Bruins Legend Brad Park keeps it humble while living in Maine

CentralMaine.com Feature on Brad Park

11/14/2014

Bruins Legend Brad Park keeps it humble while living in Maine
The Hall-of-Famer fell in love with the state 30 years ago and now plays it cool on the shore of Sebago Lake.

The name on the stationery’s letterhead read D. Bradford Park, a retiree living in Maine. He was asking for help. A newly purchased pellet stove was no longer heating his lakefront home.

A copy of the letter, addressed to Maine’s Attorney General, was sent to the Maine Sunday Telegram with a note of explanation. Yes, the man admitted, he once played hockey.

Wait. Could this be Brad Park, the defenseman who followed Bobby Orr into the hearts and minds of Boston Bruins fans in the 1970s soon after he was traded from the New York Rangers? The same Brad Park who was elected to the Hockey Hall of Fame in his first year of eligibility in 1988?

Yes, it turns out that the Brad Park has been living inconspicuously on the western shore of Sebago Lake for parts of 30 years with his wife, Gerry, and their five children.

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9 Comments

Roger the Chef link

5/21/2020 04:12:45 pm

I lost Brad Park’s phone number, I was a Lynnfield neighbor and he was on my local cable sports show as a reminder in 2002. If you email me I can reply with a pic for him to remember

Dua Frey link

12/20/2020 08:15:43 am

This is a ggreat post

Roger The Chef

12/11/2021 12:22:04 pm

I am still trying to reach Brad Park. I heard he was in Florida but have still not heard back from anyone.

Marian Ciccarelli

3/27/2022 09:07:05 pm

Brad is my neighbor. We see each other a few times a week walking our dogs. Did you want me to tell him you would like to get in touch ?

Stephen Joseph Brewer

5/20/2022 08:04:37 am

Does he still live in Maine?

RUTH SLACK link

7/19/2022 05:50:57 am

MY SON JOHN BILOUS, IS TURNING 60, SEPT.1ST, HE IS A NEW YORK RANGERS FAN FOR LIFE AND HAS A REC ROOM WITH ALL NEW YORK RANGER, BRAD PARK HAS BEEN HIS FAVORITE SINCE HE WAS 7 YEARS OLD,HE PLAYS OLD TIMERS HOCKEYNOW AND HIS SWEATER HAS BRAD,S NUMBER ON IT.HE HAS FOLLOWED BRAD,S CAREER AND SAYS BRAD IS THE BEST OF THE BEST, I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF BRAD COULD SEND HIM A HAPPY BIRTHDAY PHOTO TO JOHN, THAT WOULD MAKE HIS DAY PERFECT. I M JOHN,S MOM, 85 YEARS OF AGE AND HOPE THIS IS WORDED OKAY.MY ADDRESS IS MRS. RUTH SLACK, 196 SCOTT STREET, UNIT 416,ST.CATHARINES, ONTARIO, CANADA L2N5T2 THANK YOU SINCERELY, RUTH SLACK AND BEST WISHES.

Kam white

10/3/2022 04:39:03 pm

Tell him to call Dale Rolfe please...

705-687-4801. Thank you.

adam

10/28/2022 01:36:25 pm

First time I ever turned on TV to watch hockey, as a 10 year old in 1971, I saw Brad Park then of the Rangers get the puck from Eddie Giacomin race up the ice, "Shoots ....he scores!!!!"

Ever since, he was always my favorite, even when he was in Boston.

Deb Granrath

2/11/2023 06:09:41 pm

LONG time Ranger fan. Still upset over the trade of Ratelle, Park, Middleton for Espo & Vadnais.

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