Parent, Favell thrived playing goalie for Flyers in inaugural season

Legendary hockey reporter Stan Fischler writes a weekly scrapbook for NHL.com. Fischler, known as "The Hockey Maven," shares his humor and insight with readers each Wednesday.
This week Fischler presents his "Picture equals a 100 words" segment. He zeroes in on the first season of NHL expansion, 1967-68, specifically how the Philadelphia Flyers had one of the best goalie combinations in the League during their inaugural season with Bernie Parent (right in photo) and Doug Favell (left).

It's a luxury of sorts in the NHL for a team to have two quality goalies to share the position over the course of a long season. That's exactly what the Philadelphia Flyers had in 1967-68, their inaugural season, with Bernie Parent and Doug Favell.
In the 74-game regular season, they each started 37 games. Favell was 16-15-6 with a 2.27 goals-against average and .931 save percentage. Parent was 15-17-5 with a 2.49 GAA and .926 save percentage. In the Stanley Cup Playoffs, Parent started five of seven games and had a 1.36 GAA and .963 save percentage.
Teammates when the Niagara Falls Flyers won the Memorial Cup in 1965, Parent and Favell helped Philadelphia finish first in the West (Expansion) Division in 1967-68.
Parent was traded to the Toronto Maple Leafs during the 1970-71 season and, in an interesting twist, was traded back to the Flyers before the 1973-74 season for Favell! Parent helped the Flyers win the Stanley Cup in 1974 and 1975 and was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1984.