Pioneer Press — It was a warm evening on July 9 when I found myself alone at the Basilica Block Party, scanning the crowd for a friendly face while waiting for Ryan Adams to play the main stage. Holy cats, there’s Mark Parrish.
The week before, the Wild had signed forwards Eric Staal and Chris Stewart to free-agent deals, but after nabbing coach Bruce Boudreau, the player signings rang like afterthoughts to me. Parrish disagreed.
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The Wild entered Tuesday’s game against New Jersey at Xcel Energy Center leading the Western Conference, and one point behind NHL-points leader Washington. It’s the deepest into a season that Minnesota has led the conference, and no one is more excited than Parrish, the former Bloomington Jefferson and St. Cloud State star who had 208 goals among 372 points in 10 full NHL seasons, two with the Wild.
