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{{Short description|Canadian ice hockey player (1945–2025)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=September 2025}}
{{Infobox ice hockey biography
| name = Bernie Parent
| halloffame = 1984
| image = Bernie Parent.jpg
| image_size =
| caption = Parent in 2011
| birth_date = {{birth date|1945|4|3}}
| birth_place = [[Montreal]], Quebec, Canada
| death_date = {{death date and age|2025|9|21|1945|4|3}}
| death_place = [[Avalon, New Jersey]], U.S.
| height_ft = 5
| height_in = 10
| weight_lb = 170
| position = [[Goaltender]]
| catches = Left
| played_for = [[Boston Bruins]]<br />[[Philadelphia Flyers]]<br />[[Toronto Maple Leafs]]<br />[[Philadelphia Blazers]]
| career_start = 1965
| career_end = 1979
}}
'''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 WHA season|1972–73 season]]. Parent is widely acknowledged as one of the greatest goaltenders of all time.<ref>{{cite web|last=Boyle |first=Chris |url=https://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/nothin-but-net/ |title=Stats say the greatest NHL goalie is… ? |date=October 24, 2014|access-date=June 15, 2016}}</ref>

During the [[1973–74 NHL season|1973–74]] and [[1974–75 NHL season|1974–75]] seasons, in what many consider the finest consecutive seasons ever by a goaltender,<ref>{{cite book|author-link=Jim Jackson (sportscaster)|first=Jim|last=Jackson|title=Walking Together Forever: The Broad Street Bullies, Then and Now|publisher=Sports Publishing L.L.C.|page=37}}</ref> 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 ''[[List of 100 greatest hockey players by The Hockey News|The Top 100 NHL Players of All-Time]]'' in 1998.<ref>{{cite book|first=Steve|last=Dryden|title=The Top 100 NHL Players of All-Time|year=1998}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web|title=100 Greatest NHL Players|url=https://www.nhl.com/fans/nhl-centennial/100-greatest-nhl-players|publisher=National Hockey League|access-date=January 27, 2017|date=January 27, 2017}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Citation|last=NHL|title=Bernie Parent backstopped Flyers to back-to-back Cups|date=March 22, 2017|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-BCybztvnQo&list=PL1NbHSfosBuHEp2Bphcgz16OKz0kjnCH6&index=82|access-date=April 25, 2017}}</ref>

==Early years==
Parent was born on April 3, 1945 in east [[Montreal]].<ref name="nhl1" /> He was the youngest of seven siblings. He grew up in [[Rosemont–La Petite-Patrie|Rosemont, Quebec]], a suburb of Montreal. Parent's hero as a young boy was [[Montreal Canadiens]] goalie [[Jacques Plante]], whose sister lived in Parent's neighbourhood. Many times Parent watched out for Plante's visits to his sister and her family.<ref>[https://www.nhl.com/news/bernie-parent-100-greatest-nhl-hockey-players/c-285371010?tid=283865022 Bernie Parent: 100 Greatest NHL Players]</ref> Plante later became his teammate and mentor in 1971 for the Toronto Maple Leafs, when Plante was 43.<ref name=":0" />

==Playing career==
Parent played for the [[Niagara Falls Flyers]] of the OHA Junior A league. A two-time winner of the Dave Pinkney Trophy (lowest goals-against average or GAA), he wrapped up his junior career on the team that won the OHA championship and the [[Memorial Cup]] championship in 1965.{{cn|date=September 2025}}

Parent began his career with the [[Boston Bruins]] in the [[1965–66 NHL season|1965–66 season]], appearing in 39 games. The following season was split between Boston and the Bruins' farm club in Oklahoma.{{cn|date=September 2025}}

Left unprotected for the [[1967 NHL Expansion Draft]], Parent was chosen by the [[Philadelphia Flyers]] where he and [[Doug Favell]], another former Bruin prospect, split the netminding duties for the Flyers' first season.<ref name="kurz" /> Parent recorded a 2.48 GAA with four shutouts and the Flyers finished first in the NHL's West Division. Over the next two seasons, with Favell performing inconsistently or injured, Parent became the Flyers' #1 goalie and appeared in 58 and 62 games for the Flyers achieving impressive save percentages of .925 and .921, although due to the weakness of the Flyers who allowed a lot of shots, his GAA and win totals were not nearly as impressive.{{cn|date=September 2025}}

