Mark Parrish

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Position	Right Wing
Shoots	Left
Height Weight	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 182 lb (83 kg)
NHL Team F. Teams	Minnesota Wild Los Angeles Kings New York Islanders Florida Panthers
Nationality	Image:Flag of the United States.svg United States
Born	February 2, 1977, Bloomington, Minnesota
NHL Draft	79th overall, 1996 Colorado Avalanche
Pro Career	1997 – present

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

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

[edit] Playing career

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.

Before he had ever played an NHL game, the 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.

Mark was traded along with Brent Sopel to Los Angeles 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] Records

[edit] Career statistics

			Regular season					Playoffs
Season	Team	League	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
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	-	-	-	-	-
NHL totals			518	173	130	303	190	21	4	4	8	10