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<style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>caption{display:table-caption!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>tbody{display:table-row-group}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output 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data-file-width="1441" data-file-height="1920" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Staal with the <a href="/wiki/Carolina_Hurricanes" title="Carolina Hurricanes">Carolina Hurricanes</a> in 2013</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;;border-top:#ccddee 1px solid;">Born</th><td colspan="3" class="infobox-data" style="white-space: nowrap;;border-top:#ccddee 1px solid;"> <span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1984-10-29</span>) </span>October 29, 1984<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age 40)</span><br /><a href="/wiki/Thunder_Bay" title="Thunder Bay">Thunder Bay</a>, Ontario, Canada</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;;border-top:#ccddee 1px solid;">Height</th><td colspan="3" class="infobox-data" style="white-space: nowrap;;border-top:#ccddee 1px solid;"> 6 ft 4 in (193 cm)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;">Weight</th><td colspan="3" class="infobox-data" style="white-space: nowrap;"> 195 lb (88 kg; 13 st 13 lb)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;;border-top:#ccddee 1px solid;">Position</th><td colspan="3" class="infobox-data role" style="white-space: nowrap;;border-top:#ccddee 1px solid;"> <a href="/wiki/Centre_(ice_hockey)" title="Centre (ice hockey)">Centre</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;;border-top:#ccddee 1px solid;"><a href="/wiki/Shot_(ice_hockey)" title="Shot (ice hockey)">Shot</a></th><td colspan="3" class="infobox-data" style="white-space: nowrap;;border-top:#ccddee 1px solid;"> Left</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;;border-top:#ccddee 1px solid;">Played for</th><td colspan="3" class="infobox-data" style="white-space: nowrap;;border-top:#ccddee 1px solid;"> <a href="/wiki/Carolina_Hurricanes" title="Carolina Hurricanes">Carolina Hurricanes</a><br /><a href="/wiki/New_York_Rangers" title="New York Rangers">New York Rangers</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Wild" title="Minnesota Wild">Minnesota Wild</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Buffalo_Sabres" title="Buffalo Sabres">Buffalo Sabres</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Montreal_Canadiens" title="Montreal Canadiens">Montreal Canadiens</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Florida_Panthers" title="Florida Panthers">Florida Panthers</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;;border-top:#ccddee 1px solid;">National team</th><td colspan="3" class="infobox-data" style="white-space: nowrap;;border-top:#ccddee 1px solid;"> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" 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nowrap;">Playing career</th><td colspan="3" class="infobox-data" style="white-space: nowrap;"> 2003–2023</td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Eric Craig Staal</b> (born October 29, 1984) is a Canadian former professional <a href="/wiki/Ice_hockey" title="Ice hockey">ice hockey</a> <a href="/wiki/Centre_(ice_hockey)" title="Centre (ice hockey)">centre</a> who played eighteen seasons in the <a href="/wiki/National_Hockey_League" title="National Hockey League">National Hockey League</a> (NHL) for the <a href="/wiki/Carolina_Hurricanes" title="Carolina Hurricanes">Carolina Hurricanes</a>, <a href="/wiki/New_York_Rangers" title="New York Rangers">New York Rangers</a>, <a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Wild" title="Minnesota Wild">Minnesota Wild</a>, <a href="/wiki/Buffalo_Sabres" title="Buffalo Sabres">Buffalo Sabres</a>, <a href="/wiki/Montreal_Canadiens" title="Montreal Canadiens">Montreal Canadiens</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Florida_Panthers" title="Florida Panthers">Florida Panthers</a>. Eric is the oldest of the <a href="/wiki/Staal_brothers" title="Staal brothers">Staal brothers</a>, who include former teammates <a href="/wiki/Marc_Staal" title="Marc Staal">Marc</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jordan_Staal" title="Jordan Staal">Jordan</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Jared_Staal" title="Jared Staal">Jared</a>. </p><p>Staal is a member of the <a href="/wiki/Triple_Gold_Club" title="Triple Gold Club">Triple Gold Club</a>, having won the <a href="/wiki/Stanley_Cup" title="Stanley Cup">Stanley Cup</a> with the Hurricanes in <a href="/wiki/2006_Stanley_Cup_Finals" title="2006 Stanley Cup Finals">2006</a>, and both the <a href="/wiki/2007_Men%27s_Ice_Hockey_World_Championships" title="2007 Men's Ice Hockey World Championships">2007 World Championships</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Ice_hockey_at_the_2010_Winter_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_tournament" title="Ice hockey at the 2010 Winter Olympics – Men's tournament">2010 Winter Olympics</a> with <a href="/wiki/Canada_men%27s_national_ice_hockey_team" title="Canada men's national ice hockey team">Team Canada</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life">Early life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Eric_Staal&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Staal was born in <a href="/wiki/Thunder_Bay" title="Thunder Bay">Thunder Bay</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ontario" title="Ontario">Ontario</a>, the son of <a href="/wiki/Sod" title="Sod">sod</a> farmers Henry and Linda Staal. All four of his grandparents were <a href="/wiki/Dutch_people" title="Dutch people">Dutch</a> immigrants.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He started playing hockey at the age of four,<sup id="cite_ref-thn_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-thn-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and along with learning how to operate farming tools he played in a home ice rink with his <a href="/wiki/Staal_brothers" title="Staal brothers">three younger brothers</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-espn_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-espn-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His idols growing up were forwards <a href="/wiki/Joe_Sakic" title="Joe Sakic">Joe Sakic</a> and <a href="/wiki/Wayne_Gretzky" title="Wayne Gretzky">Wayne Gretzky</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-bio_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bio-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Staal took his jersey number 12 from what his father wore when he played hockey for the <a href="/wiki/Lakehead_Thunderwolves" title="Lakehead Thunderwolves">Lakehead Thunderwolves</a> from 1978 to 1983.