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The Rock has discussed his first outing in WWE and why it was a baptism by fire for him.Â

The Rock debuted in WWE in 1996 at Survivor Series, which was held at the iconic Madison Square Garden in New York. In his interview with Mark Kerr for “Sports Illustrated,” he shared feeling nervous ahead of his first match, facing the pressure of performing in front of a passionate audience.

“But I’ll never forget, man, just like you backstage, nervous in front of 22,000, especially — just like in Brazil — just like for me in New York City, Madison Square Garden. If it doesn’t go well, that’s your debut. If you don’t win that tournament, okay, well, maybe you’re going to make something of yourself, maybe you won’t. If I don’t perform for that New York City crowd, it’s hardcore, they get a sense that you’re done,” said The Rock.

He also recalled the words Vince McMahon told him before the match, after learning he was going to win. The Rock thanked the other wrestlers — some of them legends of pro wrestling — for helping him succeed in his first steps in the business.

“So luckily that night, I give a lot of credit to my fellow wrestlers who were like, ‘Hey kid, this is a big opportunity for you,’ because — by the way — Vince told me, came to me earlier that afternoon, and he goes, ‘Do you know what the finish of the match is?’ I go, ‘No.’ He goes, ‘You’re going over.’ ‘The whole thing?’ He goes, ‘The whole thing. You’re either going to sink or swim, and this is going to be baptism by fire.'”

In the Survivor Series match, The Rock — known as Rocky Maivia — teamed with Jake Roberts, Marc Mero, and Barry Windham against the team of Triple H, Goldust, Jerry Lawler, and Crush. The Rock got off to a strong start in his career, emerging as the sole survivor.

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Sister Jean Dolores Schmidt, who became a college basketball fan favorite during Loyola Chicago’s March Madness run to the Final Four in 2018, has passed away at 106 years old. ESPN’s Shams Charania reported the news on Thursday.

“Loyola University Chicago is greatly saddened to confirm the death of Sister Jean Dolores Schmidt, BVM,” Loyola Chicago wrote in a statement. “This is a tremendous loss of someone who touched the lives of so many people. We appreciate everyone’s thoughts & prayers during this difficult time.”

Sister Jean was a Catholic nun, campus minister and official chaplain of Loyola Chicago’s basketball team. She became synonymous in the college basketball world when she was seen on the sidelines cheering on the Ramblers as they made a Cinderella run to the Final Four, marking their first since their national championship in 1963.

Sister Jean took a job at Mundelein College in 1961 and later joined Loyola Chicago when the two schools became affiliated in 1991. She stepped into the academic advisor role with the men’s basketball team in 1994 before becoming the team’s chaplain.

“In many roles at Loyola over the course of more than 60 years, Sister Jean was an invaluable source of wisdom and grace for generations of students, faculty, and staff,” Loyola President Mark C. Reed said. “While we feel grief and a sense of loss, there is great joy in her legacy. Her presence was a profound blessing for our entire community and her spirit abides in thousands of lives. In her honor, we can aspire to share with others the love and compassion Sister Jean shared with us.”Â

Just last month, Sister Jean retired from her role with the team and stepped away from her duties at the university.

Sister Jean also joined the Ramblers for their two NCAA tournament appearances that followed the Final Four run. In 2020-21, ahead of Loyola’s upset win over No. 1 Illinois, she offered wisdom not only in the players’ lives, but also on the court.

“As we play the Fighting Illini, we ask for special help to overcome this team and get a great win,” she said. “We hope to score early and make our opponents nervous. We have a great opportunity to convert rebounds as this team makes about 50% of layups and 30% of its 3 points. Our defense can take care of that.”

But Sister Jean’s legacy extends far beyond her work with the basketball team.

Sister Jean paired Loyola students with residents of a local assisted living community through a program called SMILE (Students Moving Into the Lives of the Elderly) and held weekly prayer groups for students.

She “received recognition from church and world leaders thanking her for her joy and service,” and received an Apostolic Blessing from Pope Francis for her 100th birthday. She received a proclamation from President Joe Biden on her 105th birthday.

The Ramblers will no longer have Sister Jean on their sideline, but they’ll surely be thinking of her the next time they take to the court.

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A WWE star left podcast hosts stunned after admitting he didnâ€t know what a Sega Genesis was.

