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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Knightfall" data-source="post: 2573341" data-attributes="member: 2012">Parrish accepts one-year deal with IslesTSN.ca Staff with Newsday files9/13/2005 8:12:01 AMNew York Newsday reports that restricted free agent forward Mark Parrish has accepted a one-year, $1.9 million US contract with the Islanders and will be on the ice the team's first training camp practice."I'm just happy to be back playing hockey with the boys, and that's all that matters," he told Newsday.Parrish, who scored on a career-high 22.9 percent of his shots in 2003-04, had 24 goals in 59 games while fighting through an ankle injury. The 28-year-old posted a plus-eight rating in helping New York to the playoffs for the third straight season.In 2001-2002, Parrish recorded 30 goals and 30 assists in 78 games and had a career-best plus-10 rating, earning a spot on the North American squad in the NHL All-Star Game. He has 94 goals and 79 assists in four seasons with the Islanders after netting 50 goals over his first two years in the league with the Florida Panthers.A native of Minnesota, Parrish was acquired from Florida in exhange for Roberto Luongo and Olli Jokinen on June 24, 2000.</blockquote>