TEAM GUIDE

№11
ZACH
PARISE
(pah-REE-see)
LEFT WING
Shoots: Left • Ht: 5-11 • Wt: 196
Born: 7/28/84
Minneapolis, MN, USA
2015-16 HIGHLIGHTS
• Missed final game of regular season and Stanley Cup Playoffs due to an upper body injury.
• Led team in shots, goals and GWG (T-11th in NHL), second in scoring and PPG and fourth in
assists.
• Led NHL with three hat tricks (vs. CGY 3/24; at CBJ 1/5; at COL 10/8).
• Named NHL First Star of Week (3/28) after leading NHL with five goals and ranking T-1st with
seven points in three games.
• Tallied three goals in 11:12 span of first period vs. CGY (3/24) to become first player in franchise
history to tally three goals in a period and set a franchise record for fastest three goals. He also
tied his career high with four points (3-1=4) and recorded season-best four hits in contest.
• Named to Team USA for World Cup of Hockey (3/2).
• Tallied 600th career NHL point with two assists at CGY (2/17).
• Tied career high with plus-4 rating at CBJ (1/5).
• Notched season-best, seven-game point streak (4-6=10, 12/5-12/19).
• Recorded three points (1-2=3) including 300th NHL assist vs. VAN (12/15).
CAREER
• Since entering the NHL in 2005-06, ranks eighth in shots, T-8th in GWG, 12th in goals and 17th
in PPG amongst active players.
• Franchise’s all-time leader in Stanley Cup Playoff scoring and assists, third in goals and shots.
• Ranks T-3rd in NHL with 40 shootout goals.
• Led team in scoring and assists, T-1st in goals and fourth in hits during 2015 playoffs.
• Led team in goals (T-10th in NHL), PPG (T-11th), scoring and shots (15th), T-1st in plus/minus
rating (T-2nd in franchise history), second in takeaways and fourth in hits in 2014-15.
• Set franchise record for plus/minus rating by a forward and goal total ranked fourth all-time
in 2014-15.
• Reached 30-goal plateau for sixth time in his career in 2014-15. Fourth Wild player to score 30
goals in a season.
• Led team in assists and scoring and ranked T-1st in goals during 2014 playoffs.
• Notched a career-best, six-game point streak (3-7=10) in first six games of 2014 Western Conference
Quarterfinal against Colorado. Ten points established new career high in a playoff series.
Established career best four-game assist streak (0-5=5) in Games 1-4.
• Tallied franchise record and career-high four points (2-2=4) including GWG in Game 6 vs. COL
(4/28/14). Scored 49 seconds into contest to set franchise record for fastest goal to start playoff
game.
• Ranked fourth in the NHL in PPG in 2013-14.
• Recorded 500th career point with first of two assists vs. PIT (4/5/14) joining his dad J.P. (594)
to become third father-son duo to each tally at least 500 points in NHL history (Gordie and Mark
Howe, Bobby and Brett Hull).
• Led Minnesota in goals, points, PPG, GWG, shots and ranked second in multi-point games (seven)
in 2012-13. Ranked third in the NHL in shots and 14th in TOI/game amongst forwards.
• Scored 200th career NHL goal at ARI (2/4/13), becoming the 36th American-born and eighth
Minnesota-born player to reach milestone. Joined his dad, J.P., (238) to become the second
father-son duo to each score at least 200 NHL goals - Bobby (610) and Brett (741) Hull.
• Captained New Jersey to 2012 Stanley Cup Final and ranked T-1st in the NHL in goals and T-6th
in playoff scoring.
• Missed majority of the 2010-11 season due to a knee injury suffered at LA (10/30/10).
• Named to the 2009 NHL Second All-Star Team, a finalist for the Lady Byng Trophy and fifth in
balloting for the Hart Trophy as league MVP after setting career highs in goals, assists, points,
plus/minus rating, PPG, power-play points (30) and shots in 2008-09.