WWE NXT star Jeâ€Von Evans recently appeared on the No Contest Wrestling Podcast hosted by Oâ€Shea Jackson Jr. and TJ Jefferson. During the conversation, Oâ€Shea recalled being introduced to Shawn Michaels through WWE RAW on the Sega Genesis because his older brother always used to pick The Heartbreak Kid.

The conversation took a hilarious turn when Jeâ€Von Evans asked the hosts what Sega Genesis was. Evans prefaced his question by saying it would show how young he was. A quick Google search shows that the “Young OG†was born in April 2004, making him slightly older than the original WWE SmackDown! vs. Raw video game.

The Sega Genesis console was released in the late nineties. It featured classic titles such as Sonic the Hedgehog, Altered Beast, Castlevania: Bloodlines, Streets of Rage 2, and Contra: Hard Corps, to name a few.

Elsewhere in the interview, Evans revealed he decided to become a pro wrestler the moment Triple H hit a Pedigree on Sheamus through the Spanish announce table. That particular segment took place in the lead-up to WrestleMania XXVIII, which saw The Game take on The Undertaker in the second of their three WrestleMania encounters.

Also read: Shawn Michaels Convinced WWE To Hire This NXT Superstar

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For the third consecutive year, Baseball America measured minor league performance using underlying Statcast metrics collected via Hawk-Eye data from across the minors. Our RoboScout model incorporates this data to evaluate the performance of hitters and pitchers and better project their future major league outcomes.

At the lower levels of the minors, surface stats alone can be misleading and noisy because of the quality of pitching and defense. That is especially true of the poor pitching control in the Dominican Summer League. As J.J. Cooper noted on a podcast earlier this year, in the DSL, hitters can post a .350 on-base percentage simply by just keeping the bat on their shoulder.

Thatâ€s where RoboScout helps. The model blends traditional statistics with underlying data like contact quality, swing decisions and exit velocity to provide a truer measure of performance and projection. But sometimes, looking only at the underlying data is even more revealing. If a hitter can produce a 115 mph exit velocity or whiff on just 5% of in-zone swings, thatâ€s an objective skill—unaffected by field conditions, defense or ballpark size.

This article highlights the hitters age 23 and younger who posted the best underlying Statcast data in 2025 (minimum 150 plate appearances). DSL players age 20 and older were excluded.

Our Methodology: How Hit+ Works

To capture a hitterâ€s true underlying performance, we used weighted on-base average (wOBA) as our baseline and created a Hit+ score that weights each key metric by how strongly it correlates with future wOBA. Like wRC+, Hit+ is centered at 100, so scores above that mark indicate better-than-average underlying performance or vice versa.

The primary inputs include:

• Contact rate and in-zone contact rate (zCon%)
• 90th percentile exit velocity (EV90)
• Chase rate and Swing%–minus–Chase%
• Barrel rate (BRL%)
• Expected weighted on-base average on contact (xwOBAcon)

One important note: Each hitterâ€s performance was compared to the overall minor league average rather than level-specific averages, due to data availability. As a result, a Double-A and Low-A hitter with the same contact rate against breaking balls, for example, are evaluated equally in that category.

Please note: Hit+ measures only offensive skill and does not account for defensive value or baserunning.

Age 16

NameOrgHIT+Cont%zCon%90EVChase%BRL%xwOBAconSami ManzuetaHOU10979%87%102 mph18%14%.349Freiker BetencourtCHC10684%95%99 mph19%12%.308Miguel CarabelloSFG10267%88%102 mph20%12%.347Angel AbreuCLE9989%90%95 mph18%6%.259

There weren’t many 16-year-olds in this data set, let alone ones with above-average Statcast metrics. Astros infielder Sami Manzueta and Cubs outfielder Freiker Betencourt were the classes of this demographic.

Age 17

NameOrgHIT+Cont%zCon%90EVChase%BRL%xwOBAconGabriel DavalilloLAA11383%90%102 mph23%15%.392Richard MaticNYY11374%81%104 mph16%18%.380Josuar GonzalezSFG11081%89%104 mph21%17%.318Elorky RodriguezTEX11077%84%99 mph15%16%.357Starlin MiesesBAL10968%75%103 mph11%18%.344Juneiker CaceresCLE10884%88%105 mph26%13%.321Hyun Seung LeePIT10879%86%101 mph21%19%.297Juan SanchezTOR10778%89%100 mph26%18%.353Sebastian Dos SantosSTL10676%83%99 mph12%14%.324Teilon SerranoMIN10667%75%104 mph24%17%.397

Although he is in the middle of the list, Guardians outfielder Juneiker Caceres not only achieved these metrics stateside, but impressively did it in full-season ball for Low-A Lynchburg.

