Xavier Parent
| Xavier Parent | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Born |
March 23, 2001 Laval, Quebec, Canada | ||
| Height | 5 ft 8 in (173 cm) | ||
| Weight | 170 lb (77 kg; 12 st 2 lb) | ||
| Position | Forward | ||
| Shoots | Left | ||
| NHL team | New Jersey Devils | ||
| NHL draft | Undrafted | ||
| Playing career | 2022–present | ||
Xavier Parent (born March 23, 2001) is a Canadian ice hockey forward for the New Jersey Devils of the National Hockey League (NHL).
Playing career
[edit]Junior
[edit]Parent was selected fourth overall in the 2017 Quebec Major Junior Hockey League (QMJHL) draft by the Halifax Mooseheads, for whom he would record 63 points in 130 games over his first two seasons.[1] Following his second season with Halifax, in the summer of 2019, he was traded to the Sherbrooke Phoenix for defenceman Cameron Whynot and a third-round pick in 2021.[2]
Over the next two seasons, Parent would play just 49 games, missing significant time due to the COVID-19 pandemic and a back injury. He was not selected by NHL teams in his draft-eligible seasons.[1]
For the 2021–22 season, he returned to Sherbrooke as an overage player, and was named captain. His production increased dramatically from a point-per-game the year prior to 51 goals and 106 points in 65 games, the fourth most points in the league. After adding 22 points in 11 playoff games, he was named to the QMJHL's second all-star team. Although he was committed to play college ice hockey at the University of Quebec Trois-Rivières, he forwent his commitment and signed a two-year, one-way contract with the Utica Comets of the American Hockey League[1][3]
Professional
[edit]Parent made his professional debut not with the Comets, but with their ECHL affiliate, the Adirondack Thunder. In his first professional season in 2022–23, he recorded 51 points in 50 games.[4]
In the 2023–24 season, his first full season in the AHL, Parent recorded 15 goals and 45 points in 71 games, including a hat trick, his first in the AHL, against his hometown Laval Rocket.[5]
The Comets re-signed Parent to a one-year contract for the 2024–25 season.[5] He finished the year with 17 goals and 53 points in 61 games.[4]
On March 14, 2025, the Comets' National Hockey League affiliate, the New Jersey Devils, announced that they had signed Parent to a one-year, entry-level contract for the 2025–26 season, his first NHL contract.[6] Although Parent began the year with Utica, he was called up to the Devils after Timo Meier took a personal leave of absence.[7] He made his NHL debut on December 11, 2025, in an 8–4 loss to the Tampa Bay Lightning.[4]
International play
[edit]Parent played in two junior-level international tournaments, the 2017 World U-17 Hockey Challenge, where in six games he led Canada Red with seven points on the strength of four goals en route to a silver medal, and the 2018 Hlinka Gretzky Cup, where he recorded two goals and three points in five games for gold-winning Team Canada.[8]
Career statistics
[edit]Regular season and playoffs
[edit]| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 2017–18 | Halifax Mooseheads | QMJHL |
63 | 13 | 16 | 29 | 30 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 14 | ||
| 2018–19 | Halifax Mooseheads | QMJHL |
67 | 15 | 19 | 34 | 45 | 23 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 18 | ||
| 2019–20 | Sherbrooke Phoenix | QMJHL |
25 | 9 | 10 | 19 | 40 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2020–21 | Sherbrooke Phoenix | QMJHL |
24 | 14 | 13 | 27 | 35 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | ||
| 2021–22 | Sherbrooke Phoenix | QMJHL |
65 | 51 | 55 | 106 | 77 | 11 | 9 | 13 | 22 | 12 | ||
| 2022–23 | Adirondack Thunder | ECHL |
50 | 23 | 28 | 51 | 46 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2022–23 | Utica Comets | AHL |
14 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 | ||
| 2023–24 | Utica Comets | AHL |
71 | 15 | 30 | 45 | 56 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2024–25 | Utica Comets | AHL |
61 | 17 | 19 | 36 | 59 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| AHL totals | 166 | 41 | 58 | 99 | 156 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 | ||||
International
[edit]| Regular season | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Team | Event | Result | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | |
| 2017 | Canada Red | U17 |  |
6 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 2 | |
| 2018 | Canada | HG18 |  |
5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | |
| Junior totals | 11 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 2 | ||||
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Amoia, Daniel (July 19, 2023). "Devils' Xavier Parent Betting on Himself After Strong Rookie Camp - The Hockey Writers New Jersey Devils Latest News, Analysis & More". The Hockey Writers. Retrieved December 12, 2025.
- ^ McKenna, Ryan (August 13, 2019). "Mooseheads acquire Cameron Whynot, pick from Phoenix for Xavier Parent". Sportsnet. Retrieved December 12, 2025.
- ^ "Comets Sign Four Players, Two Returners". Utica Comets. July 18, 2022. Retrieved December 12, 2025.
- ^ a b c Kerr, Stephen (December 12, 2025). "Former Adirondack Thunder Forward Makes NHL Debut". The Hockey News. Retrieved December 12, 2025.
- ^ a b Birnell, Ben (July 23, 2024). "Utica Comets bring back top offensive threat Xavier Parent for 2024-25 season". Rome Sentinel. Retrieved December 11, 2025.
- ^ "Devils Sign Parent to 1-Year ELC". National Hockey League. March 14, 2025. Retrieved December 11, 2025.
- ^ Streener, Jennifer (December 11, 2025). "Devils Forward to Make Debut After Recall". Break Away ON SI. Sports Illustrated. Retrieved December 12, 2025.
- ^ Wilkins, Cory (March 14, 2025). "Devils sign Xavier Parent to entry-level contract". Daily Faceoff. Retrieved December 12, 2025.
External links
[edit]- Biographical information and career statistics from NHL.com, or Eliteprospects.com, or Hockey-Reference.com, or The Internet Hockey Database