• Recorded his first career NHL hat trick (3-1=4) vs. MTL (11/30/07, Price). Notched second career
hat trick at WSH (3/2/12, Neuvirth).
• Named MVP of the 2007 NHL YoungStars Game.
• Scored the GWG added an assist and skated 15:48 in NHL debut vs. PHI (10/5/05, Thibault).
• Has played in nine international tournaments for the United States including 2016 World Cup
of Hockey.
• Tallied goal and averaged 18:29 in TOI/game as Team USA captain at 2014 Olympics.
• Named to the 2010 Olympic All-Star Team and ranked T-3rd in tournament scoring with eight
points (4-4=8) in six games after helping Team USA claim a silver medal as an alternate captain,
scoring the game-tying goal with 24.4 seconds remaining to send the gold-medal game
vs. Canada into overtime.
• Played for Team USA at the 2008, 2007 and 2005 World Championships, serving as an alternate
captain in 2008.
• Led the tournament in scoring and served as an alternate captain as Team USA claimed its first-ever World Junior Championship
gold medal in 2004. Led team in scoring at 2003 World Junior Championship. Won a gold medal at the 2002 World Under-18
Championship.
• Totaled 116 points (49-67=116) in 76 games during two seasons (2002-04) at the University of North Dakota. Named to the
2003 WCHA All-Rookie Team, 2004 WCHA First All-Star Team, 2004 NCAA West First All-American Team and a finalist for the
2004 Hobey Baker Award.
• Tallied 340 points (146-194=340) in 125 games during two seasons (2000-02) at Shattuck-St. Mary’s.
CAREER TRANSACTIONS
• Signed by Minnesota as a free agent, July 4, 2012; Selected by New Jersey in the first round (17th overall) of the 2003 NHL Entry
Draft.
• Signed through 2024-25. Becomes an unrestricted free agent 2025-26.
PERSONAL
• Charitable interests include United Heroes League and Children’s Hospital, where he is a title sponsor of a private patient room.
• Wife, Alisha, and twins: son Jaxson and daughter Emelia.
• Watches tennis, a sport he has played since his youth.
• The Wild’s inaugural season (2000-01) was 16 years ago: He first drove his dad’s Jeep before owning a Chevy Blazer at age 17.
Goals, Game: 3 – five times
Assists, Game: 4 – two times
Points, Game: 4 – nine times
PIM, Game: 15 – at ANA, 10/17/14
PARISE VS. NHL
TEAM GP G A PTS +/- PIM TEAM GP G A PTS +/- PIM TEAM GP G A PTS +/- PIM
ANA 18 7 6 13 2 25
ARI 15 9 6 15 6 4
BOS 30 8 11 19 -3 20
BUF 30 9 10 19 4 12
CAR 29 16 9 25 0 10
CGY 17 13 8 21 -2 10
CHI 24 3 5 8 2 10
CBJ 14 9 4 13 5 6
COL 26 13 17 30 16 12
DAL 22 11 15 26 8 4
PARISE'S CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
+/-, Game: 4 – two times