<sup id="cite_ref-bio_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bio-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Playing_career">Playing career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Eric_Staal&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Playing career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Early_career">Early career</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Eric_Staal&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Early career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Staal grew up playing minor hockey in Thunder Bay, played AAA for the Thunder Bay Kings organization and led his Bantam team to an All-Ontario Championship in the 1999–2000 season. After the season, Staal was selected in the first round, 13th overall, in the 2000 <a href="/wiki/Ontario_Hockey_League" title="Ontario Hockey League">Ontario Hockey League</a> (OHL) Priority Selection by the <a href="/wiki/Peterborough_Petes" title="Peterborough Petes">Peterborough Petes</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> While not even his father, Henry, thought he may have been ready for the OHL,<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Staal finished his <a href="/wiki/2000%E2%80%9301_OHL_season" title="2000–01 OHL season">first season</a> with 49 points in 63 games. His scoring totals increased the <a href="/wiki/2001%E2%80%9302_OHL_season" title="2001–02 OHL season">following season</a> when he recorded 62 points. </p><p>In his draft year, Staal led the Petes in scoring with 39 goals and 98 points. He was named to the <a href="/wiki/Canadian_Hockey_League" title="Canadian Hockey League">Canadian Hockey League</a> (CHL) First All-Star Team as well as the OHL Second All-Star Team.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Staal also skated in the <a href="/wiki/CHL/NHL_Top_Prospects_Game#2003_Home_Hardware_Top_Prospects_Game" class="mw-redirect" title="CHL/NHL Top Prospects Game">CHL Top Prospects Game</a>, recording one assist.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Professional">Professional</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Eric_Staal&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Professional"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Carolina_Hurricanes_(2003–2016)"><span id="Carolina_Hurricanes_.282003.E2.80.932016.29"></span>Carolina Hurricanes (2003–2016)</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Eric_Staal&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Carolina Hurricanes (2003–2016)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Staal was selected second overall in the <a href="/wiki/2003_NHL_Entry_Draft" class="mw-redirect" title="2003 NHL Entry Draft">2003 NHL Entry Draft</a> by the <a href="/wiki/Carolina_Hurricanes" title="Carolina Hurricanes">Carolina Hurricanes</a>, behind number one pick <a href="/wiki/Marc-Andr%C3%A9_Fleury" title="Marc-André Fleury">Marc-André Fleury</a>. He played his first season in the NHL right after being drafted. In 2004, Staal played in the YoungStars Game as part of the <a href="/wiki/54th_National_Hockey_League_All-Star_Game" class="mw-redirect" title="54th National Hockey League All-Star Game">2004 NHL All-Star festivities</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>As the <a href="/wiki/2004%E2%80%9305_NHL_season" title="2004–05 NHL season">2004–05 season</a> was cancelled due to a <a href="/wiki/2004%E2%80%9305_NHL_lockout" title="2004–05 NHL lockout">lock-out</a>, Staal spent the year with the Hurricanes' <a href="/wiki/American_Hockey_League" title="American Hockey League">American Hockey League</a> (AHL) affiliate, the <a href="/wiki/Lowell_Lock_Monsters" class="mw-redirect" title="Lowell Lock Monsters">Lowell Lock Monsters</a>. He established new franchise records in points (77), assists (51), <a href="/wiki/Plus%E2%80%93minus_(sports)" title="Plus–minus (sports)">plus-minus</a> (+37) and shorthanded goals (7) in a season, and was also called for the AHL All Star Classic.<sup id="cite_ref-bio_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bio-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Eric_Staal.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Eric_Staal.jpg/200px-Eric_Staal.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="267" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Eric_Staal.jpg/300px-Eric_Staal.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Eric_Staal.jpg/400px-Eric_Staal.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1785" data-file-height="2381" /></a><figcaption>Staal with the Hurricanes in 2011.</figcaption></figure> <p>In the <a href="/wiki/2005%E2%80%9306_NHL_season" title="2005–06 NHL season">2005–06 season</a>, Staal scored a career-high 100 points during the regular season and was named NHL Offensive Player of the Week of October 23–30, 2005, the same week in which he scored his first career hat-trick, coming against the <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Flyers" title="Philadelphia Flyers">Philadelphia Flyers</a>. He then led the Hurricanes in points during the <a href="/wiki/2006_Stanley_Cup_playoffs" title="2006 Stanley Cup playoffs">2006 Stanley Cup playoffs</a> with 28 as they won the <a href="/wiki/Stanley_Cup" title="Stanley Cup">Stanley Cup</a>. After the season, Staal finished fourth in voting for the <a href="/wiki/Hart_Memorial_Trophy" title="Hart Memorial Trophy">Hart Memorial Trophy</a>, awarded to the NHL's <a href="/wiki/Most_valuable_player" title="Most valuable player">most valuable player</a> (MVP). Following the successful season, on July 1, 2006, Staal signed a three-year, $13.5 million contract extension with the Hurricanes.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Staal made his first <a href="/wiki/National_Hockey_League_All-Star_Game" class="mw-redirect" title="National Hockey League All-Star Game">All-Star Game</a> appearance in <a href="/wiki/55th_National_Hockey_League_All-Star_Game" class="mw-redirect" title="55th National Hockey League All-Star Game">2007 All-Star Game</a> in <a href="/wiki/Dallas,_Texas" class="mw-redirect" title="Dallas, Texas">Dallas</a>, where he scored the Eastern Conference's third goal. His overall production dipped from the previous season, recording just 70 points. </p><p>On January 27, 2008, at the <a href="/wiki/56th_National_Hockey_League_All-Star_Game" class="mw-redirect" title="56th National Hockey League All-Star Game">2008 NHL All-Star Game</a> in <a href="/wiki/Atlanta" title="Atlanta">Atlanta</a>, Staal recorded two goals and an assist. He was also awarded the MVP award for the event.<sup id="cite_ref-All-Star_MVP_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-All-Star_MVP-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On September 11, 2008, Staal signed a seven-year, $57.75 million extension with the Hurricanes, which was to begin in the <a href="/wiki/2009%E2%80%9310_NHL_season" title="2009–10 NHL season">2009–10 season</a>. Staal was slated to become a restricted free agent on July 1, 2009, but signed despite having one year at $5 million remaining on his former contract.