The New York Rangers and defenseman Marc Staal have agreed to a six-year deal, and that couldn’t be a better move by the Blueshirts. Locking up one of their best defenseman signals good things ...

Eric, with 1,365 career games played, along with his younger brothers Jordan (1,253 GP) and Marc ... Staal was selected in the first round, 13th overall, by the Peterborough Petes in the 2000 OHL ...

has come a long way from his days in the OHL. He played 18 ... period and also assisted on Marc Savard’s game-winning goal with 21 seconds left in the game. Staal had three points in the game ...

In 2003, the Carolina Hurricanes had the second-overall pick in the NHL draft, and with it, they selected Eric Staal from the OHL’s Peterborough Petes. Staal, a native of Thunder Bay ...