Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Eric Staal (onye a mụrụ na Ọktoba 29, 1984) bụ nke okenye n'ime ụmụnne abụọ ahụ. Ọ gbara egwuregwu hockey nke ndị obere na Peterborough Petes nke OHL. Eric bụ onye nke abụọ n'ọkwa a họpụtara
2003 NHL Entry Draft site na Carolina Hurricanes. Ọ gbara oge mbụ ya mgbe edepụtara ya ma bụrụ akụkụ nke egwuregwu YoungStars na 2004 NHL All-Star Game. Na June 19, 2006, Eric buliri iko Stanley na ndị otu ya mgbe ha meriri Edmonton Oilers na egwuregwu 7 nke Stanley Cup ikpeazụ. A họpụtara Eric ka ọ bụrụ onye isi ndị Hurricanes na Jenụwarị 20, 2010. Ọ ghọrọ onye isi nke ise nke Hurricanes kemgbe ha kwagara North Carolina site na Hartford. Eric sooro Team Canada n'egwuregwu Olympic nke 2010, wee nweta ihe nrite ọla edo n'egwuregwu Olympic. Maka 2011 NHL All-Star Game, nke a kwadoro na Raleigh, a họpụtara Eric dịka otu n'ime ndị isi. N'abalị iri abụọ na asatọ n'ọnwa Febụwarị n'afọ 2016, obere oge tupu ụbọchị azụmahịa ahụ, Eric gbanwere ndị New York Rangers ebe ọ sonyeere nwanne ya nwoke bụ Marc. Mgbe oge na-enweghị ihe ịga nke ọma na ndị Rangers, Staal mechiri nkwekọrịta ya ma dịka onye nweere onwe ya bịanyere aka na nkwekọrịta afọ atọ na Minnesota Wild na July 1, 2016. Na 2020, a gbanwere ya na Buffalo Sabres. Na 2021, a gbanwere ya na Montreal Canadiens.