Minnesota hockey icon J.P. Parise dead at 73
On the ice, the Minnesota Wild lost to the Chicago Blackhawks 4-2 Thursday night.
Wild star Zach Parise did not play because his father, Minnesota hockey icon J.P. Parise, died of lung cancer Wednesday at the age of 73.
MPR's Cathy Wurzer spoke with Howard Sinker, a digital sports editor for the Star Tribune.
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