Carey Price

Carey Price
Born	August 16, 1987 (1987-08-16) Anahim Lake, British Columbia, Canada
Height	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Weight	219 lb (99 kg; 15 st 9 lb)
Position	Goaltender
Catches	Left
NHL team	Montreal Canadiens
National team	Canada
NHL Draft	5th overall, 2005 Montreal Canadiens
Playing career	2007–present

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

Beginning his junior career with the Tri-City Americans in 2003, Carey was drafted 5th overall by the Montreal Canadiens in the 2005 NHL Entry Draft following his second season with the Americans.

Following a further two seasons with the Americans, he won both 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 farm team, the Hamilton Bulldogs of the AHL just as the Calder Cup playoffs begun, Carey led the Bulldogs to the Calder Cup championship, winning the Jack A. Butterfield Trophy as the tournament MVP.

He made the Canadiens roster for the 2007-2008 NHL season as the backup goaltender before becoming the starting goaltender later that season.

Internationally, Carey has represented Canada at various tournaments at junior levels, winning silver medals at the World U-17 Hockey Challenge in 2004 and the IIHF World U18 Championship in 2005.

Carey also won the gold medal at the 2007 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships in Sweden. On January 7, 2014, he was named to the 2014 Canadian Olympic Hockey Team.

Personal Life

Carey was born in Vancouver, British Columbia, but he was raised in the remote town of Anahim Lake in northern British Columbia. His parents are Jerry and Lynda Price. He has a sister named Kayla.

Jerry was a goaltender drafted by the Philadelphia Flyers in the 8th round (126th overall) in the 1978 NHL Amateur Draft. Although he never played in the NHL, Jerry did play four seasons of pro hockey in various leagues. He is currently the goaltending coach of the Tri-City Americans.

Lynda is the former chief of the Ulkatcho First Nation. Carey's second cousin Shane Doan is the captain of the Phoenix Coyotes.

Carey was taught to play goaltender by his father on a frozen creek during the winter months and played organized hockey in Williams Lake nearly five and a half hours away by car.

Having to make the ten hour round trip three days a week, his father bought a plane to fly him to practice and games.

In May of 2010, Carey was named as an honorary co-chair at the 2010 National Aboriginal Hockey Championships that were held in Ottawa, Ontario in May 2010.

Carey is married to Angela Webber, whom he met while playing in the juniors. In an interview, Angela said that the couple were set up on a blind date by Angela's friend, who was dating Price's roommate at the time.

Carey & Angela reside in Kelowna during the off-season. They married in Washington on August 24, 2013. The day after, Carey flew to Calgary for Hockey Canada's Olympic orientation camp for the 2014 Winter Olympics.