J. P. Parisé
Parisé with theNew York Islanders in 1976
Born	(1941-12-11)December 11, 1941 Smooth Rock Falls,Ontario, Canada
Died	January 7, 2015(2015-01-07) (aged 73) Prior Lake,Minnesota, U.S.
Height	5 ft 9 in (175 cm)
Weight	180 lb (82 kg; 12 st 12 lb)
Position	Left wing
Shot	Left
Played for	Boston Bruins Toronto Maple Leafs Minnesota North Stars New York Islanders Cleveland Barons
National team	Canada
Playing career	1963–1979

Jean-Paul Joseph-Louis Parisé (December 11, 1941 – January 7, 2015) was aCanadian professionalice hockey coach and player. Parisé played in theNational Hockey League (NHL), most notably for theMinnesota North Stars and theNew York Islanders.

Parisé was signed by theBoston Bruins at 21, after a scout saw Parisé score four goals and two assists in a playoff-clinching game,^[1] and was assigned in to the Bruins' junior league club, theNiagara Falls Flyers of theOntario Hockey Association. On the Flyers, he played for former NHL player and future Bruins general managerHap Emms. While he was not a promising scorer in juniors, he learned to play a diligent two-way game and became noted as a skilled penalty killer. He turned professional thefollowing season and, in the days of theOriginal Six when big league jobs were few, spent most of the next five seasons in the Bruins' farm system. He started to find his scoring touch in 1964 with theMinneapolis Bruins of theCentral Professional Hockey League, scoring 63 points in 72 games, and was named a Second Team league All-Star with the Bruins'Oklahoma City Blazers affiliate in1966.

He made his NHL debut thesame season with theBoston Bruins, playing limited action in three games, followed by eighteen games the next season.

The following season sawexpansion, and Parisé was drafted by theCalifornia Seals on June 6, 1967. On October 12, he was traded to theToronto Maple Leafs forBryan Hextall Jr. andGerry Ehman and assigned to theRochester Americans of theAmerican Hockey League. He played 30 games for the Americans (and one for the Leafs), before being dealt again on December 23, this time to theMinnesota North Stars^[1] along withMilan Marcetta forMurray Hall,Ted Taylor,Len Lunde,Don Johns,Duke Harris, and the loan ofCarl Wetzel.

Playing on a line with centerJude Drouin and high scoring right wingerBill Goldsworthy, Parisé finally became a star, playing six seasons and parts of two others in Minnesota. He was named twice to play in theNHL All-Star Game, and had his best professional season in1972–73, when he scored 27 goals and 75 points.

The degree to which Parisé was held in respect in the hockey world resulted in being named to play for Team Canada in theSummit Series in1972.^[1] He was a surprise pick to the team and didn't expect to see much ice time, but ended up playing in six of the eight games.^[2] He played on a line with superstarPhil Esposito and had two goals and two assists.

Parisé was best known in the series for nearly attacking West German refereeJosef Kompalla with his stick in the eighth game after Kompalla had handed out a series of questionable penalties against the Canadians. Parisé held back at the last minute from striking Kompalla and was ejected from the game in consequence. As a silver lining, the officiating of the game improved considerably after Parisé's threat which allowed his teammates a chance to get back in the game.^[3]

At age 34, the North Stars felt that Parisé was aging, and dealt him to theNew York Islanders midway through the1975 season forDoug Rombough andErnie Hicke. He then went on to be one of the key players to not only lead the Islanders to their first playoff berth that season but all the way to theStanley Cup semifinals, where the Islanders lost in a hard-fought seven game series to the eventual Cup championPhiladelphia Flyers. Parisé had 16 points in 17 playoff games that year, second to former North Stars teammate Drouin, who had been acquired in a separate deal with Minnesota that season. Parisé played two and a half more seasons on Long Island, adding over 20 goals each of his full seasons and providing excellent defensive play.

Halfway through the1978 season, Parisé was traded to theCleveland Barons along withJean Potvin forWayne Merrick,Darcy Regier, and Cleveland's fourth-round choice in the upcoming 1978 draft. After the demise of the Barons and their June 5 merger draft with the Minnesota franchise, Parisé became a North Star again and he would serve as the team's captain while playing his final season before retirement.

In total, Parisé played 890 games in the NHL (leading the league in games played in three seasons), scoring 238 goals and 356 assists for 594 points, adding 706 penalty minutes. He also had 27 goals and 31 assists in 86 playoff games.^[4]

After his retirement, he served as a coach in the North Stars' organization, as assistant coach between1980 and1988, except for the 1984 season, when he was the head coach for Minnesota's minor league affiliate, theSalt Lake Golden Eagles of theCentral Hockey League; he recorded a 35–35–2 mark as coach. Thereafter Parisé retired to Minnesota where he coached and was hockey director atShattuck-Saint Mary's, where his sonZach Parise and many other players such asSidney Crosby,Jack Johnson andJonathan Toews played.

On April 23, 2008, Parisé was named the head coach and general manager of theDes Moines Buccaneers of theUnited States Hockey League. He served one season as the team's coach.

Parise's sons, Jordan (left, withHC Valpellice) andZach (right, with theNew Jersey Devils)

His youngest sonZach, played in the NHL as a forward for 19 years, finishing his career with theColorado Avalanche.^[5]His eldest son, Jordan, was a goaltender who played in theUnited States Hockey League with theChicago Steel andWaterloo Blackhawks, then played three seasons with theNorth Dakota Fighting Sioux hockey, leaving as the school's all-time leader ingoals against average (2.14). Jordan signed a contract by theNew Jersey Devils on July 14, 2006, and played with theLowell Devils for two seasons. Jordan later played in Europe withEC Red Bull Salzburg,Klagenfurt AC, andHC Valpellice.^[6][7]

In addition to Zach and Jordan, Parisé had two children from his first marriage, Colette and Marc.

It was reported in November 2014 that Parisé was in the advanced stages oflung cancer.^[8] Parisé died on January 7, 2015, of lung cancer, aged 73. In addition to son Zach, J.P. Parisé was survived by his wife of 42 years, Donna, two other sons, one daughter, and six grandchildren.^[9][10]

• Named to play in theNHL All-Star Game in1970 and1973.
• On April 11, 1975, Parisé scored a goal 11 seconds into overtime to give theIslanders a 4–3 win over theNew York Rangers, clinching the best-of-3 playoff series for the islanders. It was the fastest overtime goal in NHL history up to that time.
• At the time of his retirement, Parisé was the North Stars' all-time leader in assists, second in points, third in goals and fifth in games played.

• Biographical information and career statistics fromNHL.com, or Eliteprospects.com, or Hockey-Reference.com, or The Internet Hockey Database

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• Ice hockey people from Ontario
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• Niagara Falls Flyers players
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