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Saying goodbye to Flyers legend and person, Bernie Parent

Related Topics: Bernie Parent, Gene Hart

I'm 46 years old. I never got to see the Flyers' glory years of the 1970s; however, I heard a lot about those years and those teams. The best I got to see was of the Flyers was in those special, "oh-so-close" years from 1995 to 2005.

I've also never met Bernie Parent. I've met just a tiny handful of Flyers in my life. The only one I really had any sort of prolonged experience with was Gene Hart. I met him at a charity function, and as most people were crowded around the players, or themselves, Mr.