Eric Staal

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Eric Staal
Date of birth October 29, 1984
place of birth Thunder Bay , Ontario , Canada
size 193 cm
Weight 93 kg
position center
number # 12
Shot hand Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 2003 , 1st round, 2nd position
Carolina Hurricanes
Career stations
2000-2003 Peterborough Petes
2003-2016 Carolina Hurricanes
2016 New York Rangers
since 2016 Minnesota Wild

Eric Staal (born October 29, 1984 in Thunder Bay , Ontario ) is a Canadian ice hockey player who has been with the Minnesota Wild in the National Hockey League since July 2016 . Previously spent Center 13 years with the Carolina Hurricanes , with whom he 2006 the Stanley Cup won and in which he made a series of records keeping, including for most games, goals and points scorer. Staal became world champion with the Canadian national team in 2007 and won Olympic gold at the 2010 Winter Games , so that he has been a member of the Triple Gold Club ever since .

Career

Eric Staal played in the Ontario Hockey League for the Peterborough Petes until the summer of 2003 and reached 98 points in 66 games in his final season.

Carolina Hurricanes (2003-2016)

Staal at the 2011 NHL All-Star Game

In July 2003 he was selected by the Carolina Hurricanes in the NHL Entry Draft 2003 in the first round in second position. In the fall he started his first NHL season, in which he reached 31 points. During the lockout in the 2004/05 season , he played in the AHL with the Lowell Lock Monsters . In the 2005/06 season Staal played again at Carolina and the season was very positive. He managed 100 points in 82 games, making him the seventh best scorer in the league. The Hurricanes finished the regular season in second place in the Eastern Conference.

In the playoffs Staal was able to convince with strong performances and reached the Stanley Cup final with the Hurricanes , where they met the Edmonton Oilers and prevailed in seven games. It was the first Stanley Cup win in the history of the Hurricanes, with the attacker having nine goals and 19 assists as the player with the highest points in the playoffs made a significant contribution to this success. After the season, he was for the Hart Memorial Trophy as wertvollster players nominated, but had to Joe Thornton beaten.

In July 2006, the Canadian extended his contract with the Hurricanes for three more years for a total reported salary of $ 13.5 million. In the 2006/07 season , neither Staal nor the team were able to build on the performances from the previous year, so that the playoffs were missed at the end of the season. Previously, Staal first took part in the NHL Allstar Game in January 2007 .

In September 2008, Staal extended his contract for eight years for a total salary of $ 57.75 million. In May 2009 he achieved the 40th scorer point in a play-off game in the series against the Boston Bruins , with which the attacker set a new franchise record. In early 2010 he was appointed the new team captain of the Hurricanes as the successor to the emigrated Rod Brind'Amour .

New York Rangers and Minnesota Wild (since 2016)

In February 2016, shortly before the end of the transfer deadline ( trade deadline ) , Staal was transferred to the New York Rangers in exchange for Aleksi Saarela and one second-round voting rights for the NHL Entry Draft in 2016 and 2017 . He left the Hurricanes after more than 12 years and at that time held the team records for most games (909), goals (322), assists (453), scorer points (775) and penalty minutes (678). The hoped-for short-term success in New York failed to materialize for the time being, so the Rangers failed in the first playoff round at the Pittsburgh Penguins . Beyond the 2015/16 season, Staal did not receive a contract from the Rangers, so he joined the Minnesota Wild as a free agent in July 2016 . He signed a three-year contract there which should bring him an average annual salary of $ 3.5 million.

During his first season in Minnesota, Staal played his 1,000th game in the NHL in March 2017. For the season 2017/18, he increased his personal performance once again significantly, he scored 42 goals with his second best career performance and presented in Minnesota so the franchise record of Marián Gáborík of the season 2007/08. At the same time, the attacker led the game in scorer points (76). Subsequently, his expiring contract was extended for two more years in February 2019, in which he is expected to earn an average of 3.25 million US dollars. In December 2019, the center recorded its 1000th scorer point , making it the 89th player in NHL history to reach this milestone.

International

In 2007 he took part in the ice hockey world championship with the Canadian national team and won the world championship title at the side of his brother Jordan . At the 2010 Winter Olympics , he won the gold medal with Team Canada, making him the 23rd player to join the Triple Gold Club . At the 2013 World Cup , he acted as the team captain of the Canadian selection, but was eliminated with the team in the quarter-finals against Sweden .

