Jordan Staal
Jordan Staal ( born September 10, 1988 in Thunder Bay, Ontario ) is a Canadian professional ice hockey player who plays with his brother Eric, of the Carolina Hurricanes in the National Hockey League on the position of the center since June 2012.
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Career
Jordan Staal began his career in 2004 in the Canadian Junior Football League Ontario Hockey League with the Peterborough Petes. There he won the OHL Championship and was one of the top scorer of his team. In June he was selected by the Pittsburgh Penguins in the NHL Entry Draft in 2006 in second position.
Staal was already the beginning of the 2006/07 season the team of Penguins in the National Hockey League. His first goal he scored in the 6-5 victory against the New York Rangers, his third NHL game. In the fourth game of the season, he met for the first time on his older brother Eric of the Carolina Hurricanes. The game was, however, clearly lost with 1:5.
There were discussions about Jordan Staal, whether it should be sent after the ninth game back in the Junior League OHL. Although Staal brought good performance, but since his entry contract in the NHL only began with the tenth completed season game, it was these considerations on the part of management of the Penguins. This was due to the transfer and contract system in the NHL. By the early onset of the initial contract Staal may be much earlier committed by other teams as Unrestricted Free Agent without the Pittsburgh Penguins would get in return. The management finally decided to continue Staal in the NHL use.
Staal played a very convincing first season and was especially used in the Checkingline and shorthanded situations. At the end of the season he had scored the most shorthanded goals in the league and participated with the Penguins in the playoffs. Although Staal contributed three goals, but the season was still completed after the first round, as the Penguins against the Ottawa Senators lost. Shortly thereafter, he participated with the Canadian national team at the World Championships and won the gold medal.
In the 2007 /08 season Staal reached with the Pittsburgh Penguins the entry into the Stanley Cup final, but where they failed to Detroit. A year later, the team was in the finals against Detroit 4-3 victories by. In the 2009/10 season Staal scored as a season before 49 points scorer during the regular season. With the Penguins, he failed in the Conference semi-finals in seven games against the Montreal Canadiens. After he had his first four seasons only missed an NHL game, Staal was set due to a foot injury for a long time out of action, so he had to stop 2011 from the game until early January for the season 2010/11. During the NHL Entry Draft 2012 Player Brandon Sutter and Brian Dumoulin was for the eighth position and released to the Carolina Hurricanes, where he plays with his brother Eric.
Awards and achievements
- 2005 OHL Second All- Rookie team
- 2006 CHL Top Prospects Game
- 2006 CHL Top Draft Prospect Award
- 2006 J. Ross Robertson Cup with the Peterborough Petes win
- 2007 NHL Young Stars Game
- 2007 NHL All- Rookie Team
- 2009 Stanley Cup win with the Pittsburgh Penguins
Internationally
- 2007 Gold medal at the World Championships
Career Stats
Internationally
Represented Canada at:
- World U -17 Hockey Challenge 2005
- World Cup 2007
- 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
Jordan Staal comes from a hockey family. His two older brothers Eric and Marc have been drafted by NHL teams and Eric won the 2006 with the Carolina Hurricanes to the Stanley Cup. The youngest brother Jared Staal was selected by the Phoenix Coyotes in the NHL Entry Draft in 2008 in the second round at position 49.