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New Minnesota Wild Zach Parise and his wife were at the top of the order on the Kiss Cam between innings at the Twins home game Friday night, and it looked like the star forward had to coax his significant other into the smooch.

Parise, who is marking his 28th birthday Saturday, and Alisha were the first couple to appear on the Target Field big screen during a between-inning break in the game vs. Cleveland. After several seconds, Parise put his paw atop her head and redirected it to his for the obligatory kiss.

The couple were married last weekend.

Another Minnesota native in the NHL, Kyle Okposo of the New York Islanders, also took full advantage of the Kiss Cam opportunity a few couples later.