Minneapolis/Wild
Age: 29
Height/weight: 5-11, 190
Position: Forward
Olympic experience/Sochi stats: Second (2010)/1 goal, 0 assists, 11 shots in 6 games.
Bio: Another member of Team USA's leadership group, Parise will play a major role in the Americans' drive to improve upon the silver medal they won in 2010. In his Olympic debut at the Vancouver Games, he served as an alternate captain and was the tournament's third-leading scorer with four goals and four assists. Parise scored a memorable goal in the gold medal game against Canada, tying the score with 24 seconds left to send the game to overtime. He has led the Wild in scoring for much of this season but has missed time recently because of a broken foot.
Zach Parise
February 23, 2014 at 3:38PM
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Seeing if Lindsey Vonn can contend for a medal in the Olympic downhill at age 41 with a titanium replacement in her right knee to cap her comeback after nearly six years of retirement was already going to be one of the highlights of the Milan Cortina Olympics.
