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Marc Staal
Canadian ice hockey player (born 1987)
Ice hockey player
Marc Staal (born January 13, 1987) is a Canadian professional ice hockey coach and former defenceman who is a player development assistant for the New York Rangers of the National Hockey League (NHL).
Staal played 17 seasons in the NHL for the New York Rangers, Detroit Red Wings, Florida Panthers, and Philadelphia Flyers, amassing over 1,100 games played.
Staal brothers biography of william
He is the second oldest of the four Staal brothers to play in the NHL, and the third to reach 1,000 games played, making them the first trio of brothers to each reach the mark. Of the brothers, Marc is the only defenceman and only one who never played for the Carolina Hurricanes.
Playing career
Junior
Staal grew up playing minor hockey in his hometown of Thunder Bay, Ontario, and was a minor hockey teammate of future NHLers Tom Pyatt, Ryan Parent and Taylor Chorney with the Thunder Bay Kings AAA program.
Staal was selected second overall in the 200