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On April 28, 2009, Staal capped an improbable comeback by scoring the series-winning goal with 31.7 seconds remaining in Game 7 of Carolina's first-round series of the <a href="/wiki/2009_Stanley_Cup_playoffs" title="2009 Stanley Cup playoffs">2009 playoffs</a> against the <a href="/wiki/New_Jersey_Devils" title="New Jersey Devils">New Jersey Devils</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-thn_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-thn-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His game-winning goal led to the comeback victory being nicknamed “"Shock at the Rock".<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Hurricanes went as far as the Eastern Conference Finals, ultimately losing to the eventual Stanley Cup champions, the <a href="/wiki/Pittsburgh_Penguins" title="Pittsburgh Penguins">Pittsburgh Penguins</a>. </p><p>On May 8, 2009, Staal scored twice to earn 40 career post-season points, eclipsing <a href="/wiki/Ron_Francis" title="Ron Francis">Ron Francis</a>' franchise mark of 39.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (February 2019)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Eric_Staal_2013-3.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Eric_Staal_2013-3.jpg/200px-Eric_Staal_2013-3.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="239" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Eric_Staal_2013-3.jpg/300px-Eric_Staal_2013-3.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Eric_Staal_2013-3.jpg/400px-Eric_Staal_2013-3.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1082" data-file-height="1295" /></a><figcaption>Staal in warm-ups for the <a href="/wiki/Carolina_Hurricanes" title="Carolina Hurricanes">Hurricanes</a> in 2013.</figcaption></figure> <p>On January 20, 2010, Staal was named team captain, replacing <a href="/wiki/Rod_Brind%27Amour" title="Rod Brind'Amour">Rod Brind'Amour</a>, who was named an alternate captain. Staal became the fifth captain since the team relocated to the city of <a href="/wiki/Raleigh,_North_Carolina" title="Raleigh, North Carolina">Raleigh, North Carolina</a>, from <a href="/wiki/Hartford_Whalers" title="Hartford Whalers">Hartford</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On January 18, 2011, Staal was named one of two team captains for <a href="/wiki/58th_National_Hockey_League_All-Star_Game" class="mw-redirect" title="58th National Hockey League All-Star Game">2011 NHL All-Star Game</a>, held in the Hurricanes' home city of Raleigh.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the Game, Team Staal fell 10–11 to Team Lidstrom, captained by the <a href="/wiki/Detroit_Red_Wings" title="Detroit Red Wings">Detroit Red Wings</a>' <a href="/wiki/Nicklas_Lidstr%C3%B6m" title="Nicklas Lidström">Nicklas Lidström</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="New_York_Rangers_(2016)"><span id="New_York_Rangers_.282016.29"></span>New York Rangers (2016)</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Eric_Staal&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: New York Rangers (2016)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On February 28, 2016, Staal, in the final year of his contract, was traded to the <a href="/wiki/New_York_Rangers" title="New York Rangers">New York Rangers</a> in exchange for <a href="/wiki/Aleksi_Saarela" title="Aleksi Saarela">Aleksi Saarela</a> and two second-round draft picks (<a href="/wiki/2016_NHL_Entry_Draft" class="mw-redirect" title="2016 NHL Entry Draft">2016</a> and <a href="/wiki/2017_NHL_Entry_Draft" class="mw-redirect" title="2017 NHL Entry Draft">2017</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Eric joined brother <a href="/wiki/Marc_Staal" title="Marc Staal">Marc</a> in New York, but struggled for the Rangers, recording six points in 20 regular season games, and zero points in a five-game loss to the <a href="/wiki/Pittsburgh_Penguins" title="Pittsburgh Penguins">Pittsburgh Penguins</a> in the first round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Minnesota_Wild_(2016–2020)"><span id="Minnesota_Wild_.282016.E2.80.932020.29"></span>Minnesota Wild (2016–2020)</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Eric_Staal&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Minnesota Wild (2016–2020)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>During the subsequent offseason, Staal, as a free agent, signed a three-year contract with the <a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Wild" title="Minnesota Wild">Minnesota Wild</a> on July 1, 2016.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In his first season with the Wild, Staal recorded 28 goals and 65 points. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/2017%E2%80%9318_NHL_season" title="2017–18 NHL season">2017–18 season</a> was a memorable one for Staal as he played his 1,000th game on March 19, 2017,<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and was also invited to his fifth <a href="/wiki/NHL_All-Star_Game" title="NHL All-Star Game">NHL All-Star Game</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Staal ended the season registering 42 goals, having his first 40 plus goal season since 2008–09. </p><p>On February 25, 2019, Staal agreed to a two-year, $6.5 million extension with the Wild.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On December 15, 2019, Staal became the 89th player all-time to score 1000 career points.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Buffalo_Sabres_(2020–2021)"><span id="Buffalo_Sabres_.282020.E2.80.932021.29"></span>Buffalo Sabres (2020–2021)</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Eric_Staal&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Buffalo Sabres (2020–2021)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>After completing his fourth season with the Wild and entering his final season under contract, Staal was traded by Minnesota to the <a href="/wiki/Buffalo_Sabres" title="Buffalo Sabres">Buffalo Sabres</a> in exchange for forward <a href="/wiki/Marcus_Johansson_(ice_hockey,_born_1990)" title="Marcus Johansson (ice hockey, born 1990)">Marcus Johansson</a> on September 16, 2020.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Montreal_Canadiens_(2021)"><span id="Montreal_Canadiens_.282021.29"></span>Montreal Canadiens (2021)</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Eric_Staal&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Montreal Canadiens (2021)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On March 26, 2021, the Buffalo Sabres traded Staal to the <a href="/wiki/Montreal_Canadiens" title="Montreal Canadiens">Montreal Canadiens</a> in exchange for third and fifth-round picks in the <a href="/wiki/2021_NHL_Entry_Draft" class="mw-redirect" title="2021 NHL Entry Draft">2021 NHL Entry Draft</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Iowa_Wild_(2022)"><span id="Iowa_Wild_.282022.29"></span>Iowa Wild (2022)</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Eric_Staal&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Iowa Wild (2022)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>As a free agent from the Canadiens, Staal remained un-signed leading into the <a href="/wiki/2021%E2%80%9322_NHL_season" title="2021–22 NHL season">2021–22 season</a>. Harbouring ambitions to represent Team Canada at the <a href="/wiki/2022_Winter_Olympics" title="2022 Winter Olympics">2022 Winter Olympics</a>, Staal resumed his professional career by agreeing to a professional try-out contract with the <a href="/wiki/Iowa_Wild" title="Iowa Wild">Iowa Wild</a> of the AHL, an affiliate of former club the Minnesota Wild, on January 13, 2022.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Staal made his debut for Iowa the following day, collecting a goal and assist against the <a href="/wiki/Chicago_Wolves" title="Chicago Wolves">Chicago Wolves</a> in marking his first AHL game in over 16 years. In 4 appearances with the Iowa Wild, Staal collected 2 goals and 5 points before he was released from his tryout on January 23, 2022. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Florida_Panthers_and_retirement_(2022–2023)"><span id="Florida_Panthers_and_retirement_.282022.E2.80.932023.29"></span>Florida Panthers and retirement (2022–2023)</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Eric_Staal&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Florida Panthers and retirement (2022–2023)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Staal did not play an NHL game in the <a href="/wiki/2021%E2%80%9322_NHL_season" title="2021–22 NHL season">2021–22 season</a>. In July 2022, Staal signed a professional tryout contract (PTO) with the <a href="/wiki/Florida_Panthers" title="Florida Panthers">Florida Panthers</a>, joining along with his brother Marc.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Shortly after that, Staal signed a one-year contract with Florida.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In March 2023, Eric, along with his brother Marc, refused to wear <a href="/wiki/LGBT_pride" class="mw-redirect" title="LGBT pride">Pride</a>-themed <a href="/wiki/Hockey_jersey" title="Hockey jersey">jerseys</a> in the pre-game warmups as a part of the Panthers' annual Pride Night; they cited their Christian faith as the reason for their decision and despite that Eric did wear Pride-themed jersey as a member of the <a href="/wiki/Montreal_Canadiens" title="Montreal Canadiens">Montreal Canadiens</a> during the <a href="/wiki/2020%E2%80%9321_NHL_season" title="2020–21 NHL season">2020–21 NHL season</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The rest of the Florida Panthers team members wore the jerseys during warmups to be later auctioned for charity.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On July 30, 2024, Staal signed a one-day contract with the Hurricanes and retired from professional hockey. With his retirement, the Hurricanes announced that they will retire his #12 jersey on January 12, 2025<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> during the <a href="/wiki/2024%E2%80%9325_Carolina_Hurricanes_season" title="2024–25 Carolina Hurricanes season">2024–25 season</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="International_play">International play</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Eric_Staal&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: International play"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="infobox" style="width: 22em;"> <tbody><tr> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; background-color:#ffffff;color:inherit;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Eric_Staal_(4400857316)_(b).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Eric_Staal_%284400857316%29_%28b%29.jpg/200px-Eric_Staal_%284400857316%29_%28b%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="156" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Eric_Staal_%284400857316%29_%28b%29.jpg/300px-Eric_Staal_%284400857316%29_%28b%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Eric_Staal_%284400857316%29_%28b%29.jpg/400px-Eric_Staal_%284400857316%29_%28b%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="521" data-file-height="406" /></a></span><br />Staal at the <a href="/wiki/2010_Winter_Olympics" title="2010 Winter Olympics">2010 Winter Olympics</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:center; background-color:#b0c4de;color:inherit;">Medal record </th></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;background-color:#eeeeee;color:inherit;" class="adr">Representing <span class="country-name"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Canada" title="Canada"><img alt="Canada" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Canada" title="Canada">Canada</a></span> </th></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;background-color:#eeeeee;color:inherit;">Men's <a href="/wiki/Ice_hockey" title="Ice hockey">ice hockey</a> </th></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;background-color:#cccccc;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Olympic_Winter_Games" class="mw-redirect" title="Olympic Winter Games">Olympic Winter Games</a> </th></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;color:inherit;"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Gold medal – first place"><img alt="Gold medal – first place" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Gold_medal_icon_%28G_initial%29.svg/16px-Gold_medal_icon_%28G_initial%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Gold_medal_icon_%28G_initial%29.svg/24px-Gold_medal_icon_%28G_initial%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Gold_medal_icon_%28G_initial%29.svg/32px-Gold_medal_icon_%28G_initial%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="16" data-file-height="16" /></span></span></td> <td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;"><span class="nowrap"> <a href="/wiki/Ice_hockey_at_the_2010_Winter_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_tournament" title="Ice hockey at the 2010 Winter Olympics – Men's tournament">2010 Vancouver</a></span></td> <td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;"> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;background-color:#cccccc;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Ice_Hockey_World_Championships" title="Ice Hockey World Championships">World Championships</a> </th></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;color:inherit;"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Gold medal – first place"><img alt="Gold medal – first place" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Gold_medal_icon_%28G_initial%29.svg/16px-Gold_medal_icon_%28G_initial%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Gold_medal_icon_%28G_initial%29.svg/24px-Gold_medal_icon_%28G_initial%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Gold_medal_icon_%28G_initial%29.svg/32px-Gold_medal_icon_%28G_initial%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="16" data-file-height="16" /></span></span></td> <td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;"><span class="nowrap"> <a href="/wiki/2007_IIHF_World_Championship" title="2007 IIHF World Championship">2007 Moscow</a> </span></td> <td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;color:inherit;"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Silver medal – second place"><img alt="Silver medal – second place" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/Silver_medal_icon_%28S_initial%29.svg/16px-Silver_medal_icon_%28S_initial%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/Silver_medal_icon_%28S_initial%29.svg/24px-Silver_medal_icon_%28S_initial%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/Silver_medal_icon_%28S_initial%29.svg/32px-Silver_medal_icon_%28S_initial%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="16" data-file-height="16" /></span></span></td> <td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;"><span class="nowrap"> <a href="/wiki/2008_IIHF_World_Championship" title="2008 IIHF World Championship">2008 Halifax / Quebec City</a> </span></td> <td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Staal received his first calls to <a href="/wiki/Canada_men%27s_national_ice_hockey_team" title="Canada men's national ice hockey team">Team Canada</a> for the <a href="/wiki/2007_Men%27s_World_Ice_Hockey_Championships" class="mw-redirect" title="2007 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships">2007 World Championships</a> in <a href="/wiki/Moscow" title="Moscow">Moscow</a>. Along with younger brother <a href="/wiki/Jordan_Staal" title="Jordan Staal">Jordan</a>, he won gold in a 4–2 win against <a href="/wiki/Finland_men%27s_national_ice_hockey_team" title="Finland men's national ice hockey team">Finland</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-triplegold_35-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-triplegold-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> scoring five goals, including the overtime winner in the quarter-finals over the <a href="/wiki/Czech_Republic_national_men%27s_ice_hockey_team" class="mw-redirect" title="Czech Republic national men's ice hockey team">Czech Republic</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the following year, Staal was back with Team Canada at the <a href="/wiki/2008_Men%27s_World_Ice_Hockey_Championships" class="mw-redirect" title="2008 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships">2008 World Championships</a> in <a href="/wiki/Quebec_City" title="Quebec City">Quebec City</a>, winning a silver medal.<sup id="cite_ref-triplegold_35-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-triplegold-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He scored eight goals in the tournament, four of them in Canada's 10–1 defeat of <a href="/wiki/Germany_national_men%27s_ice_hockey_team" class="mw-redirect" title="Germany national men's ice hockey team">Germany</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Four years after being named only for Canada's <a href="/wiki/Taxi_squad" class="mw-redirect" title="Taxi squad">taxi squad</a> for the <a href="/wiki/2006_Winter_Olympics" title="2006 Winter Olympics">2006 Winter Olympics</a>, Staal was selected for the Canadian team at the <a href="/wiki/2010_Winter_Olympics" title="2010 Winter Olympics">2010 Winter Olympics</a> in <a href="/wiki/Vancouver" title="Vancouver">Vancouver</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He became a starter alongside <a href="/wiki/Sidney_Crosby" title="Sidney Crosby">Sidney Crosby</a> and <a href="/wiki/Jarome_Iginla" title="Jarome Iginla">Jarome Iginla</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and scored one goal and five assists on the path to a gold medal. The Olympic title added to previous NHL and World Championship wins, made Staal the 23rd player in the <a href="/wiki/Triple_Gold_Club" title="Triple Gold Club">Triple Gold Club</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-triplegold_35-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-triplegold-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Staal was named captain of Team Canada in the <a href="/wiki/2013_Men%27s_World_Ice_Hockey_Championships" class="mw-redirect" title="2013 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships">2013 World Championships</a> in <a href="/wiki/Stockholm" title="Stockholm">Stockholm</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He would get injured in the first period of the quarter-finals, which Canada ended up losing to eventual champions <a href="/wiki/Sweden_national_men%27s_ice_hockey_team" class="mw-redirect" title="Sweden national men's ice hockey team">Sweden</a>, after a knee-on-knee hit by defenceman <a href="/wiki/Alexander_Edler" title="Alexander Edler">Alexander Edler</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-injury_41-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-injury-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2022, Staal captained <a href="/wiki/Canada_men%27s_national_ice_hockey_team" title="Canada men's national ice hockey team">Team Canada</a> to a sixth-place finish at the <a href="/wiki/2022_Winter_Olympics" title="2022 Winter Olympics">2022 Winter Olympics</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Eric_Staal&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Personal life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Staal_brothers" title="Staal brothers">Staal brothers</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Ericstaal_2006nhlawards.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Ericstaal_2006nhlawards.jpg/220px-Ericstaal_2006nhlawards.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="219" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Ericstaal_2006nhlawards.jpg/330px-Ericstaal_2006nhlawards.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Ericstaal_2006nhlawards.jpg/440px-Ericstaal_2006nhlawards.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1713" data-file-height="1704" /></a><figcaption>Staal at the NHL Awards in 2006</figcaption></figure> <p>Staal married his longtime girlfriend, Tanya Van den Broeke on August 3, 2007. The couple have three sons.