Lighting The Lamp: Parent Trap

Lighting the Lamp With Rick Ackerman

The team once known as the Broad Street Bullies swoops into St. Louis tonight to pay a holiday visit to the Blues. The Philadelphia Flyers of the 1970s battered and bruised their way to two consecutive Stanley Cup championships in 1974 and 1975, led by captain Bobby Clarke (Hockey Hall of Fame 1987) and goaltender Bernie Parent (HHoF 1984).

There were some colorful personalities on those 70s teams. Ed Van Impe (For years I thought his middle name was “Around” after listening to Dan Kelly’s audio recording of the game in which Red Berenson scored six goals, skating past Van Impe several times.), former Blue Andre “Moose” Dupont and Joe Watson provided a…