GSNHOF Nominee - Rich Parent

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This one's a little sillier than some other names I've mentioned, but I think it's quite punny indeed (lolz). Plus, unlike most other great names, I actually saw this guy play in person - cool!

Rich Parent played hockey from 1992 to 2006, but if you haven't heard of him that's excusable - only 4 of those seasons included actual NHL stops, and those 4 stops included a total of 32 games (where he went 7-11-5). So he didn't do much as an NHLer.

He did, however, play 2 of those seasons with the St. Louis Blues and, more importantly, their minor league team, the Worcester Ice Cats. They were only around for 11 years, but those 11 years coincided with my childhood development, and so I watched/loved many of their games. So when Parent was in goal for them during the 1998-99 season, I was there for a few games. Cool, right? I thought so. I doubt I thought his name was this unintentionally hilarious back then, since I didn't really remember him until I came across his name recently. But hey, what's the internet for if not to remind us of great names gone by? And it's thanks to that reminder that Rich Parent has now been nominated for the GSNHOF.

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