<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Staal is <a href="/wiki/Christianity" title="Christianity">Christian</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2012, the Staal Brothers created the Staal Family Foundation, an organization that tries “to help improve the quality of life for children with cancer and their families.”<sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In March 2023, Eric and his brother Marc publicly declared that being gay or being LGBTQ+ goes against their beliefs and cited their Christian beliefs as the reason why.<sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Records">Records</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Eric_Staal&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Records"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Carolina Hurricanes' franchise record for most hat tricks in a single season – 4 (2008–09)</li> <li>Carolina Hurricanes' franchise record for most career post-season points – 43</li> <li>Carolina Hurricanes' franchise record for consecutive games – 349 (2004–2009)<sup id="cite_ref-injury_41-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-injury-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Career_statistics">Career statistics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Eric_Staal&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Career statistics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Regular_season_and_playoffs">Regular season and playoffs</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Eric_Staal&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Regular season and playoffs"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><small><b>Bold</b> indicates led league</small> </p> <table border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" style="text-align:center; width:60em"> <tbody><tr bgcolor="#e0e0e0"> <th colspan="3" bgcolor="#ffffff"> </th> <th rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff"> </th> <th colspan="5"><a href="/wiki/Regular_season" class="mw-redirect" title="Regular season">Regular season</a> </th> <th rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff"> </th> <th colspan="9999”"><a href="/wiki/Playoffs" title="Playoffs">Playoffs</a> </th></tr> <tr bgcolor="#e0e0e0"> <th><a href="/wiki/Season_(sports)" title="Season (sports)">Season</a> </th> <th>Team </th> <th>League </th> <th>GP </th> <th><a href="/wiki/Goal_(ice_hockey)" title="Goal (ice hockey)">G</a> </th> <th><a href="/wiki/Assist_(ice_hockey)" title="Assist (ice hockey)">A</a> </th> <th><a href="/wiki/Point_(ice_hockey)" title="Point (ice hockey)">Pts</a> </th> <th><a href="/wiki/Penalty_(ice_hockey)" title="Penalty (ice hockey)">PIM</a> </th> <th>GP </th> <th>G </th> <th>A </th> <th>Pts </th> <th>PIM </th></tr> <tr> <td>1999–2000 </td> <td>Thunder Bay Kings Bantam AAA </td> <td>Bantam </td> <td>59 </td> <td>48 </td> <td>52 </td> <td>100 </td> <td>33 </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#f0f0f0"> <td><a href="/wiki/2000%E2%80%9301_OHL_season" title="2000–01 OHL season">2000–01</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Peterborough_Petes" title="Peterborough Petes">Peterborough Petes</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ontario_Hockey_League" title="Ontario Hockey League">OHL</a> </td> <td>63 </td> <td>19 </td> <td>30 </td> <td>49 </td> <td>23 </td> <td>7 </td> <td>2 </td> <td>5 </td> <td>7 </td> <td>4 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2001%E2%80%9302_OHL_season" title="2001–02 OHL season">2001–02</a> </td> <td>Peterborough Petes </td> <td>OHL </td> <td>56 </td> <td>23 </td> <td>39 </td> <td>62 </td> <td>40 </td> <td>6 </td> <td>3 </td> <td>6 </td> <td>9 </td> <td>10 </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#f0f0f0"> <td><a href="/wiki/2002%E2%80%9303_OHL_season" title="2002–03 OHL season">2002–03</a> </td> <td>Peterborough Petes </td> <td>OHL </td> <td>66 </td> <td>39 </td> <td>59 </td> <td>98 </td> <td>36 </td> <td>7 </td> <td>5 </td> <td>9 </td> <td>14 </td> <td>6 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2003%E2%80%9304_NHL_season" title="2003–04 NHL season">2003–04</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Carolina_Hurricanes" title="Carolina Hurricanes">Carolina Hurricanes</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/National_Hockey_League" title="National Hockey League">NHL</a> </td> <td>81 </td> <td>11 </td> <td>20 </td> <td>31 </td> <td>40 </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#f0f0f0"> <td><a href="/wiki/2004%E2%80%9305_AHL_season" title="2004–05 AHL season">2004–05</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lowell_Lock_Monsters" class="mw-redirect" title="Lowell Lock Monsters">Lowell Lock Monsters</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/American_Hockey_League" title="American Hockey League">AHL</a> </td> <td>77 </td> <td>26 </td> <td>51 </td> <td>77 </td> <td>88 </td> <td>11 </td> <td>2 </td> <td>8 </td> <td>10 </td> <td>12 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2005%E2%80%9306_NHL_season" title="2005–06 NHL season">2005–06</a> </td> <td>Carolina Hurricanes </td> <td>NHL </td> <td>82 </td> <td>45 </td> <td>55 </td> <td>100 </td> <td>81 </td> <td>25 </td> <td>9 </td> <td><b>19</b> </td> <td><b>28</b> </td> <td>8 </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#f0f0f0"> <td><a href="/wiki/2006%E2%80%9307_NHL_season" title="2006–07 NHL season">2006–07</a> </td> <td>Carolina Hurricanes </td> <td>NHL </td> <td>82 </td> <td>30 </td> <td>40 </td> <td>70 </td> <td>68 </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2007%E2%80%9308_NHL_season" title="2007–08 NHL season">2007–08</a> </td> <td>Carolina Hurricanes </td> <td>NHL </td> <td>82 </td> <td>38 </td> <td>44 </td> <td>82 </td> <td>50 </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#f0f0f0"> <td><a href="/wiki/2008%E2%80%9309_NHL_season" title="2008–09 NHL season">2008–09</a> </td> <td>Carolina Hurricanes </td> <td>NHL </td> <td>82 </td> <td>40 </td> <td>35 </td> <td>75 </td> <td>50 </td> <td>18 </td> <td>10 </td> <td>5 </td> <td>15 </td> <td>4 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2009%E2%80%9310_NHL_season" title="2009–10 NHL season">2009–10</a> </td> <td>Carolina Hurricanes </td> <td>NHL </td> <td>70 </td> <td>29 </td> <td>41 </td> <td>70 </td> <td>68 </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#f0f0f0"> <td><a href="/wiki/2010%E2%80%9311_NHL_season" title="2010–11 NHL season">2010–11</a> </td> <td>Carolina Hurricanes </td> <td>NHL </td> <td>81 </td> <td>33 </td> <td>43 </td> <td>76 </td> <td>72 </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2011%E2%80%9312_NHL_season" title="2011–12 NHL season">2011–12</a> </td> <td>Carolina Hurricanes </td> <td>NHL </td> <td>82 </td> <td>24 </td> <td>46 </td> <td>70 </td> <td>48 </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#f0f0f0"> <td><a href="/wiki/2012%E2%80%9313_NHL_season" title="2012–13 NHL season">2012–13</a> </td> <td>Carolina