Age 18

NameOrgHIT+Cont%zCon%90EVChase%BRL%xwOBAconEdward FlorentinoPIT12183%88%104 mph20%25%.403Josue BritoBOS12176%83%103 mph17%31%.425Edgar MonteroATH12072%80%105 mph13%30%.374Rainiel RodriguezSTL11776%80%105 mph24%24%.409Emil MoralesLAD11470%77%106 mph25%24%413Edgardo De LeonCHC11466%76%108 mph28%22%.464Luis CovaMIA11380%85%102 mph17%20%.358Jose CastroMIA11371%85%103 mph20%20%.410Ching-Hsien KoLAD11276%81%104 mph18%19%.345Ramiro DominguezMIN11184%90%100 mph24%17%.310Jonathan RangelMIL11175%83%102 mph17%28%.357

To no oneâ€s surprise, top prospects Pirates outfielder Edward Florentino and Cardinals catcher Rainiel Rodriguez are prominently featured. Another pair of Dodgers outfielders also appear: Emil Morales, who was one of the top DSL performers in 2024, and Ching-Hsien Ko.

Age 19

NameOrgHIT+Cont%zCon%90EVChase%BRL%xwOBAconAlfredo DunoCIN11669%73%105 mph15%25%.382Konnor GriffinPIT11674%84%108 mph25%20%.407Anthony HuezoHOU11464%86%107 mph24%27%.419Caleb BonemerCHW11476%85%105 mph18%19%.373Eduardo QuinteroLAD11376%80%104 mph18%18%.391Devin Fitz-GeraldTEX11281%88%104 mph20%14%.353Theo GillenTBR11274%82%103 mph15%20%.346Brendan TuninkLAD11166%73%103 mph18%26%.393Irvin NunezMIN11177%86%99 mph19%20%.377Franklin AriasBOS11088%93%103 mph25%16%.303

Reds catcher Alfredo Duno and BA’s No. 1 overall prospect, Pirates shortstop/outfielder Konnor Griffin, are the class of the 19-year-olds. Weâ€ve talked about Astros outfielder Anthony Huezo before here and here. Twins catcher Irvin Nunez is the biggest surprise. He barely qualifies with 152 plate appearances and is quite passive with a 36% swing rate, but when he swings, he makes contact and pulls it in the air, hitting it in the sweet spot 48% of the time (the minor league average is 31%).

Age 20

NameOrgHIT+Cont%zCon%90EVChase%BRL%xwOBAconBryce EldridgeSFG12166%78%108 mph27%29%.483Kevin McGonigleDET11882%84%105 mph20%21%.379Ralphy VelasquezCLE11776%83%107 mph24%24%.373Samuel BasalloBAL11770%81%108 mph33%27%.443Josue De PaulaLAD11476%80%106 mph14%23%.346Demetrio CrisantesARI11486%91%103 mph20%19%.335Deniel OrtizSTL11470%77%104 mph21%24%.393Max ClarkDET11482%88%105 mph19%18%.329Walker JenkinsMIN11376%83%103 mph22%22%.370Zyhir HopeLAD11266%73%109 mph21%22%.368

The names in the age-20 bucket are a veritable whoâ€s-who of top prospects. To intermittent readers of RoboScout, perhaps Cardinals third baseman Deniel Ortiz sticks out, but we wrote about him as an underrated fantasy prospect last week.

Age 21

NameOrgHIT+Cont%zCon%90EVChase%BRL%xwOBAconSal StewartCIN12078%82%107 mph28%27%.412Ryan CliffordNYM11972%80%109 mph21%24%.419Will BushHOU11772%80%106 mph18%20%.429Luke AdamsMIL11677%83%104 mph15%19%.392Victor FigueroaSDP11671%81%107 mph20%24%.385Esmerlyn ValdezPIT11670%86%108 mph21%20%.423Jacob ReimerNYM11575%85%105 mph23%20%.397Callan MossPIT11574%80%105 mph24%22%.405Aidan MillerPHI11376%83%106 mph17%15%.379Hendry MendezMIN11285%90%105 mph19%14%.322

Twins outfielder Hendry Mendez was another underrated target by RoboScout last week, and the data above explains why. Reds infielder Sal Stewart contributed to Cincinnatiâ€s brief playoff run and has been a RoboDarling for a couple years now. Geoff Pontes identified Astros catcher Will Bush as a prospect with strong underlying data, too.

