Eric Staal

Eric Staal
Staal with the Hurricanes in 2013
Born (1984-10-29) October 29, 1984 (age 42)
Thunder Bay, ON, CAN
Height 6 ft 4 in (193 cm)
Weight 208 lb (94 kg; 14 st 12 lb)
Position Centre
Shoots Left
NHL team
Former teams		 Buffalo Sabres
Minnesota Wild
Carolina Hurricanes
New York Rangers
National team  Canada
NHL draft 2nd overall, 2003
Carolina Hurricanes
Playing career 2003–present

Eric Craig Staal (born 29 October 1984 in Thunder Bay, Ontario) is a Canadian ice hockey player and alternate captain for the Buffalo Sabres of the National Hockey League. He is the older brother of Jordan Staal, who is playing for the Pittsburgh Penguins, Marc Staal, who is playing for the New York Rangers, and Jared Staal, who was drafted by the Phoenix Coyotes in the 2008 NHL Entry Draft but is currently playing for the AHL's San Antonio Rampage.

Awards and honours

Closeup of Staal's gold medal from the 2010 Winter Olympics
Award Year
CHL
OHL Top Prospect Award 2002–03
OHL Second All-Star Team 2002–03
Top Prospects Game 2003
CHL First All-Star Team 2002–03
AHL
Best Plus/Minus 2004–05
NHL
YoungStars Game 2003–04
Second All-Star Team 2005–06
Stanley Cup (Carolina Hurricanes) 2005–06
All-Star Game 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011

2018
All-Star Game MVP 2008
International
World Championship Gold 2007
Olympic Gold 2010

Records

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

Regular season Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
1999–00 Thunder Bay Kings Bantam AAA TBAHA 61 40 36 76 52 — — — — —
2000–01 Peterborough Petes OHL 63 19 30 49 23 7 2 5 7 4
2001–02 Peterborough Petes OHL 56 23 39 62 40 6 3 6 9 10
2002–03 Peterborough Petes OHL 66 39 59 98 36 7 5 9 14 6
2003–04 Carolina Hurricanes NHL 81 11 20 31 40 — — — — —
2004–05 Lowell Lock Monsters AHL 77 26 51 77 88 11 2 8 10 12
2005–06 Carolina Hurricanes NHL 82 45 55 100 81 25 9 19 28 8
2006–07 Carolina Hurricanes NHL 82 30 40 70 68 — — — — —
2007–08 Carolina Hurricanes NHL 82 38 44 82 50 — — — — —
2008–09 Carolina Hurricanes NHL 82 40 35 75 50 18 10 5 15 4
2009–10 Carolina Hurricanes NHL 70 29 41 70 68 — — — — —
2010–11 Carolina Hurricanes NHL 81 33 43 76 72 — — — — —
2011–12 Carolina Hurricanes NHL 82 24 46 70 48 — — — — —
2012–13 Carolina Hurricanes NHL 48 18 35 53 54 — — — — —
2013–14 Carolina Hurricanes NHL 79 21 40 61 74 — — — — —
2014–15 Carolina Hurricanes NHL 77 23 31 54 41 — — — — —
2015–16 Carolina Hurricanes NHL 63 10 23 33 32 — — — — —
2015–16 New York Rangers NHL 20 3 3 6 2 5 0 0 0 4
2016–17 Minnesota Wild NHL 82 28 37 65 34 5 0 1 1 0
2017–18 Minnesota Wild NHL 82 42 34 76 42 5 1 1 2 2
2018–19 Minnesota Wild NHL 81 22 30 52 34 — — — — —
2019–20 Minnesota Wild NHL 66 19 28 47 28 4 1 4 5 2
NHL totals 1,240 436 585 1,021 818 62 21 30 51 20

International


Medal record
Representing Canada Canada
Men's ice hockey
Olympic Winter Games
Gold medal – first place 2010 Vancouver
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2007 Moscow
Silver medal – second place 2008 Halifax / Quebec City
Year Team Event Result GP G A Pts PIM
2002 Canada WJC18 6th 8 2 5 7 4
2007 Canada WC 1 9 5 5 10 6
2008 Canada WC 2 8 4 3 7 6
2010 Canada Oly 1 7 1 5 6 6
2013 Canada WC 5th 8 0 3 3 4
Junior totals 8 2 5 7 4
Senior totals 32 10 16 26 22

References

  1. ↑ Youngest of 4 Staal Brothers Steps Away From NHL[permanent dead link] Yahoo Sports, April 3, 2009
  2. ↑ "Triple Gold for Eric Staal". International Ice Hockey Federation. February 28, 2010. Archived from the original on June 9, 2010. Retrieved February 28, 2010.
  3. ↑ "Eric Staal Diagnosed with Third-Degree MCL Sprain". Carolina Hurricanes. March 2, 2009. Archived from the original on December 2, 2015. Retrieved March 2, 2009.

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