Buffalo visited by ghost of hockey past posted by Goon Squad
There used to be a bumper sticker that said, "Only the Lord saves more than Bernie Parent."
The Hall of Famer goalie, who had two Stanley Cup winning seasons with the Flyers, was in Buffalo signing autographs at Benchwarmers Sports Bar.
Parent is best recognized here as a goalide during the infamous 'Fog' game at the Aud in May of 1975.
Somehow a bat had gotten into the old Memorial Auditorium and was flying around the ice for quite a while during the game.
Jim Lorentz decided to take matters into his own hands. He was about to take the faceoff when he saw the bat coming. He raised his stick and swatted the bat in mid-air, ending its tour of the Stanley Cup finals.
Rick MacLeish picked up the dead bat and dumped him into the penalty box.
Right after the bat met his untimely death, a fog settled on the ice.
It was as if the bat's spirit decided to haunt the game in revenge.
In 1975, arenas were not air conditioned.
Temperatures at ice level reached 90 degrees.
With the humidity, the heat and the presence of over 16,000 screaming fans, it produced the first ever fog game.
The refs had to delay the game several times because the fog had become so dense that the players could not see halfway down the ice.
Players skated around in a unsuccessful attempt to clear the fog.