Looking for help up front to improve the club's offence, Philadelphia dealt Parent and a second-round pick in the [[1971 NHL Amateur Draft]] ([[Rick Kehoe]]) to the [[Toronto Maple Leafs]] for [[Bruce Gamble]] and a first-round selection ([[Pierre Plante]]) in the same draft in a three-way transaction that also involved Boston on January 31, 1971. The Flyers acquired [[Rick MacLeish]] and [[Danny Schock]] from the Bruins who received [[Mike Walton]] from the Maple Leafs.<ref>[https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1915&dat=19710201&id=cfAgAAAAIBAJ&sjid=xHMFAAAAIBAJ&pg=1927,116140&hl=en O'Hara, Dave. "Mike Walton Traded to Bruins," ''The Associated Press'', Monday, February 1, 1971.]</ref> The trade turned out to be a positive turn for Parent. In Toronto, Parent joined his boyhood hero, [[Jacques Plante]], who at 42 was having an all-star season. Under Plante's tutelage, Parent became a more consistent and technically proficient goalie. Parent played well for the Leafs through the [[1971–72 NHL season|1971–72 season]], gaining valuable regular season and playoff experience.

[[File:Bernie Parent in 2012 Winter Classic Alumni Game.jpg|thumb|left|300px|Bernie Parent's return to the ice for the 2012 Winter Classic Alumni Game.]]
In 1972, Parent signed a large contract with the [[Miami Screaming Eagles]] of the newly formed [[World Hockey Association]].<ref name="nhl1" /> He was the first NHL player to jump to the new league.{{cn|date=September 2025}} The Eagles did not materialize as planned, and Parent signed with the Philadelphia Blazers. After leaving the team over a contract dispute, he sought a return to the NHL but did not wish to return to the Leafs.<ref name="nhl1" /> Toronto traded Parent's NHL rights back to the Flyers for Favell and a first-round pick in that summer's (1973) amateur draft.<ref name="kurz" />

The next two seasons were the greatest of his career and would see Parent record a combined 30 regular and post-season shutout victories.<ref name="hr" /> Parent's play between 1973 and 1975 has been described as two of the best consecutive seasons ever by any goaltender.<ref name="nhl1" /><ref name="kurz" /> Playing 73 games in a 78-game schedule, Parent sparkled in leading the league with a 1.89 GAA, a .932 save percentage and 12 shutouts.<ref name="nhl1" /><ref name="hr">{{cite web |url=https://www.hockey-reference.com/players/p/parenbe01.html |title=Bernie Parent |work=Hockey Reference}}</ref> He began the 1973–74 season with two shutouts besting Favell 2–0 in the season opener against Toronto in Philadelphia. He shared the [[Vezina Trophy]] with Chicago's [[Tony Esposito]] (as Philadelphia and Chicago tied as the teams allowing the fewest goals against in the regular season), was named the first-team all-star goaltender and finished second in the voting for the Hart Trophy as the league's Most Valuable Player (since 1963 the only goaltenders to win the Hart Trophy have been [[Dominik Hašek]] in both 1996–97 and 1997–98, Jose Theodore in 2002, Carey Price in 2015, and Connor Hellebuyck in 2025) as the Flyers skated to a first-place finish in the West Division.

He won the [[Conn Smythe Trophy]] (playoff MVP) and the Flyers won the first of consecutive [[Stanley Cup]] championships against the [[Boston Bruins]].<ref name="nhl1" /> In the sixth and deciding game of the finals, Parent stopped a savage slapshot blast from [[Ken Hodge]] with a classic kick save move with less than 3 minutes to play on what turned out to be the Bruins' 30th and last shot.{{cn|date=September 2025}} The spectacular save preserved the shutout and the championship-deciding win and became an often used highlight during advertising for NBC's coverage of the NHL the next season.{{cn|date=September 2025}}

