NHL Scribbles

• It's been a rough go lately for a pair of former of St. Cloud State Huskies. Mark Parrish has been a healthy scratch for the Wild several times in the past couple of weeks and it couldn't come at a worse time for the competitive veteran. The Wild are no the playoff bubble and you can tell from his interview with PA and Dubay on Thursday that not playing is rough on the Bloomington native. Parish KFAN Interview
• Another former Husky star Matt Cullen has been scratched for the past four games, but the Moorhead native's inactivity is due to a head injury. He's been out since March 20th and last played on March 14th against Buffalo. Prior to the game against the Sabres Cullen had a four game period where he scored two goals and three assists.
• Jordan Leopold has not been the kind of player that Colorado was hoping to get when the Avalanche acquired him in a 2006 trade. He's only played in 58 games in two years because of injury and he's played in just under half the games this year. However, Leopold is seeing ice time on the power play and has scored two power play goals in the past two games including the game-winner against Calgary on March 24th.
• Minneapolis native and a member of the 1999 Class A state A champions Benilde-St. Margaret's Andrew Alberts was recently featured as a Boston Bruins player to interact with fans in an online chat. Here's a link to that transcript
• Former Gopher Thomas Vanek is 10 points shy of 200 career points in just three seasons. Vanek has 32 goals and 26 assists on the season including four goals and one assist in his past three games for the Sabres.