this level and intensity. It's going to continue and get better.
fun faces sticks
It's no fun losing a tooth or getting your face whacked by a stick.
team defense helping
Whatever I can do to help our team, whether it's defense or offense, I'm going to do it.
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.
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.
games i-can
I'll do whatever I can to promote the game.
expect
We expect he'll come back for us. He's been there for us all year.
hear played soon
We hear that, but it's a little soon because we haven't all played in the NHL.
definitely
We've definitely got to try to get pucks deep. We've got to play a much better North-South game.
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.