The following year, he again posted 12 shutouts while having a 2.03 GAA and a .918 save percentage. He won another [[Vezina Trophy]], another first-team all-star selection and a second [[Conn Smythe Trophy]] and Stanley Cup while finishing fourth in the Hart Trophy voting.<ref name="nhl1" /><ref name="hr" /> His 1975 playoff performance was even more impressive than the previous year as he had 4 shutouts (versus 2 the previous year) with a 1.89 GAA (versus 2.02).<ref name="hr" /> In both championship playoff runs, Parent shut out the opposition in the deciding sixth game of the [[Stanley Cup Finals]] defeating the [[Boston Bruins]] 1–0 in 1974 and the [[Buffalo Sabres]] 2–0 in 1975.<ref name="nhl1" /> "Only the Lord saves more than Bernie Parent" became a catch-phrase<ref>{{cite web |last1=Sagal |first1=Peter |title=Not My Job: Former Flyers Goalie Bernie Parent Gets Quizzed On (Cake) Icing |url=https://www.npr.org/2017/07/01/535025352/not-my-job-former-flyers-goalie-bernie-parent-gets-quizzed-on-cake-icing
 |website=NPR WNYC |publisher=npr.org |access-date=September 5, 2022 |date=July 1, 2017}}</ref> and bumper sticker in Philadelphia in those years.

As the Flyers prepared a run at the championship for a third consecutive year, Parent was sidelined by a pre-season neck injury requiring surgery and he appeared in only 11 games in [[1975–76 NHL season|1975–76]]. Parent had pinched a nerve in his neck causing radiating pain. Doctors removed a disk and a section of bone hoping to alleviate the symptoms but Parent suffered from continued pain in his neck throughout the rest of his career.<ref>{{cite web |title=Parent surgery a success |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1291&dat=19751022&id=ZWIzAAAAIBAJ&sjid=Lo0DAAAAIBAJ&pg=6256,6023868
 |website=news.google.com |publisher=Boca Raton News |access-date=March 29, 2019 |date=October 22, 1975}}</ref> He returned to the lineup late in the season but he was inconsistent and could not regain the starting job from netminder [[Wayne Stephenson]]. Without Parent's Conn Smythe level performance that year, the Flyers fell in the Stanley Cup finals in four straight games to the [[Montreal Canadiens]].{{cn|date=September 2025}}

Over the next three seasons, he experienced difficulties at times. Hockey was changing from a defense-oriented game to one that favored high scoring. Snipers like [[Mike Bossy]], [[Guy Lafleur]] and [[Marcel Dionne]] were becoming major stars and dominating play. Plante, although in retirement, continued to have a strong influence on Parent's career. Parent, like Plante, was a stand-up type goalie. At one point Parent was playing poorly and considering retirement. Plante watched him practice in Philadelphia for two days, then told Parent exactly what he was doing wrong: sitting back on his heels, backing into his crease and losing concentration. Parent heeded Plante's advice and returned to form.{{cn|date=September 2025}}

During the 1977–1978 season, he adopted the more confident, challenging style characteristic of his play during the championship years posting a 2.22 GAA, a .912 save percentage and a league-leading 7 shutouts in 49 games.{{cn|date=September 2025}} However, as the 1970s were drawing to a close, the era of the stand-up goaltender was coming to an end. The never-before-seen goal-scoring totals of the early 1980s eventually forced a revolution in goaltender style and play. The butterfly style of [[Patrick Roy]] became the dominant style and the stand-up style of Parent and Plante became a relic of the NHL past. Parent is considered by many{{by who?|date=September 2025}} to be the last great stand-up goaltender.{{cn|date=September 2025}}

