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Zach Parise’s Dad Clarifies Comments

Found May 18, 2012 on Kukla's Korner: Yardbarker Blogger Network
PLAYERS: Zach Parise
TEAMS: New Jersey Devils
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from Tom Gulitti of Fire & Ice, J.P. Parise issued a statement to the reporters that cover the Devils this evening to clarify his comments today in Newsday, which were portrayed to suggest his son, Zach, - the Devils captain – might sign with the Rangers as an unrestricted free agent this summer. “I have to say I was extremely disappointed in how my comments were portrayed in today’s newspaper article,” J.P. Parise said. “I would never speak for Zach under any circumstance. He has not talked to me about anything other than the playoffs and we have not discussed anything but the playoffs and that is 100 percent where his focus is right now and I have absolutely no intentions to distract and get things away from his focus right now.” Zach Parise was unaware of the interview his father did with Newsday until I told him about the article after today’s practice. continued
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