Mark Parrish

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Position	Right Wing
Shoots	Left
Nickname(s)	Grumpy[1]
Height Weight	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) 199 lb (90 kg/14 st 3 lb)
NHL Team F. teams	Minnesota Wild Los Angeles Kings New York Islanders Florida Panthers
Nationality	United States
Born	February 2, 1977 (1977-02-02) (age 31), Bloomington, Minnesota
NHL Draft	79th overall, 1996 Colorado Avalanche
Pro career	1997 – present

Mark Parrish (born 2 February 1977) is an American ice hockey right winger who currently plays for the Minnesota Wild of the NHL.

Contents 1 Playing career 2 Awards 3 Career statistics 4 International play 5 References 6 External links

[edit] Playing career

Parrish is a Bloomington-native that won two State Championships with the Bloomington Jefferson Jaguars in 1993 and 1994. Parrish was drafted in the third round (79th overall) by the Colorado Avalanche in the 1996 NHL Entry Draft. He has played in 539 career NHL games, scoring 177 goals and 134 assists for 311 points, as of July 5, 2006 (after the 2005–06 NHL season). His best season statistically was the 2001–02 season when he scored 30 goals and 30 assists for 60 points.

Despite his size, Parrish is often regarded as a power forward (ice hockey) as he spends much of his time deep in the offensive zone near the net in attempt to score goals from bad rebounds and deflect slapshots while playing a very physical game with the opposing teams' defensemen. This is unusual because this task is normally performed by large, bulky players such as Todd Bertuzzi and Shane Doan.

Before he had ever played an NHL game, the Colorado Avalanche traded Parrish to the Florida Panthers along with a 3rd round selection in the 1998 NHL Entry Draft in exchange for Tom Fitzgerald. Parrish was sent to the Islanders in 2001 with Oleg Kvasha in the deal that sent Roberto Luongo and Olli Jokinen to the Panthers.

Parrish signed a one year contract with the New York Islanders worth $1.9 million USD in September of 2005.

Along with New York Islanders teammates Rick DiPietro and Jason Blake, Parrish played for Team USA at the Winter Olympics held in Turin, Italy, in February of 2006. The team was led by Peter Laviolette, Parrish's former coach with the Islanders. Team USA finished a disappointing 1–4–1, gaining its only win over Kazakhstan and eventually losing to Finland in the quarterfinals.

He was traded along with Brent Sopel to the Los Angeles Kings on March 8, 2006, for Jeff Tambellini and Denis Grebeshkov.

On July 1, 2006, Parrish signed a 5 year contract with the Minnesota Wild worth $2.65 million per year.

[edit] Awards

• 1997–98: West First All-Star Team (WHL)
• 2001–02: Played in All-Star Game (NHL)

[edit] Career statistics

				Regular season						Playoffs
Season	Team	League		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1994–95	Bloomington Jefferson Jaguars	MSHSL		27	40	20	60	42		-	-	-	-	-
1995–96	St. Cloud State Huskies	WCHA		39	15	15	30	30		-	-	-	-	-
1996–97	St. Cloud State Huskies	WCHA		35	27	15	42	60		-	-	-	-	-
1997–98	Seattle Thunderbirds	WHL		54	54	38	92	29		5	2	3	5	2
1997–98	Beast of New Haven	AHL		1	1	0	1	2		-	-	-	-	-
1998–99	Florida Panthers	NHL		73	24	13	37	25		-	-	-	-	-
1998–99	Beast of New Haven	AHL		2	1	0	1	0		-	-	-	-	-
1999–00	Florida Panthers	NHL		81	26	18	44	39		4	0	1	1	0
2000–01	New York Islanders	NHL		70	17	13	30	28		-	-	-	-	-
2001–02	New York Islanders	NHL		78	30	30	60	32		7	2	1	3	6
2002–03	New York Islanders	NHL		81	23	25	48	28		5	1	0	1	4
2003–04	New York Islanders	NHL		59	24	11	35	18		5	1	2	3	0
2004–05	Did Not Play	-		-	-	-	-	-		-	-	-	-	-
2005–06	New York Islanders	NHL		57	24	17	41	16		-	-	-	-	-
2005–06	Los Angeles Kings	NHL		19	5	3	8	4		-	-	-	-	-
2006–07	Minnesota Wild	NHL		76	19	20	39	18		5	1	0	1	0
2007–08	Minnesota Wild	NHL		66	16	14	30	16		1	0	0	0	0
NHL totals				660	208	164	372	224		27	5	4	9	10

Stats as of May 1, 2008.

Preceded by Brian Rolston	Minnesota Wild captains Feb-Apr 2007	Succeeded by Pavol Demitra
Preceded by Brian Rolston	Minnesota Wild captains December 2007	Succeeded by Nick Schultz

[edit] International play

• 2006 - Played for the United States in the XX Olympic Winter Games

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Mark Parrish's career stats at The Internet Hockey Database
• Mark Parrish's U.S. Olympic Team bio