On February 17, 1979, Parent suffered a career-ending eye injury in a game against the [[New York Rangers]].<ref name="retirement">{{cite web|title=Parent's eye injury forces his retirement|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1346&dat=19790601&id=Zo0sAAAAIBAJ&sjid=CvsDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6990,204892|agency=[[Associated Press]]|publisher=[[The Ledger|Lakeland Ledger]]|date=June 1, 1979|access-date=October 28, 2013}}</ref> An errant stick entered the right eye hole of his [[goalie mask|mask]], causing permanent damage to his vision.<ref name="retirement"/> After hospitalization, including the complete loss of sight for two weeks, Parent recovered and eventually regained sight, although not at the level required to resume his playing career.<ref name="retirement"/> He retired at age 34, an age considered to be "still in athletic prime" for goaltenders. This incident, as well as the ending of [[Gerry Desjardins]]' career when a puck struck his eye in 1977, led many NHL goalies to switch from fibreglass facemasks toward the cage and helmet style, and resulted in many amateur and junior leagues banning fibreglass masks altogether, mandating the helmet/cage combo.{{citation needed|date=December 2013}}

==Post-career==
[[File:Bernie Parent jersey.jpg|thumb|left|The #1 Flyers sweater worn by Bernie Parent in his last game on February 17, 1979]]
After Parent's retirement the Flyers retired his sweater number (1) in his honor on October 11, 1979. He spent several years in the Flyers organization as goaltending coach, mentoring future Vezina-winning goalies [[Ron Hextall]] and the late [[Pelle Lindbergh]], the latter of whom idolized Parent as a youngster in his native [[Sweden]].{{cn|date=September 2025}} Later, he was employed by the Flyers as Ambassador of Hockey and could be seen at Flyers home games on the concourse.{{cn|date=September 2025}}

Unable to deal with the early loss of his career, Parent turned to alcohol and eventually ended up being helped by [[Alcoholics Anonymous]]. In 2007, he had been sober for 27 years.<ref name="phillymag.com">{{cite web |last1=Rys |first1=Richard |title=Legends: Bernie Parent Has a Secret |url=https://www.phillymag.com/news/2007/11/20/legends-bernie-parent-has-a-secret/ |website=[[Philadelphia (magazine)|Philadelphia]] |access-date=March 29, 2019 |date=November 20, 2007}}</ref>

In a 2007 interview with ''[[Philadelphia (magazine)|Philadelphia]]'' magazine, Parent sheepishly admitted he was watching the clock tick off the final seconds of the deciding Game Six against Boston in the 1974 Stanley Cup Finals and that he was not paying attention to play when [[Bobby Orr]] sent a desperation length-of-the-ice shot toward the Flyers' goaltender. The puck went wide of the net with just 4 seconds to play. "If his shot is on net, it's a goal" Parent was quoted in the interview.<ref name="phillymag.com"/> The game was over seconds later and the Flyers had won their first of consecutive championships.

Parent remains one of the most popular and iconic Flyers from their two championship teams with hockey fans in Philadelphia. Chants of "Bernie...Bernie...Bernie" that rocked the [[Philadelphia Spectrum]] during the team's championship years still greeted Parent when he was recognized at Flyers events in his later years.{{cn|date=September 2025}}

Parent was inducted into the [[Hockey Hall of Fame]] in 1984. In 1998, he was ranked number 63 on [[List of 100 greatest hockey players by The Hockey News|''The Hockey News''{{'}} list of the 100 Greatest Hockey Players]].{{cn|date=September 2025}}

On December 7, 2011, Parent announced via Twitter that he would be playing in the [[2012 NHL Winter Classic]] Alumni Game, to be held on December 31, 2011.<ref>{{cite web|last=Parent|first=Bernie|url=https://twitter.com/Bernieparent/status/144477951696707584|title=Bernie Parent, Twitter|work=Twitter|access-date=December 7, 2011}}</ref>{{Primary source inline|date=October 2018}} Parent started in goal for the Flyers, playing five minutes and letting in no goals on five shots including a breakaway by [[New York Rangers]] legend [[Ron Duguay]]. He was later named the first star of the game.{{citation needed|date=March 2019}}