Age 22

NameOrgHIT+Cont%zCon%90EVChase%BRL%xwOBAconMike SirotaLAD12272%78%107 mph13%25%.432Izaac PachecoDET11967%73%107 mph23%30%.436Carter JensenKCR11973%82%107 mph20%25%.396Travis BazzanaCLE11879%84%104 mph15%23%.357JJ WetherholtSTL11779%84%104 mph17%24%.362Jason SchiavoneHOU11762%70%108 mph13%29%.395Ryan WaldschmidtARI11775%82%105 mph16%18%.414Carson BengeNYM11680%86%106 mph22%20%.372James Tibbs IIILAD11574%81%105 mph17%22%.362Joshua BaezSTL11573%80%107 mph23%22%.386

Age 23

NameOrgHIT+Cont%zCon%90EVChase%BRL%xwOBAconOwen CaissieCHC12372%81%108 mph25%31%.440Parks HarberSFG12172%83%108 mph22%29%.415Brock WilkenMIL12072%79%106 mph16%23%.454Chase DeLauterCLE12082%84%107 mph16%21%.381Dylan BeaversBAL11780%87%105 mph20%19%.385Jordan LawlarARI11773%82%104 mph24%23%.446Yohendrick PinangoTOR11680%85%109 mph22%17%.378Joseph SullivanHOU11672%80%108 mph13%21%.354Jonathon LongCHC11678%85%106 mph24%22%.374Kalaâ€I RosarioMIN11571%78%108 mph19%20%.384

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Sep 30, 2025, 07:36 PM ET

Lawrence Moten, a basketball star at Syracuse in the early 1990s who still holds the program scoring record, has died. He was 53.

An athletic department spokesperson said Tuesday that multiple staff members learned of Moten’s death from various contacts and that Moten was at home in Washington, D.C., when he died. A cause of death was not immediately clear.

A 6-foot-5 guard known as “Poetry in Moten,” he scored 2,334 points over four seasons with the Orange, from 1991 to 1995. His 1,405 points in Big East play was a conference record that stood until 2020.

Hall of Famer Jim Boeheim, who recruited and coached Moten, called it a tragic day for the Syracuse basketball family.

Lawrence Moten, who starred at Syracuse in the early 1990s and still holds the program scoring record, had his No. 21 jersey retired in a pregame ceremony March 3, 2018, at the Carrier Dome. Nick Lisi/AP

“Lawrence’s passing is such a sudden thing; it’s very hard to take,” Boeheim said. “He was one of the most underrated college basketball players of all time. I believe some people took his ability for granted because he made it look so easy. Lawrence was one of our greatest players and one of the best in the history of the Big East Conference.”

Syracuse qualified for the NCAA tournament three times with Moten, who had his No. 21 jersey retired in a pregame ceremony March 3, 2018, at the Carrier Dome.

“I can’t think of anybody that was more positive or who loved Syracuse more than he did,” said Adrian Autry, who was a teammate with Moten for three seasons at Syracuse and succeeded Boeheim as coach in 2023. “He was one of the greatest to put on the uniform. It’s a big loss. I was able to play alongside him for three years and watch him do some amazing things. I was fortunate to spend time with him on and off the court.”

Orange athletic director John Wildhack called Moten a Syracuse icon.

“His accolades as Syracuse’s all-time leading scorer and holding the Big East scoring record for 25 years speak for themselves, but his style of play is what energized the Dome,” Wildhack said. “He was a fixture around the program long after his playing career, always with a smile on his face.”

Moten was a second-round pick of the Vancouver Grizzlies in the 1995 NBA draft. He played two seasons with them and an additional eight games with the Washington Wizards in 1998.

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Sep 21, 2025, 12:28 PM ET

PHILADELPHIA — Bernie Parent, the Hall of Famer considered one of the great goalies of all time who anchored the net for the Flyers’ only two Stanley Cup championships during their Broad Street Bullies heyday, has died. He was 80.

The Flyers made the announcement Sunday but provided no immediate details. Parent died overnight in his sleep, said Joe Watson, a star defenseman on the Flyers’ Stanley Cup teams.

Watson said by phone that he saw Parent and other former Flyers players at a function on Friday night in Delaware.

“Bernie was in such pain, he could hardly walk,” Watson said, citing Parent’s bad back. “We had a great time, but I felt bad because he was in such terrible pain. To see this happen, it’s very sad.”

