George Parros Applies Science to Sports for Young Students

The STEM in Sports program was put on by 20 volunteers of Time Warner Cable, which has a partnership with the Samueli Foundation. The Samuelis owns the Ducks, and Henry Samueli made his fortune in technology with Broadcom.

“I don’t really like science,” whispered one girl to her friend before they both melted to give their full attention to Parros when the hulk stepped to the stage.

Parros is a STEM celebrity. He graduated from Princeton with a degree in economics.

Since his retirement last year after nine NHL seasons, he has used his education to continue growing his mustache and his clothing business, Violent Gentlemen.

“It’s good to have an education to fall back on,” Parros said, somewhat surprising many in the group who didn’t think pro athletes went to college, much less an Ivy League one.

Parros, along with Ducks TV analyst Brian Hayward, used hockey to teach a little STEM to the little ones. The sport was their vehicle, the Zamboni, in this case.