A Minnesota native, Zach Parise, is inducted into the United States Hockey Hall of Fame
Just over thirteen years ago, a player with deep roots in Minnesota signed a long-term deal to become a member of the Minnesota Wild. Zach Parise, born and raised in Minnesapolis, son of J.P. Parise, a former Minnesota North Star, was coming home. Signed to a thirteen-year, $98 million contract on the same day that Ryan Suter agreed to an identical deal, the duo seemed destined to launch the Wild into upper echelons of the NHL.