Parise father and son share hatred of Rangers

Here is a story that I thought was interesting; both the Parise men hate the New York Rangers; yep so do I. Don't despair Ranger haters the Pittsburgh Penguins are going to dispatch them in next round of the Eastern Conference semis.

J.P. Parise was already a seasoned NHL veteran when he stepped onto the Madison Square Garden ice for the first time as an Islander, midway through the 1974-75 season.

"One guy leaned over the glass ... I mean, what he said to me, you can't print that stuff," he said. "From then on, I got much more satisfaction beating those guys than anybody else."

The animosity has softened 33 years later. Parise, now 66, is content to watch his son hear the name-calling and stir up his own hatred of the Rangers. Zach Parise, in fact, said just that after the Devils finally got on the board with a 4-3 overtime win in Game 3 on Sunday.

"We always disliked the Rangers ... but we have to start hating them more," Zach Perhaps that wasn't too difficult for J.P.'s youngest son. Zach had his two front teeth knocked out by Christian Backman's stick in Game 2 on Friday, April 11 - 33 years to the day since J.P. put the Islanders on the map by scoring 11 seconds into overtime in Madison Square Garden to give the Isles their first playoff win in their third year of existence.

Not exactly the stirring way to commemorate his dad's biggest moment of this tri-state rivalry. But the Parise father and son, it's worth pointing out, haven't lost to the Rangers in the playoffs. J.P. was dealt away from the Isles to Cleveland in the 1977-78 season, a year before the on-the-rise Islanders were beaten in the semifinals by the upstart Rangers.
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