RALEIGH, N.C. — “Boys, supper!”
It became the nightly routine in the Staal household.
The sun would set into a cold, dark Thunder Bay, Ontario, evening, and Linda Staal would call for her four boys — Eric, Marc, Jordan and Jared — to quit playing hockey on the outdoor rink husband Henry built and come inside their warm, toasty house.
“Every night,” Linda Staal said.
The Staal Bros. would always disregard Mom’s repeated calls for grub, so she’d ultimately turn out the exterior lights.
“We’d eventually come in when she’d call for us … but never the first time,” Wild veteran Eric Staal said, smiling at the distant memory.