▁Wayne ▁Steph enson . ▁Without ▁Parent ' s ▁Con n ▁S my the ▁level ▁performance ▁that ▁year , ▁the ▁Fly ers ▁fell ▁in ▁the ▁Stanley ▁Cup ▁final s ▁in ▁four ▁straight ▁games ▁to ▁the ▁Montreal ▁Canad iens . ▁Over ▁the ▁next ▁three ▁seasons , ▁he ▁experienced ▁difficulties ▁at ▁times . ▁Hockey ▁was ▁changing ▁from ▁a ▁defense ▁orient ed ▁game ▁to ▁one ▁that ▁fav ored ▁high ▁scoring . ▁Sn ip ers ▁like ▁Mike ▁B oss y , ▁Guy ▁La f leur ▁and ▁Steve ▁Sh utt ▁were ▁becoming ▁major ▁stars ▁and ▁domin ating ▁play . ▁Pl ante , ▁although ▁in ▁ret irement , ▁continued ▁to ▁have ▁a ▁strong ▁influence ▁on ▁Parent ' s ▁career . ▁Parent , ▁like ▁Pl ante , ▁was ▁a ▁stand - up ▁type ▁goal ie . ▁At ▁one ▁point ▁Parent ▁was ▁playing ▁poor ly ▁and ▁considering ▁ret irement . ▁Pl ante ▁watched ▁him ▁practice ▁in ▁Philadelphia ▁for ▁two ▁days , ▁then ▁told ▁Parent ▁exactly ▁what ▁he ▁was ▁doing ▁wrong : ▁sitting ▁back ▁on ▁his ▁he els , ▁backing ▁into ▁his ▁cre ase ▁and ▁losing ▁concentration . ▁Parent ▁he eded ▁Pl ante ' s ▁advice ▁and ▁returned ▁to ▁form . ▁During ▁the ▁ 1 9 7 7 – 1 9 7 8 ▁season , ▁he ▁adopted ▁the ▁more ▁confident , ▁challeng ing ▁style ▁characteristic ▁of ▁his ▁play ▁during ▁the ▁Championship ▁years ▁posting ▁a ▁ 2 . 2 2 ▁G AA , ▁a ▁ 0 . 9 1 2 ▁save ▁percentage ▁and ▁a ▁league ▁leading ▁ 7 ▁shut outs ▁in ▁ 4 9