Hurricanes sign Petes alumnus Eric Staal to one-day contract, retire his #12
The Carolina Hurricanes today announced that the team has signed former Peterborough Petes forward Eric Staal to a one-day contract and that Staal will retire from the NHL as a member of the Hurricanes. Additionally, the team will retire Staal’s number 12 at a to-be-determined date during the 2024-25 NHL season.
The 39-year-old ranks first in team history (since relocation) in goals (322), assists (453), points (775), games played (909), power-play goals (105), power-play points (252) and hat tricks (13). He registered 1,063 points (455-608-1,063) in 1,365 career games over 18 NHL seasons with the Hurricanes, Rangers, Wild, Sabres, Canadiens and Panthers. Staal won the Stanley Cup with Carolina in 2006, leading the team in playoff scoring that year.
Selected second overall by the Hurricanes in the 2003 NHL Draft, Staal posted the only 100-point season in Hurricanes history in just his second NHL campaign in 2005-06. He also set team single-season records for goals, points and even-strength points and tied the records in assists and power-play goals. He was traded to the Rangers on Feb. 28, 2016, and left as the Hurricanes’ career leader in goals, assists, points, games played, penalty minutes (678), even-strength goals (201), even-strength points (502), shorthanded goals (16), shorthanded points (21), game-winning goals (47) and shots on goal (3,033).
Staal is the only player in franchise history to represent the Hurricanes/Whalers at four consecutive NHL All-Star Games (2007-09, 2011), earning All-Star MVP honors in 2008.
After 1,365 NHL games, Eric Staal has signed a one-day contract to retire as a member of the @Canes.
Additionally, the team announced his number 12 is headed to the rafters.
Congrats, Eric! pic.twitter.com/bG9o1JnTi7
— NHL (@NHL) July 30, 2024
The Thunder Bay, Ont., native represented Canada at numerous international tournaments, including the IIHF World Championships in 2007, 2008 and 2013, and the Olympic Games in 2010 and 2022. Staal is one of just 30 players in the Triple Gold Club, which includes players to win the Stanley Cup (2006), World Championship gold (2007) and Olympic gold (2010). Eric (1,365 GP) and his younger brothers Jordan (1,253 GP) and Marc (1,136 GP) are the only trio of brothers in NHL history to each play at least 1,000 career games.
Selected in the first round, 13th overall by the Peterborough Petes in the 2000 OHL Priority Selection from the Thunder Bay Kings AAA program, Staal registered 81 goals, 128 assists and 209 points through 185 regular season games played over three seasons, adding an additional 30 points in 20 playoff contests with the Petes.
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