Carey Price
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Carey Price (born August 16, 1987) is a Canadian professional ice hockey player who is a goaltender under contract with the San Jose Sharks of the National Hockey League (NHL). Considered one of the best goaltenders in the world during his career, Price is the winningest goaltender in Canadiens history as of the 2024–25 season, with 361 career wins. Beginning his junior career with the Tri-City Americans in the Western Hockey League (WHL) in 2002, Price was selected fifth overall by the Montreal Canadiens in the 2005 NHL entry draft following his second season with Tri-City. He won the Del Wilson Trophy as the top goaltender in the WHL, and CHL Goaltender of the Year in his final season of major junior in 2007. Joining the Canadiens' American Hockey League (AHL) affiliate Hamilton Bulldogs in advance of that year's Calder Cup playoffs, Price led the Bulldogs to the team's first championship title and won the Jack A. Butterfield Trophy as playoff MVP. Price debuted in the NHL initially in a backup role during the 2007–08 season, before ultimately becoming the starting goaltender later that season. In 2015, he won the Ted Lindsay Award, William M. Jennings Trophy, Vezina Trophy, and Hart Memorial Trophy, becoming the first goaltender in NHL history to win all four awards in the same season. In 2021, Price led the Canadiens to their first Stanley Cup Final appearance since 1993 before eventually losing to the Tampa Bay Lightning in five games. Internationally, Price has represented Canada at various junior ranked tournaments, winning silver medals at the World U-17 Hockey Challenge in 2004 and the World U18 Championship in 2005. He won a gold medal at the 2007 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships in Sweden. In 2014, Price was named to the Canadian Olympic Hockey Team and led his country to a gold medal at the Winter Olympics in Sochi, posting a .972 save percentage and 0.59 goals against average across five games. His play earned him the tournament's top goaltending award. In 2016, Price went undefeated en route to Team Canada winning the World Cup of Hockey.