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Eric Staal

1984 - Today

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Eric Craig Staal (born October 29, 1984) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey centre who played eighteen seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Carolina Hurricanes, New York Rangers, Minnesota Wild, Buffalo Sabres, Montreal Canadiens, and Florida Panthers. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Eric Staal has received more than 1,651,218 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Eric Staal is the 335th most popular hockey player (down from 186th in 2019), the 1,211th most popular biography from Canada (down from 912th in 2019) and the 64th most popular Canadian Hockey Player.

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  • 39.13

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  • 23

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  • 2.24

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.58

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among HOCKEY PLAYERS

Among hockey players, Eric Staal ranks 335 out of 676Before him are Jarkko Immonen, Neal Broten, Phil Housley, Jeremy Roenick, Dennis Seidenberg, and Tim Thomas. After him are Tuukka Rask, Anton Belov, Carey Price, Ivan Baranka, Petri Kontiola, and Corey Perry.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1984, Eric Staal ranks 874Before him are Siboniso Gaxa, Carlos Condit, Vincent Laban, Dizzee Rascal, Alexandru Gațcan, and Chigozie Agbim. After him are Matthew Moy, Hussein Yasser, Annekatrin Thiele, Mike Day, Luka Žorić, and Renato Cajá.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Eric Staal ranks 1,211 out of 1,622Before him are Sarah Burke (1982), John Kucera (1984), Noah Mills (1983), Laura Mennell (1980), Emily St. John Mandel (1979), and Kevin McKenna (1980). After him are Eric Radford (1985), Brett Dier (1990), Anne Ottenbrite (1966), Carey Price (1987), Lynn Williams (null), and Meaghan Rath (1986).

Among HOCKEY PLAYERS In Canada

Among hockey players born in Canada, Eric Staal ranks 64Before him are Joe Nieuwendyk (1966), Rod Brind'Amour (1970), Mike Comrie (1980), Chris Pronger (1974), Patrice Bergeron (1985), and Ryan O'Reilly (1991). After him are Carey Price (1987), Corey Perry (1985), Rick Nash (1984), Sean Burke (1967), Trevor Linden (1970), and John Tavares (1990).