Eric and Jordan Staal arrested after noisy bachelor party

Carolina Hurricanes star Eric Staal and his younger brother Jordan, of the Pittsburgh Penguins, were arrested for misdemeanor disorderly conduct and obstructing the legal process at Eric Staal's bachelor party at a Minnesota resort.

The Cook County Sheriff's Office said the brothers were among 14 arrested last weekend after authorities received several complaints about "screaming, yelling and playing loud music" at the resort in Northeastern Minnesota, about 2 hours from the Staals' hometown of Thunder Bay, Ontario.

The sheriff said the group was warned multiple times before finally being ordered to leave the Lutsen Resort and Sea Villas in Lutsen, at which point the men gathered on a nearby highway and "began harassing motorists." That was when authorities arrested the group, around 4 a.m. Saturday.

"I didn't expect it would be any more serious than it is - they're noise violations," said Rick Curran, the agent for both players.

Eric Staal, 22, entering his fourth season with the Hurricanes, is the highest-paid player on the team, making $4.5 million per season, and led the NHL in postseason scoring with 28 points during Carolina's run to the Stanley Cup championship in 2006. He had 30 goals and 40 assists last season.

Jordan Staal, 18, was also charged with underage drinking. He had 29 goals and 42 points and led the league with seven short-handed goals to make the All-Rookie team last season.

Curran said the brothers were among several partygoers who went to bed when authorities first gave the group a warning, and when authorities returned to kick the entire party out of the resort, they first had to wake up the Staals.

"What is unfortunate is at the end, the entire group was asked to leave the hotel, including Eric and Jordan and some of the others that had gone to bed when the first warnings came in," Curran said. "They were asked to go to bed, and they did. A couple of the kids kept going. That's what caused the continued disturbance."

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