Parent, Clement and Life in the Post-Lockout NHL: it's All about the Journey
A pair of memoirs from two Cup-winning Flyers alums describe how life after the greatest game in North America isn't laid out in a straight line.
When Bernie Parent came to the Collingswood Book Festival last year to promote his new biography, Unmasked, a host of Flyers supporters huddled under a tent for a Q&A with the beloved goaltender. The first question he fielded was about the injustices of the NHL lockout. The final one was served up for him to bash enigmatic goalie Ilya Bryzgalov—and the silver-haired Hall-of-Famer navigated both with characteristic ease. You could say he's grown accustomed to having the goodwill of an entire city in his back pocket for the past 40 years, but Unmasked tells the story of just how much Parent's carefree attitude was tested along the way. 'You have to become a chameleon' From the age of 17, when he left his family home in Montreal with a …
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