Tuhia he korero mo tenei waahanga - I whanau mai ia i Thunder Bay, Ontario, i tipu ake a Staal ki te takaro i te hockey hukapapa me ona tuakana tokotoru i runga i te papa hukapapa i hangaia e to ratau papa a Henry. Kua tākaro katoa ngā tuakana o Staal i te NHL. Ko nga tuakana ko Eric, i tohua e nga Hurricanes 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 2008
e te Phoenix Coyotes, kua takaro 2 NHL kēmu, me te mea i teie nei 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.