==Personal life and death==
Parent was a resident of [[Cherry Hill, New Jersey]],<ref>{{cite news|last1=Fitzgerald|first1=Barbara|last2=Strauss|first2=Robert|url=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|title=Worth Noting; And a Team in Pennsauken Loses Its Owner|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|date=April 13, 2003|access-date=February 18, 2008|quote=Mr. Parent, who lives in Cherry Hill, is a marketing account executive in the insurance division at Commerce and has long been an investor in the team.}}</ref> and had a shore house in [[Wildwood Crest, New Jersey|Wildwood Crest]], where he lived most of the year.<ref>Brooks, Melissa (September 5, 2010). [http://www.timesherald.com/article/JR/20100905/NEWS01/309059989 "Hall of Famer Bernie Parent's locker a GNPAL raffle prize"]. ''[[The Times Herald (Norristown, Pennsylvania)|The Times Herald]]'': Pennsylvania. Retrieved October 31, 2015. "When retrieving his locker from the Spectrum with business manager and friend Dean Smith, Parent, who lives in Wildwood Crest most of the year, was hit with emotions."</ref> For seven months of every year, he lived on his 45-foot yacht named ''The French Connection''.

In 2018, Parent was involved in a [[traffic collision]] that required multiple surgeries and left him in significant pain until his death.<ref name="kurz">{{cite news |last=Kurz |first=Kevin |title=Bernie Parent, Hall of Fame goalie and beloved Flyers legend, dies at 80 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6649162/2025/09/21/bernie-parent-flyers-hall-of-fame-obit/ |work=The Athletic |publisher=The New York Times |date=September 21, 2025 |access-date=September 22, 2025 |url-access=subscription}}</ref> On September 21, 2025, he died in his sleep in [[Avalon, New Jersey]], at the age of 80.<ref name="kurz" /><ref name="nhl1">{{cite news |title=Parent dies at 80, Hockey Hall of Famer won Stanley Cup twice with Flyers |url=https://www.nhl.com/news/bernie-parent-hall-of-fame-goalie-dies-at-80 |publisher=National Hockey League |date=September 21, 2025 |access-date=September 22, 2025}}</ref>

==Awards and achievements==
[[File:Philadelphia Sports Statues 05.jpg|thumb|right|220px|Parent and [[Bobby Clarke]] statue in South Philadelphia]]
* [[Memorial Cup]] championship in [[1965 Memorial Cup|1965]].
* Selected to the [[World Hockey Association|WHA]] Second All-Star Team in [[1972–73 WHA season|1973]].
* Selected to the [[NHL First All-Star Team]] in 1974 and 1975.
* [[Conn Smythe Trophy]] winner in [[1973–74 NHL season|1974]] and [[1974–75 NHL season|1975]].
* [[Vezina Trophy]] winner in 1974 and 1975.
* [[Stanley Cup]] championships in [[1974 Stanley Cup Finals|1974]] and [[1975 Stanley Cup Finals|1975]].
* Played in 1969, 1970, 1974, [[1975 NHL All-Star Game|1975]], and [[1977 NHL All-Star Game|1977]] [[NHL All-Star Game]]s.
* [[List of Philadelphia Flyers award winners#Yanick Dupre Memorial Class Guy Award|Class Guy Award]] winner in [[1978–79 Philadelphia Flyers season|1979]].
* His #1 was retired by the [[Philadelphia Flyers]] on October 11, 1979, the second sweater number the Flyers have retired.
* Inducted into the [[Hockey Hall of Fame]] in 1984.
* In 1998, he was ranked number 63 on [[List of 100 greatest hockey players by The Hockey News|''The Hockey News''{{'}} list of the 100 Greatest Hockey Players]].
* Inducted into the [[Philadelphia Sports Hall of Fame]] in 2004.

Parent co-wrote a book with Michele Paiva and Dean Smith titled "Journey Through Risk and Fear". The book touches upon Parent's trials and tribulations but mostly, how to overcome fear, face challenges, find purpose and obtain goals.{{citation needed|date=March 2019}}

==Records==
*Parent held the mark for most wins by a goalkeeper in a season (47), until surpassed by [[New Jersey Devils]] goaltender [[Martin Brodeur]]'s 48 wins during the [[2006–07 NHL season|2006–07 season]]. His 47 win season in [[1973–74 NHL season|1973–74]] is still the record for most regulation time wins in a single season.<ref>{{cite web |title=Flyers History - NHL Records Held/Shared By Flyers |url=http://www.flyershistory.net/cgi-bin/nhlrec.cgi |website=www.flyershistory.net |access-date=March 29, 2019}}</ref> Parent did not have the benefit of overtime or shootouts or a longer season in his era.
*Parent was the fourth hockey player and third goalie to appear on the [[List of covers of Time magazine (1970s)|cover of ''Time'' magazine]] on February 24, 1975 ([[Lorne Chabot]] was first on February 11, 1935, and [[Dave Kerr]] on March 14, 1938, was the second).{{fact|date=September 2025}}

