George Parros Joins NHL Department of Player Safety

George Parros (Ivan Makarov, EnglishWikipedia)

NEW YORK (Sept. 7, 2016) – Stanley Cup champion George Parros has joined the National Hockey League’s Department of Player Safety, NHL Senior Vice President Player Safety Stephane Quintal announced today.

An eighth-round selection (222nd overall) by the Los Angeles Kings in the 1999 NHL Draft, Parros also played for the Colorado Avalanche, Anaheim Ducks, Florida Panthers and Montreal Canadiens during a nine-year NHL career. Parros scored 18 goals with 18 assists and 1,092 penalty minutes in 474 career NHL games. He was a member of the 2007 Stanley Cup-winning Anaheim Ducks.

The native of Randolph, N.J., is a graduate of Princeton University, where he majored in economics. In four seasons at Princeton, Parros scored 20 goals with 32 assists in 111 career games and was named captain his senior year.