Born	August 16, 1987 (1987-08-16) (age 22), Williams Lake, BC, CAN
Height Weight	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 219 lb (99 kg; 15 st 9 lb)
Position	Goaltender
Catches	Left
NHL team	Montreal Canadiens
Ntl. team	Canada
NHL Draft	5th overall, 2005 Montreal Canadiens
Pro career	2007 – present

Carey Price (born August 16, 1987) is a Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender playing for the Montreal Canadiens of the National Hockey League (NHL).

[edit] Playing career

Price was drafted in the first round, 5th overall, in the 2005 NHL Entry Draft by the Montreal Canadiens. He spent his major junior hockey career playing for the Tri-City Americans in the Western Hockey League (WHL) beginning in 2002–03. Price established himself as a top prospect during his major junior career particularly in his draft year in 2004–05 with an 8-shutout, 2.34 goals against average (GAA) and .920 save percentage season with the Americans. In his last year in the WHL, he was awarded the Del Wilson Trophy as the WHL goaltender of the year, as well as the CHL Goaltender of the Year, in addition to being named to the WHL First All-Star Team.

Upon completing his award-winning season in the WHL, Price immediately began his professional career with the Hamilton Bulldogs in the American Hockey League (AHL), having signed with the Canadiens in 2007 to a three-year, entry-level contract worth $850,000 USD. He joined the Bulldogs for the last three games of the regular season and the 2007 Calder Cup playoffs, recording his first professional game and win on April 13, 2007 against the Grand Rapids Griffins. He was named the first star of the game upon stopping 27 of 28 shots.^{[citation needed]} Price went on to lead the Bulldogs with a 15–6 playoff record to a 2007 Calder Cup championship, with an impressive 2.06 GAA and .936 save percentage. In his first game of the Calder Cup finals, he stopped all 46 shots to post a shutout. He subsequently won the Jack A. Butterfield Trophy as the Calder Cup playoffs MVP at 19-years-old, making him the youngest player ever to receive the award.^{[citation needed]}

He is the only goaltender in hockey history to be named CHL Goaltender of the Year, World Junior Championship's tournament MVP and win the Jack A. Butterfield Trophy, all in the same year. He is also the only goaltender in hockey history to win the Jack A. Butterfield Trophy the same year as playing junior.^{[citation needed]}

On October 1, 2007, Price was named to the Montreal Canadiens roster for the start of the 2007–08 season. He made his highly anticipated Canadiens debut on October 10, 2007, versus the Pittsburgh Penguins and recorded 26 saves for the Canadiens in a 3–2 win. Through the first month of the season, he would be awarded the Canadiens' Molson Cup for October, given to the player with the most first-star selections. Although re-assigned to the Hamilton Bulldogs midway through the season in January, he was called back up shortly over a month later. Then, with the trade of starting goaltender Cristobal Huet to the Washington Capitals before the trading deadline, Price assumed the starting role. He was subsequently named the NHL Rookie of the Month for March^[1] and the NHL First Star of the Week (ending April 6, 2008)^[2] as the Canadiens finished first overall in the Eastern Conference and earned their first division title since 1991–92.^[1] Price completed the regular season leading all rookie goaltenders in wins (24), save percentage (.920), and shutouts (3).

Entering the playoffs in the first round against the Boston Bruins, Price recorded a 1–0 win on April 15, 2008, becoming the first Canadiens rookie to post a playoff shutout since Patrick Roy in 1986.^[3] He would go on to record another shutout in game seven to eliminate Boston, but would eventually lose with Montreal in the second round to the Philadelphia Flyers.

After a strong start to the 2008–09 season, in which he earned a second Molson Cup in November, Price injured his ankle on December 30, 2008.^[4] Forced out of action for nearly a month, during which he was voted in as a starting goalie for the 2009 NHL All-Star Game in Montreal, along with teammates Alexei Kovalev, Andrei Markov and Mike Komisarek,^[5] he made his return to action on January 20, 2009, after backup Jaroslav Halák was pulled in a 4–2 loss to the Atlanta Thrashers.^[4] Going into the 2009 playoffs as the eighth and final seed, the Canadiens played the Boston Bruins in the opening round for the second consecutive season. They were humiliated by a sweep in four games, and in the final game at the Bell Centre in Montreal, Price surrendered four goals in two periods. It was after stopping a weak dump-in, the crowd cheered sarcastically and Price responded by putting his arms up in the air, similar to what Patrick Roy did on December 2, 1995, in a game after which he infamously requested a trade from the Canadiens.^[6] On December 4 2009 Price stopped 37 of 38 shots in a 5-1 win over the Boston Bruins on the Candaiens 100 year anniversary game.

[edit] International play

Medal record
Competitor for  Canada
Ice hockey
World Junior Championships
Gold	2007 Sweden
IIHF World U18 Championships
Silver	2005 Czech Republic

Following his second season with the Tri-City Americans, Price competed for Canada's under-18 team at the 2005 IIHF World U18 Championships in the Czech Republic. He appeared in four games, earning a silver medal as Team Canada was defeated by the United States 5–1 in the gold medal game. Two years later, in his final year of major junior, Price was named to Team Canada for the 2007 World Junior Championships in Leksand, Sweden. He led Team Canada to a third consecutive gold medal and was named Tournament MVP and Top Goaltender after going 6-0 with 2 shutouts, a 1.14 GAA and .961 save percentage. He was also named Tournament All-Star Team along with teammates Jonathan Toews and Kris Letang.

[edit] Personal

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Price was raised in Williams Lake, British Columbia with sister Kayla by parents Jerry and Lynda Price. His father, Jerry Price, was also a goaltender; he was drafted by the Philadelphia Flyers in the eighth round, 126th overall in the 1978 NHL Amateur Draft. Although he never played in the NHL, he did play four seasons of pro hockey in various leagues and is currently the goaltending coach of the Tri-City Americans, Carey Price's former team. His mother, Lynda, is the former chief of the Ulkatcho First Nation. Current captain of the Phoenix Coyotes, Shane Doan is also his second cousin as well as Keaton Ellerby of the Florida Panthers.

[edit] Awards

• Named to the WHL West First All-Star Team in 2007.
• Won the Del Wilson Trophy (WHL Top Goaltender) in 2007.
• Won the CHL Goaltender of the Year Award in 2007.
• Won the Calder Cup with the Hamilton Bulldogs in 2007.
• Won the Jack A. Butterfield Trophy (Calder Cup MVP) in 2007.
• Won the Molson Cup in October 2007, November 2008 and October 2009.
• Named NHL Rookie of the Month in March 2008.
• Named to the NHL All-Rookie Team in 2008.
• Named to the NHL All-Star Game in 2009 (starter).
• Named to the NHL YoungStars Game in 2009

[edit] Career statistics

[edit] Regular season

[edit] Playoffs

[edit] International

[edit] External links

• "Price Steals the Show for Canada" by Bill Meltzer -- NHL.com December 2, 2007
• "Carey Price: Continuing the legacy" by Shane Malloy -- NHL.com June 2, 2006
• Hockey Canada player profile
• Carey Price's career stats at The Internet Hockey Database

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