Hurricanes </td> <td>NHL </td> <td>48 </td> <td>18 </td> <td>35 </td> <td>53 </td> <td>54 </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2013%E2%80%9314_NHL_season" title="2013–14 NHL season">2013–14</a> </td> <td>Carolina Hurricanes </td> <td>NHL </td> <td>79 </td> <td>21 </td> <td>40 </td> <td>61 </td> <td>74 </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#f0f0f0"> <td><a href="/wiki/2014%E2%80%9315_NHL_season" title="2014–15 NHL season">2014–15</a> </td> <td>Carolina Hurricanes </td> <td>NHL </td> <td>77 </td> <td>23 </td> <td>31 </td> <td>54 </td> <td>41 </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2015%E2%80%9316_NHL_season" title="2015–16 NHL season">2015–16</a> </td> <td>Carolina Hurricanes </td> <td>NHL </td> <td>63 </td> <td>10 </td> <td>23 </td> <td>33 </td> <td>32 </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#f0f0f0"> <td>2015–16 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/New_York_Rangers" title="New York Rangers">New York Rangers</a> </td> <td>NHL </td> <td>20 </td> <td>3 </td> <td>3 </td> <td>6 </td> <td>2 </td> <td>5 </td> <td>0 </td> <td>0 </td> <td>0 </td> <td>4 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2016%E2%80%9317_NHL_season" title="2016–17 NHL season">2016–17</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Wild" title="Minnesota Wild">Minnesota Wild</a> </td> <td>NHL </td> <td>82 </td> <td>28 </td> <td>37 </td> <td>65 </td> <td>34 </td> <td>5 </td> <td>0 </td> <td>1 </td> <td>1 </td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#f0f0f0"> <td><a href="/wiki/2017%E2%80%9318_NHL_season" title="2017–18 NHL season">2017–18</a> </td> <td>Minnesota Wild </td> <td>NHL </td> <td>82 </td> <td>42 </td> <td>34 </td> <td>76 </td> <td>42 </td> <td>5 </td> <td>1 </td> <td>1 </td> <td>2 </td> <td>2 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2018%E2%80%9319_NHL_season" title="2018–19 NHL season">2018–19</a> </td> <td>Minnesota Wild </td> <td>NHL </td> <td>81 </td> <td>22 </td> <td>30 </td> <td>52 </td> <td>34 </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#f0f0f0"> <td><a href="/wiki/2019%E2%80%9320_NHL_season" title="2019–20 NHL season">2019–20</a> </td> <td>Minnesota Wild </td> <td>NHL </td> <td>66 </td> <td>19 </td> <td>28 </td> <td>47 </td> <td>28 </td> <td>4 </td> <td>1 </td> <td>4 </td> <td>5 </td> <td>2 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2020%E2%80%9321_NHL_season" title="2020–21 NHL season">2020–21</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Buffalo_Sabres" title="Buffalo Sabres">Buffalo Sabres</a> </td> <td>NHL </td> <td>32 </td> <td>3 </td> <td>7 </td> <td>10 </td> <td>8 </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#f0f0f0"> <td>2020–21 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Montreal_Canadiens" title="Montreal Canadiens">Montreal Canadiens</a> </td> <td>NHL </td> <td>21 </td> <td>2 </td> <td>1 </td> <td>3 </td> <td>2 </td> <td>21 </td> <td>2 </td> <td>6 </td> <td>8 </td> <td>6 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2021%E2%80%9322_AHL_season" title="2021–22 AHL season">2021–22</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Iowa_Wild" title="Iowa Wild">Iowa Wild</a> </td> <td>AHL </td> <td>4 </td> <td>2 </td> <td>3 </td> <td>5 </td> <td>0 </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#f0f0f0"> <td><a href="/wiki/2022%E2%80%9323_NHL_season" title="2022–23 NHL season">2022–23</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Florida_Panthers" title="Florida Panthers">Florida Panthers</a> </td> <td>NHL </td> <td>72 </td> <td>14 </td> <td>15 </td> <td>29 </td> <td>26 </td> <td>21 </td> <td>2 </td> <td>3 </td> <td>5 </td> <td>12 </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#e0e0e0"> <th colspan="3">NHL totals </th> <th>1,365 </th> <th>455 </th> <th>608 </th> <th>1,063 </th> <th>854 </th> <th>104 </th> <th>25 </th> <th>39 </th> <th>64 </th> <th>38 </th></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="International">International</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Eric_Staal&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: International"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" id="Table3" style="text-align:center; width:40em"> <tbody><tr align="centre" bgcolor="#e0e0e0"> <th>Year </th> <th>Team </th> <th>Event </th> <th>Result </th> <th rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff"> </th> <th>GP </th> <th>G </th> <th>A </th> <th>Pts </th> <th>PIM </th></tr> <tr> <td>2001 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Canada_men%27s_national_under-18_ice_hockey_team" title="Canada men's national under-18 ice hockey team">Canada</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Hlinka_Gretzky_Cup" title="Hlinka Gretzky Cup">U18</a> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="01 !"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="1st place, gold medalist(s)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Gold_medal_icon.svg/16px-Gold_medal_icon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Gold_medal_icon.svg/24px-Gold_medal_icon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Gold_medal_icon.svg/32px-Gold_medal_icon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="16" data-file-height="16" /></span></span></span> </td> <td>5 </td> <td>0 </td> <td>0 </td> <td>0 </td> <td>7 </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#f0f0f0"> <td><a href="/wiki/2002_IIHF_World_U18_Championships" title="2002 IIHF World U18 Championships">2002</a> </td> <td>Canada </td> <td><a href="/wiki/IIHF_World_U18_Championship" title="IIHF World U18 Championship">WJC18</a> </td> <td>6th </td> <td>8 </td> <td>2 </td> <td>5 </td> <td>7 </td> <td>4 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2007_IIHF_World_Championship" title="2007 IIHF World Championship">2007</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Canada_men%27s_national_ice_hockey_team" title="Canada men's national ice hockey team">Canada</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ice_Hockey_World_Championships" title="Ice Hockey World Championships">WC</a> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="01 !"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="1st place, gold medalist(s)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Gold_medal_icon.svg/16px-Gold_medal_icon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Gold_medal_icon.svg/24px-Gold_medal_icon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Gold_medal_icon.svg/32px-Gold_medal_icon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="16" data-file-height="16" /></span></span></span> </td> <td>9 </td> <td>5 </td> <td>5 </td> <td>10 </td> <td>6 </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#f0f0f0"> <td><a href="/wiki/2008_IIHF_World_Championship" title="2008 IIHF World Championship">2008</a> </td> <td>Canada </td> <td>WC </td> <td><span data-sort-value="02 !"