Aleš Pařez (born April 9, 1981) is an ex-professional ice hockey player and strength & conditioning coach. Pařez began playing hockey in North America at Wyoming Seminary (Kingston, PA), a boarding school he attended for four years. After graduating high school, Parez spent time in two American Junior programs: first with the Bismarck Bobcats ( NAHL) and then with the

Chicago Steel The Chicago Steel are an ice hockey team that plays in the United States Hockey League since 2000. The Steel have played their home games at Fox Valley Ice Arena in Geneva, Illinois since 2015; previously, the team played at Edge Ice Arena in ...

of the

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. In his one and only season with Chicago, Parez managed more than 40 points in just over 60 games. Parez then played hockey at

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level for the

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and featured in 120 games over the four years he spent there, totaling almost 80 points. After his university-level career ended, Parez went through an unsuccessful rookie camp of the Washington Capitals. He then moved back to

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and signed for the

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team

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, for whom he scored 25 points in 22 games. Manchester Phoenix released Pařez in March 2007, citing concerns over a shoulder injury sustained a month earlier. He moved to play EPL for the Milton Keynes Lightning for a single season. In 2015, Pařez returned to the Czech Republic after 20 years abroad and joined

HC Bílí Tygři Liberec Bílí Tygři Liberec (English: ''Liberec White Tigers'') are a professional ice hockey club based in Liberec, Czech Republic. The team competes in the Czech Extraliga, the highest level of play in professional Czech ice hockey. History The firs ...

as a strength & conditioning coach.

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Ales Parez Personal Profile
Manchester Phoenix Official Website. 1981 births Czech ice hockey forwards Living people Manchester Phoenix players Alaska Anchorage Seawolves men's ice hockey players Ice hockey people from Nymburk Czech ice hockey coaches Milton Keynes Lightning players Chicago Steel players Czech expatriate ice hockey players in the United States Czech expatriate sportspeople in England Expatriate ice hockey players in England 21st-century Czech sportsmen {{CzechRepublic-icehockey-player-stub