Bernie Parent had 271 wins — 231 of them with the Flyers — over a 13-year Hall of Fame career. Bruce Bennett Studios/Getty Images

Parent’s steel-eyed stare through his old-school hockey mask landed him on the cover of Time magazine in 1975 when the Flyers reigned as one of the marquee teams in sports. He won Stanley Cup, Conn Smythe and Vezina trophies in back-to-back seasons when the Flyers won the title in 1974 and 1975, the first NHL expansion team to win the championship.

“The legend of Bernie Parent reached far beyond the ice and his accolades,” the Flyers said in a statement. “Bernie had a deep love for Philadelphia and fans of the Flyers. He was passionate about his role as an ambassador for Ed Snider Youth Hockey & Education and inspired an entire generation of hockey fans. He dedicated his time, energy and enthusiasm to not only grow the game, but also to spread joy to anyone he encountered.”

After he made his NHL debut with Boston in 1965, Parent was left unprotected by the Bruins in the 1967 expansion draft and was selected by the Flyers. After 3½ seasons, he was traded to Toronto but ended up back in Philadelphia ahead of the 1973-74 season. He won a league-high 47 games that season and led the NHL in wins again the next season with 44.

He retired with the Flyers in 1979 after 271 wins — 231 of them with the Flyers — over a 13-year career. Parent was accidentally struck in the right eye with a stick in 1979 and was temporarily blinded. He never played again.

The Flyers beat the Bruins in six games to win the Stanley Cup in 1974 and beat the Buffalo Sabres in 1975.

On the flight home from Buffalo, the Flyers plopped the Stanley Cup in the middle of the aisle. For close to 90 minutes, the Flyers couldn’t take their eyes off the ultimate prize.

“We were able to just sit back, look at the Stanley Cup and just savor it,” Parent said in 2010. “It was just a special time.”

With Parent the unstoppable force in net, “Only the Lord saves more than Bernie Parent” became a popular slogan in Philadelphia that stuck with him through the decades.

“We used to joke about it in the dressing room. We’d say, ‘Bernie, how many goals do you need?’ He’d say, ‘One, two, that’s it, and we’ll win the game,'” said Gary Dornhoefer, a winger on the two Cup teams.

Parent, team captain Bobby Clarke and Dave “The Hammer” Schultz all became stars for the Flyers under owner Ed Snider in an era when the team was known for its rugged style of play that earned it the Bullies nickname. They embraced their moniker as the most despised team in the NHL and pounded their way into the hearts of Flyers fans. More than 2 million fans packed city streets for each of their championship parades.

“We always felt comfortable with Bernie in the net,” said former Flyers winger and enforcer Bob Kelly. “He would challenge the guys in practice. He’d stop the puck and throw it back at you and say, ‘go ahead, try and catch this one.’ He was the first guy to jump in line to help another teammate if they needed it. He was a real testament to what a team player is all about.”

Parent’s No. 1 was retired by the Flyers and still hangs in the rafters of their arena. In 1984, he became the first Flyers player inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame. Parent is still the Flyers’ career leader in shutouts with 50.

Parent was one of the more beloved Flyers and remained connected with the team over the years as an ambassador.

“He was so good with people,” said Watson, who first met Parent in 1963. “A lot of athletes don’t get it or don’t give fans the time of day. Bernie gave everyone the time of day. He’d always have his rings on. He’d show them to the people and people loved to see them. This past Friday in Delaware, people were coming up, they wanted to see the rings. People were so excited to see him. He had a great sense of humor. Bernie was a funny guy.”

Flyers coach Rick Tocchet, who played 11 seasons over two stints with the team, choked back tears at the New Jersey practice rink as he described Parent’s influence.

“As a young kid, you’re stressed trying to make the team. When he would come in, he’d just break the room up. He really helped me out when it came to that,” Tocchet said. “It seemed like every day was a great day to him. I don’t know if he ever had a bad day. But that (Stanley Cup) group was very close, and Bernie was kind of the glue. Bob Clarke obviously unreal, and Billy Barber and all those guys, they came around a lot. Bernie was one of those guys, he would just, we’d lose three in a row, somehow he’d come in there and loosen us up the Bernie way.”

The final career highlight came in 2011 when Parent was in the net for an alumni game outdoors at Citizens Bank Park ahead of the NHL Classic. “Bernie! Bernie! Bernie!” echoed throughout the park for the affable goalie, who played 5 minutes, 32 seconds and stopped all six shots. Each save made the “Bernie!” chants return.

Parent was the third Hall of Fame goaltender to die this month. Ken Dryden, who helped the Montreal Canadiens win six Stanley Cup titles in the 1970s, died at 78 after a fight with cancer. Ed Giacomin, one of the faces of the New York Rangers’ franchise in the 1960s and ’70s, died at 86 of natural causes.

“They’re big losses,” Kelly said. “They were just prime, super goaltenders.”

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PHILADELPHIA — Bernie Parent, the Hall of Famer considered one of the great goalies of all time who anchored the net for the Philadelphia Flyers’ only two Stanley Cup championships during their Broad Street Bullies heyday, has died. He was 80.

The Flyers made the announcement Sunday but provided no immediate details. Parent died overnight in his sleep, said Joe Watson, a star defenceman on their Stanley Cup teams.

Watson said by phone that he saw Parent and other former Flyers players at a function on Friday night in Delaware.

“Bernie was in such pain, he could hardly walk,†Watson said, citing Parentâ€s bad back. “We had a great time, but I felt bad because he was in such terrible pain. To see this happen, itâ€s very sad.â€

Parent’s steel-eyed stare through his old-school hockey mask landed him on the cover of Time magazine in 1975 when the Flyers reigned as one of the marquee teams in sports. He won Stanley Cup, Conn Smythe and Vezina trophies in back-to-back seasons when the Flyers captured the Stanley Cup in 1974 and 1975, the first NHL expansion team to win the championship.

“The legend of Bernie Parent reached far beyond the ice and his accolades,†the Flyers said in a statement. “Bernie had a deep love for Philadelphia and fans of the Flyers. He was passionate about his role as an ambassador for Ed Snider Youth Hockey & Education and inspired an entire generation of hockey fans. He dedicated his time, energy and enthusiasm to not only grow the game, but also to spread joy to anyone he encountered.â€

After he made his NHL debut with Boston in 1965, Parent was left unprotected by the Bruins in the 1967 expansion draft and was selected by the Flyers. After 3 1/2 seasons, he was traded to Toronto but ended up back in Philadelphia ahead of the 1973-74 season. He won a league-high 47 games that season and led the NHL in wins again the next season with 44.

He retired with the Flyers in 1979 after 271 wins — 231 of them with the Flyers — over a 13-year career. Parent was accidentally struck in the right eye with a stick in 1979 and was temporarily blinded. He never played again.

The Flyers beat the Bruins in six games to win the Stanley Cup in 1974 and beat Buffalo in 1975. Parent had shutouts in the clinchers each season.

On the flight home from Buffalo, the Flyers plopped the Stanley Cup in the middle of the aisle. For close to 90 minutes, they couldnâ€t take their eyes off hockey’s ultimate prize.

“We were able to just sit back, look at the Stanley Cup and just savour it,†Parent said in 2010. “It was just a special time.â€

With Parent the unstoppable force in net, “Only the Lord saves more than Bernie Parent,†became a popular slogan in Philadelphia that stuck with him through the decades.

Parent, team captain Bobby Clarke and Dave “The Hammer†Schultz all became stars for the Flyers under owner Ed Snider in an era when the team was known for its rugged style of play that earned the Bullies nickname. They embraced their moniker as the most despised team in the NHL and pounded their way into the hearts of Flyers fans. More than 2 million fans packed Philadelphia streets for each of their championship parades.

Parentâ€s No. 1 jersey was retired by the Flyers and still hangs in the rafters of their arena and in 1984 he became the first Flyers player inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame. He is still the Flyers†career leader in shutouts with 50.

Parent remained connected with the team over the years as an ambassador.

“He was so good with people,†said Watson, who first met Parent in 1963. “A lot of athletes donâ€t get it or donâ€t give fans the time of day. Bernie gave everyone the time of day. Heâ€d always have his rings on. Heâ€d show them to the people and people loved to see them. This past Friday in Delaware, people were coming up, they wanted to see the rings. People were so excited to see him. He had a great sense of humor. Bernie was a funny guy.â€

The final career highlight came in 2011 when Parent was in the net for an alumni game outdoors at the baseball stadium Citizens Bank Park ahead of the NHL Classic. “Bernie! Bernie! Bernie!†echoed throughout the park for the affable goalie, who played 5 minutes, 32 seconds and stopped all six shots. Each save made the “Bernie!†chants return.

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