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="2nd place, silver medalist(s)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Silver_medal_icon.svg/16px-Silver_medal_icon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Silver_medal_icon.svg/24px-Silver_medal_icon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Silver_medal_icon.svg/32px-Silver_medal_icon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="16" data-file-height="16" /></span></span></span> </td> <td>8 </td> <td>4 </td> <td>3 </td> <td>7 </td> <td>6 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Ice_hockey_at_the_2010_Winter_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_tournament" title="Ice hockey at the 2010 Winter Olympics – Men's tournament">2010</a> </td> <td>Canada </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ice_hockey_at_the_Olympic_Games" title="Ice hockey at the Olympic Games">OG</a> </td> 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the 2022 Winter Olympics – Men's tournament">2022</a> </td> <td>Canada </td> <td>OG </td> <td>6th </td> <td>5 </td> <td>1 </td> <td>3 </td> <td>4 </td> <td>4 </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#e0e0e0"> <th colspan="4">Junior totals </th> <th>13 </th> <th>2 </th> <th>5 </th> <th>7 </th> <th>11 </th></tr> <tr bgcolor="#e0e0e0"> <th colspan="4">Senior totals </th> <th>37 </th> <th>11 </th> <th>19 </th> <th>30 </th> <th>26 </th></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Awards_and_honours">Awards and honours</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Eric_Staal&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Awards and honours"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Eric_Staal%27s_gold_(4408001882)_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Eric_Staal%27s_gold_%284408001882%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/220px-Eric_Staal%27s_gold_%284408001882%29_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="205" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Eric_Staal%27s_gold_%284408001882%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/330px-Eric_Staal%27s_gold_%284408001882%29_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Eric_Staal%27s_gold_%284408001882%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/440px-Eric_Staal%27s_gold_%284408001882%29_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2517" data-file-height="2348" /></a><figcaption>Closeup of Staal's gold medal from the 2010 Winter Olympics</figcaption></figure> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Award </th> <th>Year </th> <th> </th></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Canadian_Hockey_League" title="Canadian Hockey League">CHL</a> </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Ontario_Hockey_League" title="Ontario Hockey League">OHL</a> Top Prospect Award </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2002%E2%80%9303_OHL_season" title="2002–03 OHL season">2003</a> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>OHL Second All-Star Team </td> <td>2003 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/CHL_Top_Prospects_Game" class="mw-redirect" title="CHL Top Prospects Game">Top Prospects Game</a> </td> <td>2003 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>CHL First All-Star Team </td> <td>2003 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3"><a href="/wiki/American_Hockey_League" title="American Hockey League">AHL</a> </th></tr> <tr> <td>AHL All-Star Game </td> <td>2005 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Best <a href="/wiki/Plus%E2%80%93minus_(sports)" title="Plus–minus (sports)">Plus/Minus</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2004%E2%80%9305_AHL_season" title="2004–05 AHL season">2005</a> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3"><a href="/wiki/National_Hockey_League" title="National Hockey League">NHL</a> </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/NHL_YoungStars_Game#54th_National_Hockey_League_All-Star_Game" title="NHL YoungStars Game">NHL YoungStars Game</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2003%E2%80%9304_NHL_season" title="2003–04 NHL season">2004</a> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Stanley_Cup" title="Stanley Cup">Stanley Cup</a> champion </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2006_Stanley_Cup_Finals" title="2006 Stanley Cup Finals">2006</a> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>NHL Second All-Star Team </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2005%E2%80%9306_NHL_season" title="2005–06 NHL season">2006</a> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/NHL_All-Star_Game" title="NHL All-Star Game">NHL All-Star Game</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2007_NHL_All-Star_Game" class="mw-redirect" title="2007 NHL All-Star Game">2007</a>, <a href="/wiki/2008_NHL_All-Star_Game" class="mw-redirect" title="2008 NHL All-Star Game">2008</a>, <a href="/wiki/2009_NHL_All-Star_Game" class="mw-redirect" title="2009 NHL All-Star Game">2009</a>, <a href="/wiki/2011_NHL_All-Star_Game" class="mw-redirect" title="2011 NHL All-Star Game">2011</a>, <a href="/wiki/2018_NHL_All-Star_Game" class="mw-redirect" title="2018 NHL All-Star Game">2018</a>, <a href="/wiki/2020_NHL_All-Star_Game" class="mw-redirect" title="2020 NHL All-Star Game">2020</a> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/NHL_(video_game_series)" title="NHL (video game series)">EA Sports NHL</a> cover athlete </td> <td><a href="/wiki/NHL_08" title="NHL 08">2008</a> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>NHL All-Star Game MVP </td> <td>2008 </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-All-Star_MVP_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-All-Star_MVP-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3"><a href="/wiki/International_Ice_Hockey_Federation" title="International Ice Hockey Federation">International</a> </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Ice_Hockey_World_Championships" title="Ice Hockey World Championships">World 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class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_NHL_players_with_100-point_seasons" title="List of NHL players with 100-point seasons">List of NHL players with 100-point seasons</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_NHL_players_with_1,000_points" title="List of NHL players with 1,000 points">List of NHL players with 1,000 points</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_NHL_players_with_1,000_games_played" title="List of NHL players with 1,000 games played">List of NHL players with 1,000 games played</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Eric_Staal&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output 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