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Price in January 2015.
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Born |
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada |
August 16, 1987 ||
Height | 6 ft 3 in (191 cm) | ||
Weight | 226 lb (103 kg; 16 st 2 lb) | ||
Position | Goaltender | ||
Catches | Left | ||
NHL team | Montreal Canadiens | ||
National team | Canada | ||
NHL Draft | 5th overall, 2005 Montreal Canadiens |
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Playing career | 2007–present | ||
Website | careyprice.net |
Carey Price (born August 16, 1987) is a Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender who plays for the Montreal Canadiens of the National Hockey League (NHL).
Beginning his junior career with the Tri-City Americans in the Western Hockey League in 2002, Price was drafted fifth overall by the Montreal Canadiens in the 2005 NHL Entry Draft following his second season with the Tri-City Americans. Following a further two seasons with the Americans, where he won both the Del Wilson Trophy as the top goaltender in the Western Hockey League (WHL) and CHL Goaltender of the Year in his final season of major junior in 2007. Joining the Canadiens' farm team, the Hamilton Bulldogs of the American Hockey League (AHL) just as the Calder Cup playoffs begun, Price led the Bulldogs to the Calder Cup championship, winning the Jack A. Butterfield Trophy as the tournament MVP. Price made the Canadiens roster for the 2007–08 season as the backup goaltender before ultimately becoming the starting goaltender later that season. In 2015, he was the winner of the Ted Lindsay, Jennings, Vezina and Hart trophies, becoming the first goaltender in NHL history to win all four individual awards in the same season.