Eric Staal

Categories: Sports | NHL Players
    • Born: October 29, 1984
    • Birthplace: Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada
    • Height: 6-4
    • Weight: 205
    • Position: Center
    • Shoots: Left
    • Draft year: 2003
    • Spouse: Tanya
    • One of four brothers who all play professional hockey
    • July 2007: Arrested in Minnesota and charged with disorderly conduct
  • Eric Staal is a Canadian professional hockey player, currently playing for the Carolina Hurricanes in the National Hockey League.
  • NHL Career

    Staal was drafted out of the Peterborough Petes of the Ontario Hockey League in 2003. The Carolina Hurricanes selected Staal second overall in the NHL Draft. He made his NHL debut that same year, playing 81 of 82 regular season games. He was then selected for the NHL Young Stars Game in 2004. He spent the following season in the American Hockey League with the Lowell Lock Monsters due to the NHL Lockout. Stall returned to the Hurricanes in 2005, helping the team win the 2006 Stanley Cup Championships. Staal has since been selected for two NHL All-Star Game appearances, in 2007 and in 2008, the second of which earned him the All-Star MVP award.
  • Career Highlights

  • Timeline

    • 2000-03: Peterborough Petes, OHL
    • 2003: Drafted second overall by the Carolina Hurricanes
    • 2003: Carolina Hurricanes
    • 2004: Lowell Lock Monsters, AHL
    • 2005-Present: Carolina Hurricanes

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