Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I whānau mai a Staal ki Thunder Bay, Ontario, i tipu ake ia e tākaro ana i te hākinakina hukapapa me ona tuakana tokotoru i runga i te papa hukapapa i hangaia e to raua papa a Henry. Kua tākaro katoa ngā tuakana o Staal i te NHL. Ko nga tuakana o Eric, i tohua e nga Hurricane o Carolina i te 2003, me Marc, i tohua e nga Rangers o New York i te 2005, e takaro ana raua i a Jordan i te NHL, i te wa i tohua te teina o Jared i te tau 2003
2008 e te Phoenix Coyotes, kua takaro 2 NHL kēmu, me te inaianei he kaiāwhina kaiako ki te OHA Edmonton o te Canadian Sport School Hockey League. Ko tana whanaunga a Jeff Heerema i tohua e nga Hurricanes i te rauna tuatahi o te NHL Entry Draft 1998.