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Bernie Parent

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Bernie Parent

Bernard Marcel Parent (April 3, 1945 – September 21, 2025) was a Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender who played 13 National Hockey League (NHL) seasons with the Philadelphia Flyers, Boston Bruins, and Toronto Maple Leafs between 1965 and 1979, and also spent one season in the World Hockey Association (WHA) with the Philadelphia Blazers during the 1972–73 season. Parent is widely acknowledged as one of the greatest goaltenders of all time. During the 1973–74 and 1974–75 seasons, in what many consider the finest consecutive seasons ever by a goaltender, the Flyers won the Stanley Cup twice and Parent won the Vezina Trophy and Conn Smythe Trophy both seasons. In that two-year run of dominance, Parent posted 30 shutouts in regular and post season play combined. A 1984 inductee into the Hockey Hall of Fame, Parent was rated number 63 on The Hockey News' list of The Top 100 NHL Players of All-Time in 1998. Parent remains an iconic fan favorite in Philadelphia more than three decades after his retirement. In 2017 Parent was named one of the '100 Greatest NHL Players' in history.

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Born
(1945-04-03)April 3, 1945Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Died
September 21, 2025(2025-09-21) (aged 80)Avalon, New Jersey, U.S.
Height
5 ft 10 in (178 cm)
Weight
170 lb (77 kg; 12 st 2 lb)
Position
Goaltender
Caught
Left
Played for
Boston BruinsPhiladelphia FlyersToronto Maple LeafsPhiladelphia Blazers
Playing career
1965–1979

Tables

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Preceded byYvan Cournoyer
Preceded byYvan Cournoyer
Awards
Preceded byYvan Cournoyer
Awards
Winner of the Conn Smythe Trophy 1974, 1975
Awards
Succeeded byReggie Leach
Preceded byTony Esposito
Preceded byTony Esposito
Awards
Preceded byTony Esposito
Awards
Winner of the Vezina Trophy 1974, 1975 With: Tony Esposito (1974)
Awards
Succeeded byKen Dryden
Preceded byJoe Watson
Preceded byJoe Watson
Awards
Preceded byJoe Watson
Awards
Winner of the Class Guy Award 1979
Awards
Succeeded byAndré Dupont
Awards
Preceded byYvan Cournoyer
Winner of the Conn Smythe Trophy 1974, 1975
Succeeded byReggie Leach
Preceded byTony Esposito
Winner of the Vezina Trophy 1974, 1975 With: Tony Esposito (1974)
Succeeded byKen Dryden
Preceded byJoe Watson
Winner of the Class Guy Award 1979
Succeeded byAndré Dupont

References

  1. "Stats say the greatest NHL goalie is… ?"
    https://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/nothin-but-net/
  2. Walking Together Forever: The Broad Street Bullies, Then and Now
  3. The Top 100 NHL Players of All-Time
  4. "100 Greatest NHL Players"
    https://www.nhl.com/fans/nhl-centennial/100-greatest-nhl-players
  5. Bernie Parent backstopped Flyers to back-to-back Cups
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-BCybztvnQo&list=PL1NbHSfosBuHEp2Bphcgz16OKz0kjnCH6&index=82
  6. "Parent dies at 80, Hockey Hall of Famer won Stanley Cup twice with Flyers"
    https://www.nhl.com/news/bernie-parent-hall-of-fame-goalie-dies-at-80
  7. Bernie Parent: 100 Greatest NHL Players
    https://www.nhl.com/news/bernie-parent-100-greatest-nhl-hockey-players/c-285371010?tid=283865022
  8. The Athletic
    https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6649162/2025/09/21/bernie-parent-flyers-hall-of-fame-obit/
  9. O'Hara, Dave. "Mike Walton Traded to Bruins," The Associated Press, Monday, February 1, 1971.
    https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1915&dat=19710201&id=cfAgAAAAIBAJ&sjid=xHMFAAAAIBAJ&pg=1927,116140&hl=en
  10. Hockey Reference
    https://www.hockey-reference.com/players/p/parenbe01.html
  11. NPR WNYC
    https://www.npr.org/2017/07/01/535025352/not-my-job-former-flyers-goalie-bernie-parent-gets-quizzed-on-cake-icing
  12. news.google.com
    https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1291&dat=19751022&id=ZWIzAAAAIBAJ&sjid=Lo0DAAAAIBAJ&pg=6256,6023868
  13. "Parent's eye injury forces his retirement"
    https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1346&dat=19790601&id=Zo0sAAAAIBAJ&sjid=CvsDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6990,204892
  14. Philadelphia
    https://www.phillymag.com/news/2007/11/20/legends-bernie-parent-has-a-secret/
  15. Twitter
    https://twitter.com/Bernieparent/status/144477951696707584
  16. The New York Times
    https://www.nytimes.com/2003/04/13/nyregion/worth-noting-and-a-team-in-pennsauken-loses-its-owner.html?scp=1&sq=%22bernie+parent%22+%22cherry+hill%22&st=nyt
  17. Brooks, Melissa (September 5, 2010). "Hall of Famer Bernie Parent's locker a GNPAL raffle prize". The Times Herald: Penn
    http://www.timesherald.com/article/JR/20100905/NEWS01/309059989
  18. www.flyershistory.net
    http://www.flyershistory.net/cgi-bin/nhlrec.cgi
  19. "Parent's stats"
    https://hockeygoalies.org/bio/parent.html
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