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 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.
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.
Regardless of what the players think about it, it's the way it's going to be, so you might as well enjoy it.
I wasn't trying to go make a point at all, ... I was trying to do what I can do. He played well. He played really well. I'm not trying to draw any comparisons.
I still get nervous, I still get nervous playing. But it's good to be a little excited, a little anxious for everything. We're going to be switching groups up a little bit so we get to get on the ice with a lot of those NHL guys.
We kind of saw some video before the game. (We saw) some things we can take advantage of.
We can't seem to buy one right now.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
It is an important win for us, especially coming from behind like that. These two points are just as important at the end of the season. This is a big win for us.
I think everyone's out here trying to prove something. I'm not necessarily saying 'I belong here,' but I just want to put my best foot forward and play to my strengths and do what I do well out there and see how things unfold.