“Only the Lord saves more than Bernie Parent,” a bumper sticker said of his netminding for Philadelphia, which he led to the Stanley Cup in 1974 and ’75.Bernie Parent with, from left, the Conn Smythe Trophy, given to the most valuable player in the N.H.L. playoffs (he won it twice); one of the two Stanley Cups he helped bring home to Philadelphia; and the Vezina Trophy, which go...

A Hall of Famer, he led the N.H.L. in shutouts and single-season victories three times and was stunned when the Rangers let him go in his 10th season.Eddie Giacomin of the New York Rangers during an N.H.L. All-Star game in the late 1960s. He thrilled the Madison Square Garden crowds by wandering beyond his goal crease to stifle opponents’ rushes.

He led Montreal to six Stanley Cups before becoming an acclaimed author, a team executive, a sportscaster and a member of Canada’s Parliament.Ken Dryden as a Montreal Canadien in about 1975. “Ken Dryden was Big Canada,” Prime Minister Mark Carney said. “And he was Best Canada.”

A center who skated alongside Gordie Howe on the team’s famed “Production Line,” he helped win three Stanley Cups and stood out for his clean play over 24 years in Detroit.Alex Delvecchio, center, in a Detroit Red Wings game against the Montreal Canadiens in Montreal in the 1970s. At right was his teammate and fellow Hall of Famer Gordie Howe.