One of the few positive results of these losing years was the team's drafting of future star Eric Staal in 2003.

Just 48 seconds later, Chad LaRose sprang Eric Staal for a solo down-ice rush to give the Canes 4-3 game and series wins ; Staal's goal was the latest regulation Game 7 winning goal in playoff history.

Ede Staal ( Warffum ) ( 1941 – 1986 ), was a Dutch singer-songwriter from the Northern province of Groningen who sang mainly in the Groninger dialect of Dutch.

Eric Staal was named the MVP.

The All-Star Game skills competition was won by the opponent team Eric Staal in Raleigh, North Carolina.

Marguerite Jeanne Cordier de Launay, baronne de Staal ( 30 August 1684 – 15 June 1750 ) was a French author.

On January 20, 2010, Brind ' Amour was replaced as Hurricanes captain by Eric Staal, previously an alternate captain.

Jared Staal warming up during the 2010-11 ECHL season | 2010-2011 seasonThe team was founded in 1998, when current GM Craig Brush was inspired to bring a minor-league hockey team to Southwest Florida while reading a free copy of a National Geographic magazine that featured articles on the Florida Everglades.

The famous Dutch singer-songwriter Ede Staal was born in Warffum.

Eric Staal was second, picked by the Carolina Hurricanes, and Nathan Horton was selected third by the Florida Panthers.

After that season, Staal was selected in the 1st round ( 13th overall ) in the 2000 OHL Priority Selection by the Peterborough Petes.

Staal was selected second overall in the 2003 NHL Entry Draft by the Carolina Hurricanes, behind number 1 pick Marc-André Fleury.

Staal was fourth in voting for the Hart Trophy, which is the award for the NHL's most valuable player.

Staal was slated to become a restricted free agent on July 1, 2009, but signed despite having one year at $ 5 million remaining on his former contract.

On January 20, 2010, Staal was named team captain, replacing Rod Brind ' Amour who was named an alternate captain.

On January 18, 2011, Staal was named the captain of the 2011 NHL All-Star Game in Raleigh, North Carolina.

His son, Parker Lucas Staal, was born September 22, 2009.

Their second son, Levi John Staal, was born December 11, 2011 in Raleigh, North Carolina.

Johan Frederik ( Frits ) Staal ( November 3, 1930 – February 19, 2012 ) was Emeritus Professor of Philosophy and South & Southeast Asian Studies at the University of California, Berkeley.

Staal was born in Amsterdam, the son of the architect Jan Frederik Staal, and studied mathematics, physics and philosophy at the University of Amsterdam.

When Luke Rattigan asks how they can tell each other apart in " The Sontaran Stratagem ", General Staal remarks that they say the same of humans.

General Staal comments that " words are the weapons of womenfolk " and that the clone of Martha Jones performed well " for a female " as opinions on the sexuality inequalities in other species.

It would not be until The Sontaran Stratagem that General Staal would show that the baton can fire an orange beam that could stun the target.

The Sontarans make their return in the revived series in the episodes " The Sontaran Strategem " and " The Poison Sky ", with Christopher Ryan playing the Sontaran leader, General Staal of the Tenth Sontaran Battle Fleet and also being the story arc's primary antagonist.

In the same episode, General Staal enlists the help of Luke Rattigan and his students to lay the foundations of clone world on Earth.

These include General Staal, Commander Skorr and several Sontaran soldiers.

In 2008, he again guest starred in Doctor Who in the episodes " The Sontaran Stratagem " and " The Poison Sky ", as the Sontaran leader General Staal, and in the 2010 episode " The Pandorica Opens ", playing another Sontaran character, Commander Stark.

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Centrum Amsterdam Church, 1985 ) Staal Tape, 1985, Amsterdam )

* 1941 – Ede Staal, Dutch singer-songwriter ( d. 1986 )

* 2012 – Frits Staal, Dutch philosopher ( b. 1930 )

* 1987 – Marc Staal, Canadian ice hockey player

* 1930 – Frits Staal, Dutch philosopher and scholar ( d. 2012 )

* 1984 – Eric Staal, Canadian ice hockey player

* 1988 – Jordan Staal, Canadian ice hockey player

* October 29 – Eric Staal, Canadian hockey player

* August 2 – Ede Staal, Dutch singer-songwriter

* July 22 – Ede Staal, Dutch singer-songwriter ( b. 1941 )

* June 15 – Marguerite De Launay, Baronne Staal, French writer ( b. 1684 )

The following day, Daniel recorded one assist as Team Staal lost the game 11 – 10.

Playing on Team Lidstrom opposite Daniel and Ryan Kesler on Team Staal, Representing the Canucks alongside Daniel and Ryan Kesler, Henrik helped his squad to an 11 – 10 win, recording two assists.

* 1937 – Zu neuen Ufern, with Willy Birgel, Viktor Staal, Carola Höhn, Erich Ziegel, Hilde von Stolz

* 1942 – Die große Liebe, with Viktor Staal, Paul Hörbiger, Grethe Weiser, Wolfgang Preiss

Mike Richards and Jeff Carter ( Flyers ), Zach Parise ( Devils ), Ryan Getzlaf ( Ducks ), and Eric Staal ( Hurricanes ) all led their teams in scoring in the 2007 – 08 regular season.

On September 11, 2008, Staal signed a seven year, $ 57. 75 million deal with the Hurricanes beginning in the 2009 – 2010 NHL season.

* Staal, J. F. 1979b " Ritual syntax ", in Nagatomi et al., pp. 119 – 142.