Jean-Paul Parisé

Jean-Paul Parisé
Date of birth	December 11, 1941
place of birth	Smooth Rock Falls , Ontario , Canada
date of death	January 7, 2015
Place of death	Prior Lake , Minnesota , USA
size	175 cm
Weight	82 kg
position	Left wing
Shot hand	Left
Career stations
1961–1962	Niagara Falls Flyers
1962-1963	Kingston Frontenacs
1963-1965	Minneapolis Bruins
1965-1967	Oklahoma City Blazers
1967	Rochester Americans
1967-1975	Minnesota North Stars
1975-1988	New York Islanders
1978	Cleveland Barons
1978-1979	Minnesota North Stars

Jean-Paul Joseph-Louis "JP" Parisé (born December 11, 1941 in Smooth Rock Falls , Ontario ; † January 7, 2015 in Prior Lake , Minnesota ) was a Canadian ice hockey player (left winger) and coach who worked from 1965 to 1979 played for the Boston Bruins , Toronto Maple Leafs , Minnesota North Stars , New York Islanders and Cleveland Barons in the National Hockey League .

His two sons Jordan and Zach are also professional ice hockey players.

Career

Parisé played during his junior years with the Niagara Falls Flyers in the Ontario Hockey Association under the direction of coach Hap Emms .

In the so-called " Original Six " time of the National Hockey League, it was difficult for him with his combat-oriented style of play to assert himself in one of the NHL teams. He played for the Kingston Frontenacs in the Eastern Professional Hockey League and the Minneapolis Bruins and Oklahoma City Blazers in the Central Professional Hockey League . For 21 games he was allowed to play for the Boston Bruins in the NHL.

In the 1967 NHL Expansion Draft , the Oakland Seals selected him , but he was soon passed on to the Toronto Maple Leafs together with Bryan Hextall in exchange for Gerry Ehman . Mostly he played in the American Hockey League for the Rochester Americans . He only played one game for the Maple Leafs.

In December of the same year, the Minnesota North Stars brought him into their squad. There he took over the defensive part in a series of attacks with Jude Drouin and Bill Goldsworthy . He played his offensive in the 1969/70 season . With 24 goals and 48 assists, he was the North Stars' best scorer. He was not the type of player who drew the attention of the media attention, however, recognized professionals his qualities and he was part of the squad that Canada in the Summit Series in 1972 represented, where he shared in a forward line with Wayne Cashman and Phil Esposito aground . In the seventh game in the series, he became enraged over a contentious sentence that was imposed on him. After a verbal argument with the referee, he was given a 10-minute penalty. Then Parisé ran to the referee and swung his bat in the direction of his head. He stopped shortly before the hit, but was suspended for this action. In the following NHL season he was able to increase his NHL best by three hits.

In January 1975, the New York Islanders signed him for three years. Parisé remained true to his physical style of play and thus met expectations. During the 1977/78 season he moved to the Cleveland Barons for Darcy Regier and ended this season there. After the end of the season, the Minnesota North Stars took over the team of the Barons and so he returned to the team with which he had celebrated his greatest successes. There he ended his career after one season.

After his active career, he stayed with the North Stars as an assistant coach. In the 1983/84 season he coached the farm team of stars in the Central Hockey League , the Salt Lake Golden Eagles . There were players like Dirk Graham and Scott MacLeod in the squad.

In April 2008, Parisé was appointed coach and general manager of the Des Moines Buccaneers in the United States Hockey League .

Jean-Paul Parisé died on January 7, 2015 in Prior Lake of complications from lung cancer at the age of 73.

NHL statistics

	Seasons	Games	Gates	Assists	Points	Penalty minutes
Regular season	14th	890	238	356	594	706
Playoffs	8th	86	27	31	58	87

Sporting successes

Personal awards

• CPHL Second All-Star Team: 1966
• Participation in the NHL All-Star Game : 1970 and 1973

Web links

• Jean-Paul Parisé at hockeydb.com (English)
• Jean-Paul Parisé at legendsofhockey.net (English)

Individual evidence

1. ^ Daniel E. Slotnick: JP Parisé, NHL All-Star Who Played for North Stars and Islanders, Dies at 73. In: The New York Times of January 9, 2015 (English, accessed January 9, 2015).