Zach Parise

Infobox Ice Hockey Player


image_size = 180px
team= New Jersey Devils
league = NHL
position = Center
shoots = Left
height_ft = 5
height_in = 11
weight_lb = 190
nickname = Zach Attack
nationality = USA
birth_date = Birth date and age|1984|7|28|mf=y
birth_place = Minneapolis, MN, U.S.
draft = 17th overall
draft_year = 2003
draft_team = New Jersey Devils
career_start = 2005

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 J.P. Parise is a retired ice hockey player and his brother Jordan Parise is currently a goaltender on the American Hockey League's Lowell Devils. He is a natural center but currently plays centre 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 seasoncite web|url=http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/news/story?id=2616009|title=Elias Says ...|publisher=ESPN|accessdate=2007-12-12] 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.cite web|url=http://devils.nhl.com/team/app/?service=page&page=NewsPage&articleid=361919|title=Parise named alternate captain of Team USA |publisher=New Jersey Devils|accessdate=2008-05-03]

Career statistics

International play

Played for the United States in:

*2008 World Championships

International statistics

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