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Parise hopes to return Friday

Brace Hemmelgarn / USA TODAY Sports

Zach Parise could be back sooner than expected.

The Minnesota Wild forward practiced Thursday and said he hopes to be in the lineup Friday against the Winnipeg Jets.

"I don't know yet, but hopefully," Parise said. "(I) felt comfortable doing everything. We'll see."

He wasn't expected to return this week and hasn't played since being hit by Nashville Predators forward James Neal on Nov. 5.

"Unnecessary, but those happen," Parise said of the hit Thursday.

He had seven goals and two assists in 12 games.

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