==Career statistics==

===Regular season and playoffs===
<small>'''Bold''' indicates led league</small>
{| border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" style="width:75%; text-align:center;"
|- bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! colspan="3" bgcolor="#ffffff"|
! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff"|
! colspan="9" bgcolor="#e0e0e0"|[[Regular season]]
! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff"|
! colspan="8" bgcolor="#e0e0e0" | [[Playoffs]]
|- bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! [[Season (sports)|Season]]
! Team
! League
! GP !! W !! L !! T !! MIN !! GA !! [[Shutout#Ice hockey|SO]] !! [[Goals against average|GAA]] !! [[save percentage|SV%]]
! GP !! W !! L !! MIN !! GA !! SO !! GAA !! SV%
|-
| [[1963–64 OHA season|1963–64]]
| [[Niagara Falls Flyers]]
| [[Ontario Hockey Association|OHA]]
| 28 || — || — || — || 1,680 || 80 || 4 || 2.86 || —
| 4 || 0 || 4 || 240 || 26 || 0 || 6.50 || —
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[1964–65 OHA season|1964–65]]
| Niagara Falls Flyers
| OHA
| 34 || — || — || — || 2,004 || 86 || 2 || 2.58 || —
| 8 || 6 || 2 || 480 || 15 || 1 || 1.86 || —
|-
| [[1965 Memorial Cup|1964–65]]
| Niagara Falls Flyers
| [[Memorial Cup|M-Cup]]
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —
| 13 || 10 || 2 || 700 || 19 || 2 || 1.63 || —
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[1965–66 NHL season|1965–66]]
| [[Boston Bruins]]
| [[National Hockey League|NHL]]
| 39 || 11 || 20 || 3 || 2,083 || 128 || 1 || 3.69 || .894
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —
|-
| [[1965–66 CPHL season|1965–66]]
| [[Oklahoma City Blazers (1965–77)|Oklahoma City Blazers]]
| [[Central Professional Hockey League|CPHL]]
| 3 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 180 || 11 || 0 || 3.67 || —
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[1966–67 NHL season|1966–67]]
| Boston Bruins
| NHL
| 18 || 4 || 12 || 2 || 1,022 || 62 || 0 || 3.64 || .893
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —
|-
| [[1966–67 CPHL season|1966–67]]
| Oklahoma City Blazers
| CPHL
| 14 || 10 || 4 || 0 || 820 || 37 || 4 || 2.70 || —
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[1967–68 NHL season|1967–68]]
| [[Philadelphia Flyers]]
| NHL
| 38 || 16 || 17 || 5 || 2,248 || 93 || 4 || 2.48 || .925
| 5 || 2 || 3 || 355 || 8 || 0 || 1.35 || .963
|-
| [[1968–69 NHL season|1968–69]]
| Philadelphia Flyers
| NHL
| 58 || 17 || 23 || '''16''' || 3,365 || 151 || 1 || 2.69 || .925
| 3 || 0 || 3 || 180 || 12 || 0 || 4.00 || .872
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[1969–70 NHL season|1969–70]]
| Philadelphia Flyers
| NHL
| 62 || 13 || 29 || '''20''' || 3,680 || 171 || 3 || 2.79 || .921
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —
|-
| [[1970–71 NHL season|1970–71]]
| Philadelphia Flyers
| NHL
| 30 || 9 || 12 || 6 || 1,586 || 73 || 2 || 2.76 || .912
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1970–71
| [[Toronto Maple Leafs]]
| NHL
| 18 || 7 || 7 || 3 || 1,040 || 46 || 0 || 2.65 || .916
| 4 || 2 || 2 || 235 || 9 || 0 || 2.30 || .922
|-
| [[1971–72 NHL season|1971–72]]
| Toronto Maple Leafs
| NHL
| 47 || 17 || 18 || 9 || 2,715 || 116 || 3 || 2.56 || .914
| 4 || 1 || 3 || 243 || 13 || 0 || 3.21 || .912
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[1972–73 WHA season|1972–73]]
| [[Philadelphia Blazers]]
| [[World Hockey Association|WHA]]
