Eric Staal
Eric Staal ( born October 29, 1984 in Thunder Bay, Ontario ) is a Canadian professional ice hockey player who currently plays for the Carolina Hurricanes of the National Hockey League.
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Career
Eric Staal played until the summer of 2003 in the Ontario Hockey League for Peterborough Petes and reached in his last season 98 points in 66 games. In July 2003, he was selected by the Carolina Hurricanes in the NHL Entry Draft in 2003 in the first round at position two. DC in the fall, he started in his first NHL season in which he reached 31 points.
During the lockout in the 2004/05 season he played in the AHL Lowell Lock Monsters in the. In the 2005/06 season Staal was playing at Carolina and the season was very positive. He managed 100 points in 82 games and was thus the seventh- best scorer in the league. The Hurricanes closed the regular season from second place in the Eastern Conference.
In the playoffs, Staal could really show off and reached with the Hurricanes, the Stanley Cup final. In the final, it came to a duel with the Edmonton Oilers. After four games, the Hurricanes led 3-1, but lost to the next two games, but the decisive seventh game won the Carolina Hurricanes finally has. It was the first Stanley Cup triumph in the history of Hurricanes and Eric Staal, who scored the most points in the playoffs, had a large share in the success.
After the season, he came in the choice for hard Memorial Trophy for the most valuable player in fourth place. July 1st, 2006 Eric Staal signed a new contract with the Carolina Hurricanes, which ties him for three more years.
The 2006/07 season did not go as hoped. Although Staal was invited for the first time in his career to the NHL All-Star Game, but in the end the Hurricanes missed the playoffs. Staal himself was unable to match his qualities scorer from last year, but generally played a solid season and was still one of the better players in the Hurricanes.
After the season, he took with the Team Canada participated in the Hockey World Cup and won to his brother Jordan of the page at the end of the world title. At the Olympic Winter Games in 2010 he won the gold medal with Team Canada and was thus recorded as 23 players in the Triple Gold Club.
Awards and achievements
- 2001 OHL First All - Rookie team
- 2003 CHL Top Prospects Game
- 2003 OHL Second All- Star Team
- 2003 CHL First All - Star Team
- 2004 NHL Young Stars Game
- 2005 AHL All- Star Classic
- 2005 NHL Offensive Player of the Month October
- 2006 Stanley Cup win with the Carolina Hurricanes
- 2006 NHL Second All-Star Team
- 2007 NHL All-Star Game
- 2008 NHL All-Star Game
- 2008 Most Valuable Player of the NHL All-Star Game
- 2009 NHL All-Star Game
- 2011 NHL All-Star Game
Internationally
- 2007 Gold medal at the World Championships
- 2008 Silver medal at the World Championships
- 2010 Gold medal at the Olympic Winter Games
- 2010 Recording in the Triple Gold Club
Career Stats
Internationally
Represented Canada at:
- U18 Junior World Cup 2002
- World Cup 2007
- World Championship 2008
- 2010 Winter Olympics
- World Cup 2013
( Key to Career statistics: Sp or GP = Games Played, T or G = goals scored, V or A = achieved assists; Pts or Pts = scored points scorer, SM or PIM = received penalty minutes, / - = Plus / Minus balance sheet; PP = scored majority gates; SH = scored shorthanded goals, GW = achieved victory gates; Play-downs/Relegation 1 )
Family
Eric Staal belongs to a real hockey family. He is the eldest of four brothers. After he was selected in 2003 by Carolina as the second player of the draft, his three years younger brother Marc Staal was drafted in 2005 by the New York Rangers in the first round at position twelve. 2006 was followed by Jordan Staal, who, as Eric, drafted in the second place, but he. Of the Pittsburgh Penguins The youngest brother Jared was drafted in 2008 by the Phoenix Coyotes in the second round at position 49.