Shots, Game: 10 – two times
TOI, Game: 27:30 – at WSH, 11/12/11
Goal Streak: 6g – 11/7-11/19/09
DET 14 9 7 16 5 2
EDM 17 5 6 11 2 10
FLA 30 10 11 21 1 12
LA 19 4 9 13 3 2
MIN 5 1 3 4 -2 0
MTL 31 14 11 25 13 12
NJ 5 1 4 5 2 2
NSH 20 11 6 17 0 8
NYI 47 18 24 42 12 14
NYR 49 15 21 36 7 20
Assist Streak: 6g – 11/26-12/8/11
Point Streak: 10g – 11/7-11/28/09
Career Hat Tricks: 5
Career Shootout: 40-95
OTT 28 8 17 25 1 2
PHI 44 19 19 38 9 14
PIT 48 15 22 37 -2 26
SJ 17 6 7 13 -2 2
STL 20 10 4 14 -7 16
TB 29 12 13 25 0 15
TOR 30 11 8 19 -2 2
VAN 17 8 5 13 -4 6
WAS 29 8 16 24 -1 10
WPG 37 16 16 32 14 12
PARISE’S PROFESSIONAL CAREER
SEASON TEAM LEAGUE GP G A PTS +/- PIM PP SH GW S S% BS H TOI FO%
2004-05 Albany AHL 73 18 40 58 – 56 – – – – – – – – –
2005-06 NEW JERSEY NHL 81 14 18 32 -1 28 2 0 5 133 10.5 22 11 13:08 42.6
2006-07 NEW JERSEY NHL 82 31 31 62 -3 30 9 0 7 247 12.6 36 37 17:32 44.2
2007-08 NEW JERSEY NHL 81 32 33 65 13 25 10 1 8 266 12.0 30 76 18:04 48.1
2008-09 NEW JERSEY NHL 82 45 49 94 30 24 14 0 8 364 12.4 17 65 18:45 44.6
2009-10 NEW JERSEY NHL 81 38 44 82 24 32 9 1 5 347 11.0 34 108 19:46 37.5
2010-11 NEW JERSEY NHL 13 3 3 6 -1 6 0 0 1 49 6.1 6 13 19:51 36.4
2011-12 NEW JERSEY NHL 82 31 38 69 -5 32 7 3 3 293 10.6 39 65 21:29 47.6
2012-13 MINNESOTA NHL 48 18 20 38 2 16 7 0 4 182 9.9 41 58 20:40 33.3
2013-14 MINNESOTA NHL 67 29 27 56 10 30 14 1 5 245 11.8 45 70 20:26 41.7
2014-15 MINNESOTA NHL 74 33 29 62 21 41 11 0 3 259 12.7 56 86 19:11 16.7
2015-16 MINNESOTA NHL 70 25 28 53 -3 36 7 0 7 234 10.7 42 71 19:18 0.0
WILD TOTALS 259 105 104 209 30 123 39 1 19 920 11.4 184 286 19:49 30.6
NHL TOTALS 761 299 320 619 87 300 90 6 56 2,619 11.4 368 661 18:44 43.1
PARISE’S PROFESSIONAL PLAYOFF CAREER
YEAR TEAM LEAGUE GP G A PTS +/- PIM PP SH GW S S% BS H TOI FO%
2005-06 NEW JERSEY NHL 9 1 2 3 0 2 0 0 0 21 4.8 2 6 15:03 –
2006-07 NEW JERSEY NHL 11 7 3 10 4 8 2 0 1 45 15.6 4 18 19:08 27.3
2007-08 NEW JERSEY NHL 5 1 4 5 -5 2 1 0 0 20 5.0 1 11 18:29 –
2008-09 NEW JERSEY NHL 7 3 3 6 2 2 1 0 1 29 10.3 2 17 19:02 40.0
2009-10 NEW JERSEY NHL 5 1 3 4 0 0 0 1 0 20 5.0 3 4 20:44 25.0
2011-12 NEW JERSEY NHL 24 8 7 15 -8 4 3 0 1 87 9.2 15 56 20:53 0.0
2012-13 MINNESOTA NHL 5 1 0 1 -7 2 0 0 0 17 5.9 3 12 21:24 0.0
2013-14 MINNESOTA NHL 13 4 10 14 -3 6 2 0 1 49 8.2 7 20 20:29 33.3
2014-15 MINNESOTA NHL 10 4 6 10 0 4 1 1 0 20 20.0 9 22 18:53 0.0
2015-16 MINNESOTA NHL DID NOT PLAY - INJURED
WILD TOTALS 28 9 16 25 -10 12 3 1 1 86 10.5 19 54 20:04 33.3
NHL TOTALS 89 30 38 68 -17 30 10 2 4 308 9.7 46 166 19:32 26.9
ZACH PARISE
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