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In case you missed it, Mark Parrish retired

Mark Parrish

Over the weekend, Mike Russo of the Minnesota Star-Tribune passed along word that veteran NHLer Mark Parrish had called it a career.

Parrish is currently acting as a color commentator for St. Cloud State, his alma mater, and hopes to get into coaching one day.

The 35-year-old spent last season on a one-year, two-way deal with Ottawa, but never got into a game with the Sens, spending the entire season in AHL Binghamton where he posted solid numbers (15G-15A-30PTS in 51 games.)

Parrish last played in the NHL during the 2010-11 season, appearing in two games with the Buffalo Sabres.

His prime years occurred in the early 2000s when, as a member of the Panthers and Islanders, he scored 20-plus goals in six of seven seasons.

Parrish’s best-ever campaign came in 2001-02 with New York. He potted a career-high 30 goals (tying him with Brett Hull, Luc Robitaille and Marian Gaborik) and made his first and only All-Star Game.

The Minnesota native represented Team USA six times -- three times at the World Championships, twice at the World Juniors and once at the Olympics -- and is still being paid $927,778 annually by the Wild, who bought out his five-year, $13.25 million deal in 2008.

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