Bernard Marcel Parent (born April 3, 1945) is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender who played 13 National Hockey League (NHL) seasons with the Philadelphia Flyers, Boston Bruins, and Toronto Maple Leafs, and also spent one season in the World Hockey Association (WHA) with the Philadelphia Blazers. During the 1973–74 and 1974–75 seasons, in what many consider the finest consecutive seasons ever by a goaltender, the Flyers won two Stanley Cups 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.
Pictured on one of six 'permanent' Canadian commemorative postage stamps celebrating NHL Great Canadian Goalies, issued 1 October 2015. Others honored in this set were Johnny Bower, Martin Brodeur, Ken Dryden, Tony Esposito, and Lorne Worsley (as Gump Worsley).
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Title
Year
Status
Character
An American Epidemic
2015
Documentary
Himself
Philadelphia: The Great Experiment
2013
TV Series
Himself
Broad Street Bullies
2010
TV Movie
Himself
History of the Philadelphia Flyers
2007
Video
Himself
ESPN SportsCentury
2000
TV Series documentary
Himself
Archive Footage
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Year
Status
Character
The NHL's Masked Men: The Last Line of Defense
1998
Video documentary
Himself
Known for movies
Broad Street Bullies (2010) as Himself
An American Epidemic (2015) as Himself
History of the Philadelphia Flyers (2007) as Himself
Philadelphia: The Great Experiment (2013) as Himself