News about Eric Staal

In the final third of game one of the Stanley Cup series, a fracas ensued, prompting Florida Panthers forwards Matthew Tkachachuk and Sam Bennett to be tossed. In Saturday night's Stanley Cup race, the Vegas Golden Knights took a 1-0 series lead over the Florida Panthers. The Panthers had taken a lead through Eric Staal, but when it fell away from them during the Golden Knights' comeback in the third, tensions began to rise. Following flinging punches at Golden Knights defenseman Nicolas Hague during a scrum, Tkachachuk and Bennett were both dismissed with 4:24 left in the game.

Many hockey fans were not expecting a second all-Sun Belt Stanley Cup Final in NHL history. Boston was the best regular season squad in the league's history going into the playoffs. They were knocked out by the worst team that made it in. Canada wished that they would win their first Stanley Cup since 1993. Rather, the Jets were quickly dismissed and the Maple Leafs and Oilers' star power was snuffed out.

Hot mics caught Panthers center Eric Staal yelling at Bruins forward Tomas Nosek for a high hit in Game 2 of the Eastern Conference first-round series. Nosek raised his elbow and smacked Staal on the head during a fight in the third period, bringing him right back to the ice. The assault was not noticed by any officials on the ice, and Nosek was not penalized for the offence.

Eric Staal seems to have been mistaken about whether or not he's ever owned a 'Pride' jersey. The current Florida Panthers star wearing one with the Montreal Canadiens appears in a recently recovered video from 2021. When pressuring, Eric referred to his brother's earlier statement, implying that they did not wear the Pride warmup on Thursday due to their Christian convictions. Many supporters praised the Staals' decision on social media, but others expressed skepticism as well, some of which came from their hometown town of Thunder Bay.