Jordan Staal

About Jordan Staal

In 2006, the Pittsburgh Penguins selected him second overall in the NHL draft. With the Penguins, he won the Stanley Cup in 2009 and was a finalist for the Selke Trophy in 2010.

Jordan Staal is a Canadian professional ice hockey center and captain of the Carolina Hurricanes in the National Hockey League. He is widely regarded as one of the best assassins in the penalty area, both in terms of solid defense and the ability to score and score goals. In 2007, he became the youngest player to score a hat trick in tournament history. Staal grew up playing small hockey for Thunder Bay Kings AAA. After his first year as a teenager, Staal was selected to the first round by Peterborough Petes. He is the second Staal in the NHL, after his brother Eric was ranked second in the NHL Draft in 2003. After a two-year career in the Ontario Hockey League, in which he won the J. Ross Robertson Cup and Competing in the 2006 Memorial Cup with Peterborough Petes, Staal was second to the Pittsburgh Penguin in the 2006 Draft NHL.

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Trivia

His scoring was instrumental to the Penguins' 2008 Stanley Cup run, where they were defeated by the Red Wings, but he also helped the Penguins beat the Wings in the Finals the following year.

Jordan Staal before fame

Just weeks after making his NHL debut, he scored two shorthanded goals in a single game.

Achievement of Jordan Staal

His goals were crucial to the Penguins' Stanley Cup run in 2008, which ended in a loss to the Red Wings, but he also helped the Penguins beat the Wings in the Finals the following year.

Salary 2020

6u00a0million USD (2015)

Net Worth 2020

Undisclosed

Jordan Staal family life

Jared, Eric, and Marc, his three brothers, all played in the NHL.

Associations of Jordan Staal

His teammate throughout the Penguins' Stanley Cup runs in 2008 and 2009 was Sidney Crosby, who was drafted a year before him.

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