Kim Staal

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Kim Staal
Kim Staal 2011.jpg
Born (1978-03-10) March 10, 1978 (age 43)
Herlev, Denmark
Height 6 ft 0 in (183 cm)
Weight 192 lb (87 kg; 13 st 10 lb)
Position Right wing
Shot Right
Played for Malmö Redhawks
Modo Hockey
Milwaukee Admirals
Linköpings HC
HV71
Herning Blue Fox
Herlev Eagles
Starbulls Rosenheim
Tohoku Free Blades
National teamFlag of Denmark.svg  Denmark
NHL Draft 92nd overall, 1996
Montreal Canadiens
Playing career 1996–2019

Kim Staal (born March 10, 1978) [1] is a Danish former professional ice hockey forward, who last played with Herlev Eagles. [2]

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Despite his surname, he is not related to the Staal family of Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada, which consists of hockey playing brothers Eric, Marc, Jordan and Jared, who are Canadians of Dutch descent.

Playing career

Staal was drafted by the Montreal Canadiens as their fourth-round pick in the 1996 NHL Entry Draft. He spent his early professional career in the Swedish elite league, playing for Malmö IF and Modo Hockey. Staal has also played on the Denmark national ice hockey team and has participated in every Ice Hockey World Championships since 2003. In 2006, he signed with the Milwaukee Admirals of the AHL. He signed with Linköpings HC in July 2007 and with HV71 on June 19, for one season. [3] After an injury-prone season with HV71, he signed with Malmö Redhawks in HockeyAllsvenskan. [4]

Staal was often popular with fans and teammates due to his outgoing nature and sense of humour.[ citation needed ] In Sweden, his nickname is "Staalmannen", [5] which literally means "man of steel". Stålmannen is also the Swedish name for Superman.

Awards

Career statistics

   Regular season   Playoffs
Season TeamLeagueGP G A Pts PIM GPGAPtsPIM
1996–97 Malmö IF SEL 40112—————
1997–98Malmö IFSEL130112—————
1998–99Malmö IFSEL481561440000
1999–00Malmö IFSEL5014102424—————
2000–01Malmö IFSEL481615313294264
2001–02 Modo Hockey SEL49142337161237102
2002–03Modo HockeySEL14459461010
2003–04 MIF Redhawks SEL451582314—————
2004–05 Malmö Redhawks SEL3410112112—————
2006–07 Milwaukee Admirals AHL 641312253440112
2007–08 Linköpings HC SEL5112820301655104
2008–09 HV71 SEL815601824610
SEL totals36487921791506515183320
AHL totals641312253440112

International play

Staal has played for Denmark in the following competitions:

International statistics

YearTeamEvent GPGAPtsPIM
2003Denmark WC 52356
2004Denmark WC 63144
2005Denmark WC 10000
2006Denmark WC 65162
2007Denmark WC 52352
2008Denmark WC 64262
Senior int'l totals2916102616

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References

  1. ↑ "Kim Staal - player profile and career stats". European Hockey.Net. Retrieved 2008-06-19.
  2. ↑ "SHL-ikonen lägger av - Hockeysverige – Mer av sporten du älskar".
  3. ↑ Gustafsson, Daniel (2008-06-19). "Kim Staal fyller ena luckan" (in Swedish). HV71. Archived from the original on 2008-07-30. Retrieved 2008-06-19.
  4. ↑ "Kim Staal till Malmö" (in Swedish). Aftonbladet. 2009-04-16. Retrieved 2009-04-16.
  5. ↑ Hallgren, Rasmus (2008-03-30). "Staalmannen trivs i hjälterollen" (in Swedish). Linköpings HC. Archived from the original on 2011-06-15. Retrieved 2008-08-27.


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