Minnesota Wild forward Zach Parise left practice Monday with an illness, according to Michael Russo. At the time there was a possibility that Parise wouldn’t play Tuesday at Nashville, but alas, everything is fine.
Parise flew to Nashville and is expected to play tomorrow. No callups #mnwild
— Michael Russo (@RussoHockey) October 7, 2013
Here’s what Russo tweeted when he found out about Parise not feeling well.
Zach Parise has left practice for some reason. Fontaine now skating with first line #mnwild
— Michael Russo (@RussoHockey) October 7, 2013
Parise not feeling well, expected to be on flight. #mnwild at minimum forwards, so may call up forward tonight if there's chance he can't go
— Michael Russo (@RussoHockey) October 7, 2013
Losing Parise for even a game would simply pile onto the already injury prone Wild. Charlie Coyle sprained his knee during Saturday’s game against the Ducks and will miss up to a month.
With Coyle out for up to a month, the Wild recalled forward Jason Zucker, who is expected to play on the second line with Dany Heatley and Mikael Granlund. Granlund was centering the third line.
Granlund says he's ready to assume no 2 center role. Zucker excited to be back, says he has to be better. Yeo watched video w Heatley today
— Michael Russo (@RussoHockey) October 7, 2013
