Carey Price

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).

price played for 8 years with the habs

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.

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.

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

Career statistics

Regular season

Playoffs

International

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

References