18. Bernie Parent and the Flyers back-to-back championships

They were known as the Broad Street Bullies. They never met a fight they didn't want. They would beat you up... and then they would beat you down... But most of all... they would just beat you. And for two straight years they did just that in winning back-to-back Stanley Cups. Bernie Parent was the last man of defense for those great Philadelphia Flyers teams and came up with shutouts in clinching Cup wins two years running. A 2-time Conn Smythe winner as well as a 2-time Vezina Trophy recipient, Parent had a Hall of Fame career in his adopted hometown of Philadelphia. A city that loved him and that he loved right back---then and now. Parent tells us about how he almost celebrated that first win too soon, how his boyhood idol mentored him into a future Hall of Famer, and how he has stayed sober for the past 46 years! It's a great talk with one of the greatest goalies to ever play in the NHL as we look back on the Flyers Stanley Cup Championships from May of 1974 on the Past Our Prime podcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices