Rich parent

Rich parent
Date of birth	January 12, 1973
place of birth	Montreal , Quebec , Canada
size	184 cm
Weight	94 kg
position	goalkeeper
Catch hand	Left
Career stations
1991-1992	Fort McMurray Oil Barons
1992-1993	Spokane Chiefs
1993-1994	Fort McMurray Oil Barons
1994-1996	Muskegon Fury
1996-1997	Detroit Vipers
1997-1999	St. Louis Blues
1999-2000	Tampa Bay Lightning
2000-2001	Pittsburgh Penguins
2001-2002	Iserlohn Roosters
2002-2003	Kassel Huskies
2003-2004	Polar bears Berlin
2004-2005	Hanover Scorpions
2005-2006	Iserlohn Roosters

Richard "Rich" Parent (born January 12, 1973 in Montreal , Québec ) is a former Canadian ice hockey goalkeeper who played for the St. Louis Blues , Tampa Bay Lightning and Pittsburgh Penguins in the National Hockey League . In the German Ice Hockey League he was active for the Iserlohn Roosters , Kassel Huskies , Eisbären Berlin and Hannover Scorpions .

Career

Rich Parent played in various youth leagues, including the Western Hockey League in the 1992/93 season. He played his first professional games from 1994 to 1996 for the Muskegon Fury in the Colonial Hockey League . For the next two years Parent played in the International Hockey League for the Detroit Vipers . In the 1997/98 season he made his debut in the National Hockey League for the St. Louis Blues . The next year he played in the American Hockey League and came to ten missions in the NHL. In the 1999/2000 season Parent played 14 games for the Tampa Bay Lightning , but he spent the majority of the games again in the IHL. 2000/01 he played for the Pittsburgh Penguins in the NHL, and for the farm team Wilkes-Barre / Scranton Penguins in the American Hockey League.

Then Parent decided to move to Europe and signed a contract in the German Ice Hockey League . His first stop was the Iserlohn Roosters at the end of the 2001/02 season . After a season with the Kassel Huskies , he moved to the Eisbären Berlin for the 2003/04 season and became German runner-up. The following season he was on the ice for the Hannover Scorpions . At the beginning of the 2005-06 season , Parent stayed fit in North America in the hope of still getting an NHL contract. When this again became very unlikely, Parent signed again with the Iserlohn Roosters, with whom he avoided the play-downs . Then he ended his career.

Achievements and Awards

• 1996 CoHL First All-Star Team
• 1996 CoHL Outstanding Goaltender
• 1997 James Norris Memorial Trophy (with Jeff Reese )
• 1997 Turner Cup win with the Detroit Vipers

Career statistics

	Playing times	Sp	Min	SO	SM	GT	GTS	SVS	SVS%
NHL main round	4th	32	1561	1	4th	82	3.08	675	.886
NHL playoffs	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
DEL main round	5	120	6569	10	30th	282	2.56	2954	.912
DEL playoffs	2	12			0		2.95		.910

( Legend for the goalkeeper statistics: GP or Sp = total games; W or S = wins; L or N = defeats; T or U or OT = draws or overtime or shootout defeats; min. = Minutes; SOG or SaT = shots on goal; GA or GT = goals conceded; SO = shutouts ; GAA or GTS = goals conceded ; Sv% or SVS% = catch quota ; EN = empty net goal ; ¹  play-downs / relegation ; italics : statistics not complete)

Web links

• Rich Parent at eliteprospects.com (English)
• Rich Parent at hockeydb.com (English)
• Rich Parent at eurohockey.com
• Rich Parent at legendsofhockey.net (English)
• Rich Parent at hockeygoalies.org