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...knows the goalie's risks better than the Philadelphia Flyers' Bernie Parent. "You don't have to be crazy to be a goalie," says Parent, "but it helps." If so, Parent must be crazier than most. For the past two years, he has been the best goal tender in hockey. Last year Parent all but carried the Flyers to the playoffs. He appeared in 73 of their 78 games, led the league in shutouts (twelve), and had the lowest goals-against average per game (1.89). In the playoffs he shut down the high-scoring offenses...
...arrival of Parent and his bruising teammates as the most potent force in hockey has added immeasurably to a growing interest in the sport. For better or worse the Flyers have brought new muscle into the game. Fans cannot resist their intimidating play and all-too-eager fights. In Philadelphia, 17,007 pack the Spectrum for every game to cheer on the "Broad Street Bullies"; on the road, S.R.O. crowds come to boo the tempestuous enemy. The cry for blood explodes whenever Flyer Enforcer Dave Schultz (6 ft. 1 in., 190 lbs.) starts swinging for the nearest hostile jaw. Inevitably...
...Parent begins to adjust his position to cut down the angle attackers have to shoot for open space in the net. Part geometry, part instinct, the tactic of "playing the angles" is Parent's greatest talent on the ice. "When he's doing it right," says Flyer Coach Fred Shero, "Bernie won't have to move his glove or his foot an inch either way to make a save...
...action, he concentrates so hard on anticipation and execution that he rarely knows who scores Flyer goals. That is part of his competitiveness: to blot out all else and focus on the assailant. "It's me against him," he explains. "It proves something when you make a save." Winning is something he is addicted to. "I hate losing," he says. "A good broad I don't mind. A good win I don't mind either...
...Though Parent is not exactly light-hearted about giving up goals, he can take some with a grin. In a game against Buffalo last year, Sabre Left Winger Rick Martin sent a hard shot screaming over Parent's shoulder into the net. When Bobby Clarke skated by the Flyer goalie to encourage him, he heard Parent laughing and saying behind his mask, "Gee that kid can shoot." Another time when reporters in the dressing room spotted an ugly bruise on Parent's thigh and asked if a slap shot had caused it, he replied: "Nah, my wife...