Wild players, Parise discuss his 1,000th game

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Friday night in Dallas, Wild forward Zach Parise will skate in the one-thousandth game of his NHL career.

Click the video box to hear Parise and his teammates discuss his reaching the 1,000-game mark during the team’s pre-game skate at the Xcel Energy Center on Thursday morning

Parise is the 347th player in NHL history to reach 1,000 games. He joins Eric Staal, Ryan Suter and Mikko Koivu as the quartet of Wild players who have hit the mark.

Parise, in his 15th NHL season, stands 8th all-time in games played among Minnesota-born players – the most among active players.?