Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Eric Staal (an haife shi a ranar 29 ga Oktoba, 1984) shi ne babba a cikin 'yan'uwan. Ya buga babban wasan hockey na matasa don Peterborough Petes na OHL. An zabi Eric a matsayi na biyu a cikin
2003 NHL Entry Draft da Carolina Hurricanes suka yi. Ya buga kakar wasa ta farko bayan an tsara shi kuma ya kasance wani ɓangare na wasan YoungStars a 2004 NHL All-Star Game. A ranar 19 ga Yuni, 2006, Eric ya ɗaga Stanley Cup tare da abokansa yayin da suka ci Edmonton Oilers a wasa na 7 na wasan karshe na Stanley Cup. An nada Eric a matsayin kyaftin din Hurricanes a ranar 20 ga Janairu, 2010. Ya zama kyaftin na biyar na Hurricanes tun lokacin da suka koma North Carolina daga Hartford. Eric ya yi gasa ga Team Canada a gasar Olympics ta 2010, inda ya lashe lambar zinare ta Olympics. Don wasan 2011 NHL All-Star Game, wanda aka shirya a Raleigh, an zaɓi Eric a matsayin ɗaya daga cikin shugabannin. A ranar 28 ga Fabrairu, 2016, kafin ranar ƙarshe na musayar, an yi musayar Eric zuwa New York Rangers inda ya haɗu da ɗan'uwansa Marc. Bayan rashin nasara tare da Rangers, Staal ya kammala kwantiraginsa kuma a matsayin dan wasa mai kyauta ya sanya hannu kan kwangilar shekaru uku tare da Minnesota Wild a ranar 1 ga Yuli, 2016. A cikin 2020, an canza shi zuwa Buffalo Sabres. A cikin 2021, an yi musayar shi zuwa Montreal Canadiens.