{"id":450376,"date":"2026-02-03T03:24:13","date_gmt":"2026-02-03T03:24:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/450376\/"},"modified":"2026-02-03T03:24:13","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T03:24:13","slug":"flames-parekh-returns-to-lineup-vs-maple-leafs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/450376\/","title":{"rendered":"Flames&#8217; Parekh returns to lineup vs. Maple Leafs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For the first time in nearly three months, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportsnet.ca\/hockey\/nhl\/players\/zayne-parekh\/c41355d7-d192-4b81-9935-438f69c6b437\" class=\"sn-player-post-link\" target=\"_self\" data-player=\"c41355d7-d192-4b81-9935-438f69c6b437\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Zayne Parekh<\/a> will suit up in an NHL game. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportsnet.ca\/hockey\/nhl\/teams\/calgary-flames\/\" class=\"sn-team-post-link\" target=\"_self\" data-team=\"calgary-flames\" data-league=\"nhl\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Calgary Flames<\/a> head coach Ryan Huska confirmed to reporters that the young defenceman will make his return to the lineup when the team hosts the Toronto Maple Leafs on Monday. <\/p>\n<p>Parekh has not suited up for the Flames since Nov. 17 against the Chicago Blackhawks.<\/p>\n<p>In 11 games with the big club this season, the 19-year-old D-man has one assist and is still looking for his first goal. <\/p>\n<p>Parekh was recently on a conditioning assignment with the AHL&#8217;s Calgary Wranglers, where he had five points over four games. <\/p>\n<p>His stint in the AHL came after he was a star for Canada at the 2026 world juniors, setting a\u00a0national record for points by a defenceman in a single tournament (five goals, eight assists).<\/p>\n<p>With his recent success, how is he feeling about his return to NHL action?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI&#8217;m feeling confident,\u201d Parekh said Monday. \u201cFeeling good.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m having fun again.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"For the first time in nearly three months, Zayne Parekh will suit up in an NHL game. Calgary&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":255636,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[433],"tags":[49,48,448,82],"class_list":["post-450376","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nhl","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-nhl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/450376","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=450376"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/450376\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/255636"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=450376"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=450376"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=450376"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}