| 63 || '''33''' || 28 || 0 || 3,653 || '''220''' || 2 || 3.61 || .886
| 1 || 0 || 1 || 70 || 3 || 0 || 2.57 || .929
|-
| [[1973–74 NHL season|1973–74]]
| Philadelphia Flyers
| NHL
| '''73''' || '''47''' || 13 || 12 || '''4,314''' || 136 || '''12''' || '''1.89''' || .933
| 17 || 12 || 5 || 1,042 || 35 || 2 || 2.02 || .933
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[1974–75 NHL season|1974–75]]
| Philadelphia Flyers
| NHL
| 68 || '''44''' || 14 || 10 || 4,041 || 137 || '''12''' || '''2.03''' || .918
| 15 || 10 || 5 || 922 || 29 || 4 || 1.89 || .924
|-
| [[1975–76 NHL season|1975–76]]
| Philadelphia Flyers
| NHL
| 11 || 6 || 2 || 3 || 615 || 24 || 0 || 2.34 || .907
| 8 || 4 || 4 || 480 || 27 || 0 || 3.38 || .892
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[1976–77 NHL season|1976–77]]
| Philadelphia Flyers
| NHL
| 61 || 35 || 13 || '''12''' || 3,525 || 159 || 5 || 2.71 || .899
| 3 || 0 || 3 || 123 || 8 || 0 || 3.90 || .814
|-
| [[1977–78 NHL season|1977–78]]
| Philadelphia Flyers
| NHL
| 49 || 29 || 6 || 13 || 2,923 || 108 || '''7''' || 2.22 || .912
| 12 || 7 || 5 || 722 || 33 || 0 || 2.74 || .891
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[1978–79 NHL season|1978–79]]
| Philadelphia Flyers
| NHL
| 36 || 16 || 12 || 7 || 1,979 || 89 || 4 || 2.70 || .893
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —
|- bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! colspan="3"|WHA totals
! 63 !! 33 !! 28 !! 0 !! 3,653 !! 220 !! 2 !! 3.61 !! .886
! 1 !! 0 !! 1 !! 70 !! 3 !! 0 !! 2.57 !! .929
|- bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! colspan="3"|NHL totals
! 608 !! 271 !! 198 !! 121 !! 35,136 !! 1,493 !! 55 !! 2.55 !! .915
! 71 !! 38 !! 33 !! 4,302 !! 174 !! 6 !! 2.43 !! .916
|-
| colspan="20" style="text-align:center;"|'''Source:'''<ref>{{cite web |title=Parent's stats |url=https://hockeygoalies.org/bio/parent.html |publisher=The Goaltender Home Page |access-date=August 7, 2017}}</ref>
|}

==See also==
* [[List of NHL statistical leaders]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==Further reading==
* {{cite web |url=http://flyers.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=435666 |title=Flyers Heroes of the Past: Bernie Parent (Part 1) |date=February 16, 2007 |publisher=Philadelphia Flyers |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304073752/http://flyers.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=435666 |archive-date=March 4, 2016}}
* {{cite web |url=http://flyers.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=435676 |title=Flyers Heroes of the Past: Bernie Parent (Part 2) |date=February 21, 2007 |publisher=Philadelphia Flyers |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304115655/http://flyers.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=435676 |archive-date=March 4, 2016}}
* {{cite book|last1=Parent|first1=Bernie|last2=Fleischman|first2=Bill|author-link2=Bill Fleischman|last3=Schwartz|first3=Sonny|title=Bernie, Bernie!|publisher=[[Prentice Hall]]|date=1975|location=Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey|isbn=9780130745262}}

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* {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181029195635/http://www.bernieparent.com/ |date=October 29, 2018 |title=Official website}}
* {{Ice hockey stats|legendsm=P198403}}
* {{imdb name|1869165}}

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