On a Wednesday in September, just hours before he would be officially introduced as a member of the U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame’s class of 2025, Zach Parise was on a Twin Cities golf course, playing a round alongside two other American hockey legends, Mike Modano and Jamie Langenbrunner.

Parise, who will be officially inducted into the USHHF on Wednesday night in St. Paul, said it was a surreal feeling to hear his name mentioned alongside players who were his heroes as a youth hockey player in Bloomington in the 1990s.

“We all loved the (North) Stars, and I was always a big Mike Modano guy, a big Neal Broten guy. These are the players I looked up to,” said Parise, 41, who retired in 2024 after more than 1,300 NHL games. “I wore No. 9 growing up. … So, to be side-by-side with those guys is s

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