Zach Parise
Zach Parise
Zachary Justin Pariséis an American professional ice hockey left winger of French-Canadian heritage, an alternate captain for the Minnesota Wild in the National Hockey League. He has also played for the New Jersey Devils, where he served as team captain and led the team to the 2012 Stanley Cup Final. Parise's father, J. P. Parisé, was a professional ice hockey player who played for Team Canada at the 1972 Summit Series, and his brother Jordan Parise is a retired professional...
ProfessionHockey Player
Date of Birth28 July 1984
CityMinneapolis, MN
It's fun. I'm enjoying every minute of playing with them. I know I have to be at the top of my game every night - I don't want to be the weak link.
That just shows how far along we've come and our ability, the way that we can play. We're a completely different team than from the beginning of the year.
It's so much fun in the locker room. Guys enjoy coming to the rink and we're showing it on the ice. Everything is coming together for us.
They tried to rim the puck out of the zone and Sergei made a good play. He found me streaking to the backside. I just tried to lift it over his pad.
The way we've been playing, we've been playing well against quality teams. From here on out, we've got to do that every night.
You've got to win. Especially a game against Philadelphia. You're looking at the standings and you want to climb. That's our main concern right now is winning our own games.
It was more of a blur than anything, ... I just had a couple whacks at it and when it went in it was just excitement. It was an unbelievable feeling.
You want to get the first one out of the way, ... It's awesome. It was kind of a blur, but it's also a weight off your shoulders.
You don't want to look too far ahead or get too excited about anything, so I just want to keep doing what I've been doing.
I love playing three, four times a week. That's what I've always wanted to do. In college we played Friday, Saturday, then had the whole week to think about it.
I don't score highlight reel goals. They come from work, from getting into the corners, getting a little dirty.?
If it happens that I score 50 goals, it'll be awesome. Any player in the league would like 50. But I don't keep thinking every day that I have to score in order to reach 50 goals .
Every year, I just want to do better than I did the year before.