Achievements and Awards

International

Career statistics

Status: end of the 2019/20 season

Regular season Playoffs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
2000/01 Peterborough Petes OHL 63 19th 30th 49 23 7th 2 5 7th 4th
2001/02 Peterborough Petes OHL 56 23 39 62 40 6th 3 6th 9 10
2002/03 Peterborough Petes OHL 66 39 59 98 36 7th 9 5 14th 16
2003/04 Carolina Hurricanes NHL 81 11 20th 31 40 - - - - -
2004/05 Lowell Lock Monsters AHL 77 26th 51 77 88 11 2 8th 10 12
2005/06 Carolina Hurricanes NHL 82 45 55 100 81 25th 9 19th 28 8th
2006/07 Carolina Hurricanes NHL 82 30th 40 70 68 - - - - -
2007/08 Carolina Hurricanes NHL 82 38 44 82 50 - - - - -
2008/09 Carolina Hurricanes NHL 82 40 35 75 50 18th 10 5 15th 4th
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 18th 35 53 54 - - - - -
2013/14 Carolina Hurricanes NHL 79 21st 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 20th 3 3 6th 2 5 0 0 0 4th
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 22nd 30th 52 34 - - - - -
2019/20 Minnesota Wild NHL 66 19th 28 47 28 4th 1 4th 5 2
OHL total 185 81 128 209 99 20th 14th 16 30th 20th
NHL overall 1240 436 585 1021 818 62 21st 30th 51 20th

International

Represented Canada to:

year team event result Sp T V Pt SM
2002 Canada U18 World Cup 6th place 8th 2 5 7th 4th
2007 Canada WM 1st place, gold 9 5 5 10 6th
2008 Canada WM 2nd place, silver 8th 4th 3 7th 6th
2010 Canada Olympia 1st place, gold 7th 1 5 6th 6th
2013 Canada WM 5th place 8th 0 3 3 4th
Juniors overall 8th 2 5 7th 4th
Men overall 32 10 16 26th 22nd

( Legend for player statistics: Sp or GP = games played; T or G = goals scored; V or A = assists scored ; Pkt or Pts = scorer points scored ; SM or PIM = penalty minutes received ; +/− = plus / minus balance; PP = overpaid goals scored ; SH = underpaid goals scored ; GW = winning goals scored; 1  play-downs / relegation )

family

Eric Staal belongs to a real ice hockey family. He is the oldest of four brothers. After he was selected by Carolina as the second player in the draft in 2003, his three years younger brother Marc Staal was drafted in 2005 by the New York Rangers in the first round in twelfth position. 2006 was followed by Jordan Staal , who, like Eric, was drafted in second place, but he was drafted by the Pittsburgh Penguins . The youngest brother Jared was drafted in 2008 by the Phoenix Coyotes in the second round at position 49. His maternal and paternal grandparents come from the Netherlands.

Web links

Commons : Eric Staal  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Canada- Netherl, s special bond | Correspondent Frank Kuin says: Hockey's Staal brothers powered to NHL stardom by Dutch soup | Correspondent Frank Kuin. Retrieved October 7, 2019 (American English).
Squad of the Minnesota Wild in the season 2019/20

Goalkeeper: Devan Dubnyk  | Alex Stalock  
Defender: Jonas Brodin  | Matt Dumba  | Brad Hunt  | Greg Pateryn  | Carson Soucy  | Jared Spurgeon  | Ryan Suter  ( A ) 
attacker: Ryan Donato  | Joel Eriksson Ek  | Kevin Fiala  | Marcus Foligno  | Alex Galchenyuk  | Jordan Greenway  | Ryan Hartman  | Mikko Koivu  ( C ) | Luke Kunin  | Zach Parise  ( A ) | Victor Rask  | Eric Staal  | Mats Zuccarello  
Head Coach:  Dean Evason    Assistant  Coach : Darby Hendrickson  | Bob Woods    General Manager:  Bill Guerin

personal data
SURNAME Staal, Eric
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH October 29, 1984
PLACE OF BIRTH Thunder Bay , Ontario