For a decade, Eric Staal played that central role for the Hurricanes ... but Staal was the fulcrum of a generation of Hurricanes hockey. Sometimes, in the latter years, it seemed like he was ...
Former Carolina Hurricanes player Eric Staal, second from top left, greets his father and mother during a ceremony to retire his No. 12 jersey prior an NHL hockey game against the Anaheim Ducks in ...
As a player, Eric Staal didn’t have to sit through many of the ceremonies like the one celebrating his career Sunday afternoon. The Carolina Hurricanes didn’t have a Hall of Fame. There wasn ...
Eric Staal, now 40, was asked how he spends his ... Staal said he helps coach two of his sons in hockey after picking them up from school, grinning and saying: “When I’m coaching they probably ...
Eric Staal embraces Tripp Tracy during the retirement ... the four Staal brothers were super-competitive with one another — forget the hockey part; their pillow fights were said to be pretty ...