Zach Parise
| Zach Parise | |||
|---|---|---|---|
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| Born |
July 28, 1984 Minneapolis, MN, U.S. | ||
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (180 cm) | ||
| Weight | 190 lb (86 kg; 13 st 8 lb) | ||
| Position | Center | ||
| Shoots | Left | ||
| NHL team | New Jersey Devils | ||
| NHL draft |
17th overall, 2003 New Jersey Devils | ||
| Playing career | 2005–present | ||
Zachary Justin Parise (born July 28, 1984 in Minneapolis, Minnesota) is a professional ice hockey player.
Playing career
Zach was drafted 17th overall (1st round) in the 2003 NHL draft by the New Jersey Devils. His father Jean-Paul Parise is a retired ice hockey player and his brother Jordan Parise is curently a goaltender on the American Hockey League's Lowell Devils. He is a natural center but currently plays left wing for the New Jersey Devils on the first line with teammates Patrik Elias and Jamie Langenbrunner. He spent last season playing left wing on the second line, with rookie Travis Zajac and Jamie Langenbrunner, which is commonly referred as the PLZ line, or ZZ Pop (ZZ for Zach and Zajac, Pop for Langenbrunner, the vet on the line) by Devils fans.
On November 30, 2007, in a game against the Montreal Canadiens, Parise got his first National Hockey League natural hat trick. He also holds the Devils franchise record for the fastest goal in a season-opening game, which he did just 26 seconds into the 2006-07 NHL season opener. The only other Devils player to score in the first minute of the season was Stephane Richer who scored a goal 49 seconds after the start of the game in the 1991-92 NHL season[1] Parise is also sponsored by Easton and uses all easton equipment.
On April 28, 2008, it was announced that Parise has been named an alternate captain of the 2008 U.S. Men's National Team in the 72nd annual International Ice Hockey Federation World Championship.[2]
Career statistics
| Regular Season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
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| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 2002-03 | University of North Dakota | NCAA | 39 | 26 | 35 | 61 | 34 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 2003-04 | University of North Dakota | NCAA | 37 | 23 | 32 | 55 | 24 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 2004-05 | Albany River Rats | AHL | 73 | 18 | 40 | 58 | 56 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 2005-06 | New Jersey Devils | NHL | 81 | 14 | 18 | 32 | 28 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | ||
| 2006-07 | New Jersey Devils | NHL | 82 | 31 | 31 | 62 | 30 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 8 | ||
| 2007-08 | New Jersey Devils | NHL | 78 | 32 | 33 | 65 | 25 | |||||||
| NHL Totals | 240 | 77 | 82 | 154 | 83 | 20 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 10 | ||||
International play
Played for the United States in:
International statistics
| Year | Event | GP
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G
1 |
A | Pts
1 |
PIM | |
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| 2008 | WC | ||||||
| Senior Int'l Totals | |||||||
External links
References
- ^ "Elias Says ..." ESPN. Retrieved 2007-12-12.
- ^ "Parise named alternate captain of Team USA". New Jersey Devils. Retrieved 2008-05-03.