Ryan Parent

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Ryan Parent
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Born (1987-03-17) March 17, 1987 (age 37)
Prince Albert, SK, CAN
Height 6 ft 3 in (191 cm)
Weight 198 lb (90 kg; 14 st 2 lb)
Position Defence
Shoots Left
AHL team
Former teams		 WBS Penguins
Philadelphia Flyers
Vancouver Canucks
NHL Draft 18th overall, 2005
Nashville Predators
Playing career 2006–present

Ryan Parent (born March 17, 1987) is a Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman, who is currently playing with the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins of the American Hockey League (AHL). He has previously played with the Philadelphia Flyers and the Vancouver Canucks of the National Hockey League (NHL).

Playing career

Parent who was born in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, grew up in the remote town of Sioux Lookout, Ontario, playing minor hockey for the Flyers rep program until his minor bantam year. At age 15, he played AAA hockey for the Thunder Bay Kings Bantam team and was a teammate of future NHL'ers Tom Pyatt and Marc Staal. Parent was then signed by the Waterloo Siskins Jr.B. team for the 2002-03 season before being drafted by the Guelph Storm in the 1st round (8th overall) in the 2003 OHL Priority Selection.

Parent was drafted by the Nashville Predators in the first round, 18th overall, in the 2005 NHL Entry Draft. After playing three seasons in the Ontario Hockey League with the Guelph Storm, Parent joined the Milwaukee Admirals for the 2006 American Hockey League playoffs. He returned to the Guelph Storm for the 2006–07 season. Parent also played on both Canada's 2006 and 2007 World Jr. Hockey Championship gold-medal winning teams.

On February 15, 2007, Parent was traded along with Scottie Upshall, a 1st round draft-pick, and a 3rd round draft-pick to the Philadelphia Flyers in exchange for Peter Forsberg. On April 5, 2007, Parent made his NHL debut with the Flyers against the New Jersey Devils. He scored his first NHL goal during the 2009–10 season in a 7-4 Flyers loss against the Florida Panthers.[1]

Parent is considered a defensive specialist and he has been often compared to NHL players Scott Hannan and Robyn Regehr. He was nicknamed "Bernie" by his Flyers teammates because of former Flyers net minder Bernie Parent.[2] The two are not related and pronounce their last names differently.

On June 19, 2010, Parent was traded back to the Nashville Predators along with a 2011 conditional draft pick for the rights to Dan Hamhuis.[3] However before the regular season began Parent was traded to the Vancouver Canucks along with Jonas Andersson for Shane O'Brien and Dan Gendur. Vancouver then put Parent on waivers.[4] Parent cleared waivers but wasn't demoted immediately. He dressed for 4 games for the Canucks before he injured his groin. When he recovered, he was re-assigned to the Canucks' AHL affiliate, the Manitoba Moose. He was recalled to the Canucks several times over the 2010-11 season, but didn't dress for another NHL game. Before the 2011-12 season, Parent was assigned by the Canucks to their new AHL affiliate, the Chicago Wolves. Parent was loaned to Team Canada for the 2011 Spengler Cup.

As an Unrestricted Free Agent going into the 2012–13 season due to the NHL lock-out, Parent was signed to a professional try-out contract with the Norfolk Admirals of the AHL on October 24, 2012.[5] Parent was later signed by NHL affiliate, the Anaheim Ducks, on a one-year contract on January 16, 2013.[6]

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

Regular season Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
2003–04 Guelph Storm OHL 58 1 5 6 18 22 0 0 0 2
2004–05 Guelph Storm OHL 66 2 17 19 36 4 0 1 1 4
2005–06 Guelph Storm OHL 60 4 17 21 122 15 1 4 5 24
2005–06 Milwaukee Admirals AHL — — — — — 10 0 0 0 14
2006–07 Guelph Storm OHL 43 3 7 10 86 4 0 1 1 14
2006–07 Philadelphia Phantoms AHL 6 1 0 1 4 — — — — —
2006–07 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 1 0 0 0 0 — — — — —
2007–08 Philadelphia Phantoms AHL 53 1 7 8 42 — — — — —
2007–08 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 22 0 0 0 6 4 0 1 1 0
2008–09 Philadelphia Phantoms AHL 15 0 1 1 18 — — — — —
2008–09 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 31 0 4 4 10 6 0 0 0 6
2009–10 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 48 1 2 3 20 17 1 0 1 2
2010–11 Vancouver Canucks NHL 4 0 0 0 0 — — — — —
2010–11 Manitoba Moose AHL 39 1 1 2 56 — — — — —
2011–12 Chicago Wolves AHL 22 1 5 6 31 5 0 1 1 10
2012–13 Norfolk Admirals AHL 56 0 5 5 52 — — — — —
2013–14 Norfolk Admirals AHL 26 0 3 3 26 5 0 0 0 4
2014–15 St. John's IceCaps AHL 22 0 2 2 16 — — — — —
2014–15 Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins AHL — — — — — 2 0 0 0 0
NHL totals 106 1 6 7 36 27 1 1 2 8

International

Medal record
Representing  Canada
Ice hockey
World Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place 2007 Sweden
Gold medal – first place 2006 Canada
Representing  Canada
IIHF World U18 Championship
Silver medal – second place 2005 Czech Republic
Ivan Hlinka Memorial Tournament
Gold medal – first place 2004 Břeclav/Holodín/Pieštany
Representing Canada Canada Ontario
World U-17 Hockey Challenge
Silver medal – second place 2004 St. John's
Year Team Event Result GP G A Pts PIM
2005 Canada WJ18 2nd 6 0 0 0 6
2006 Canada WJC 1st 6 0 0 0 12
2007 Canada WJC 1st 6 0 0 0 6
Junior totals 18 0 0 0 24

Awards

References

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  2. ↑ Flyers Notes: Flyers' Parent may have earned a spot | Philadelphia Inquirer | 05/17/2008
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External links

Awards and achievements
Preceded by Nashville Predators first round draft pick
2005		 Succeeded by
Jonathon Blum
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