No excuses. No denials.

Penguins forward Jordan Staal offered only a mea culpa for his arrest over the summer during his brother Eric's rowdy bachelor party.

"I learned a big lesson," Staal said yesterday at the Longue Vue Golf Club before climbing into a cart to play in the team's annual "Summer Sticks" tournament.

"You've got to stay out of those situations and be smart -- smarter than I was. I'm definitely going to learn from it."

Jordan and Eric Staal, who plays for Carolina, were among 14 men arrested in Cook County, Minn., early July 21. All were charged with misdemeanor disorderly conduct and obstruction, and Jordan Staal was charged with underage drinking.

Paul Krepelka, Staal's agent, is hopeful the case will be resolved without a court appearance in the coming days.

Staal, who turned 19 Monday, declined to say how much alcohol he consumed. The legal drinking age in Minnesota is 21, and 19 in his home province of Ontario.

"We were having a good time and celebrating Eric's wedding," he said.

He was caught off-guard when the incident became widely publicized, including front-page play in a Toronto newspaper.

"I guess we found out we're bigger news than we think we are," Staal said.

Eric Staal's name is on the Stanley Cup from the Hurricanes' 2006 championship. Jordan Staal was a finalist for the Calder Trophy as the NHL's rookie of the year after a 29-goal season in 2006-07.

The partygoers had assembled at a resort about two hours from the Staals' hometown of Thunder Bay, Ontario, and spent the afternoon playing golf.

"We went back to our condo, and we were really loud," Jordan Staal said. "Security told us to quiet down. We quieted down for a bit. Then we started right back up again. We were pretty persistent [with the noise] the whole night. I think they just had enough."

According to a sheriff's report, the group was arrested after harassing motorists from the side of a highway. That was after men had been escorted off the resort property.

Jordan Staal was wide-eyed at the booking process, in which he ended up in prison orange.

"It was the whole nine yards," he said. "They were just doing their jobs."

He said since the arrest he has had to face family and friends in his hometown. Now he's having to have to face his teammates. Players report today for physicals and testing before the first on-ice training camp practice tomorrow.

"They're going to give it to me, I'm sure, all year," Jordan Staal said. "I'm just ready to put it behind me."

NOTE -- Winger Petr Sykora, who signed as a free agent in July, had a hole in one on the 155-yard No. 10.