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Carey Price News & Rumors

Healthy Habs goalie Price heads into pivotal summer
May 15
Montreal Gazette
 
"Canadiens general manager Marc Bergevin had best hurry up getting Carey Price signed for the coming season and beyond. It seems his star goaltender has fallen on hard times. On Saturday, Price drove up to Vernon, B.C., a 50-minute jaunt north of his summer home in Kelowna, callusing his palms to earn about $600 (after his $80 entry fee) in the second annual Louis Estates Lucky 7's team steer-roping event. When we spoke that evening, Price was just in off his three-acre property in Kelowna, having raked roughly a million pine needles. "I've been at it for about 45 minutes and I don't think I've put a dent in it yet," Price said. "I've got about two more weeks of yardwork before I can kick"
Roberto Luongo situation could be a lesson for Canadiens' Carey Price negotiations
April 30
Montreal Gazette
 columnist Red Fisher
"While the light shines on teams still playing, several National Hockey League general managers are keeping an eye on the Vancouver Canucks "situation". It involves Roberto Luongo admitting he's willing to waive his no-trade clause, even though a decade remains on his 12-year, $64-million contract. The goaltender carries a $5.33 million salary-cap hit throughout, but is owed more than $6.7 million for the next six seasons. "Yeah, of course, if they ask me to," Luongo told reporters after the Canucks fell to the Los Angeles Kings in five first-round games. "I don't want to be one of those guys that's going to stand in the way of anything. I always want to put the team ahead of me first."
Canadiens' Carey Price ignored concussion signs
April 10
Montreal Gazette
 
"Canadiens goaltender Carey Price says he's still dealing with symptoms of his concussion three weeks after he was crunched by teammate David Desharnais in a practice. The collision also compressed Price's spine and has given him, quite literally, a pain in the neck. Then there was the vague "a couple of issues, not serious, I might need to get cleaned up," the goalie spoke about Monday, coyly waving his arms to suggest it's to his lower body – anything from his hips to his toes. "The team will tell you," he said, laughing. "Or maybe they won't.""
Concussion ends Price's season
April 4
NHL.com
 
"The Montreal Canadiens announced Wednesday that goalie Carey Price will miss the final three games of the season with a concussion. In a statement issued by the team, the Canadiens said Price was examined by Dr. David Mulder, who diagnosed a mild concussion. Price was hit on the head during practice last Thursday when teammate David Desharnais landed on him during a drill. Price started Friday's game against the New York Rangers, but sat out Saturday's game against the Washington Capitals."
A rose by any other name is a concussion
April 4
Montreal Gazette
 
"There is a word so frightening that people in the National Hockey League are reluctant to say it aloud. Consider this bit of fancy skating around the issue when Canadiens head coach Randy Cunneyworth provided an update on the health of franchise goaltender Carey Price. "He's experiencing a lot of things that a lot of other guys are experiencing, and I think it's still up in the air as to how to go about treating what we just term as headaches," Cunneyworth said. "We've talked about this before, confusing the flu-like symptoms with the other things that go on. At this point, we're just evaluating a guy that obviously we're going to take our time with and make sure the process is taken care"
Montreal Canadiens: Price has headaches, team says
April 3
Montreal Gazette
 
"Just when you thought nothing else could go wrong in a season when the Canadiens are No. 1 in the National Hockey League in man-games lost, there's a report that franchise goaltender Carey Price is suffering from a concussion. Price skipped practice Monday with what the team described as a "therapy day" and the team admitted later in the day that Price was being monitored for headaches. That announcement followed a Radio-Canada report that Price had a concussion. Price collided with a teammate during a practice last Thursday but he played Friday in New York."
Price wasn't right: he was short two bits
March 21
Montreal Gazette
 
"Because the Internet can be woefully out of date, and because Canadiens goaltender Carey Price can go for a Friday afternoon drive from his South Shore home to the West Island without calling ahead, one woman's world can pretty much be turned upside down. So it is that Sylvie Brunet, owner of the Yazoo pet food and supply store in Pointe Claire's sleepy Valois village, is still shaking her head in disbelief more than two weeks after superstardom strolled into her shop. "The door opened and I thought I was seeing things," Brunet said. "I just said: 'What the heck are you doing here?' and Carey just looked at me, dumbfounded." In fact, Price was looking for a shedding blade for his two"
Mathieu Garon outplays Carey Price
February 29
Montreal Gazette
 
"On a night when the goaltending dominated the play. Mathieu Garon was a shade better than Carey Price. Garon, who was once the Canadiens' goaltender of the future, stopped 23 shots Tuesday night to lead the Tampa Bay Lightning to a 2-1 win over the Canadiens at the Tampa Bay Times Forum. "Their goaltender was very good and we had some opportunities where he bailed their team out," said Canadiens coach Randy Cunneyworth. "Actually both goalies played well. (Price) gave us a chance to get in the game and play.""
Montreal Canadiens' Carey Price still believes playoffs are possible
February 17
Montreal Gazette
 
"If there's a circumferentially challenged singer of the female persuasion in the building, the Canadiens have yet to see her. The season is not yet over, the Habs maintain, no matter the steep climb to a playoff berth that continues Friday night in Buffalo vs. the Sabres (7:30 p.m., RDS, TSN 990 Radio). "We feel like we're a long ways from (elimination)," goaltender Carey Price said Wednesday following a gentle practice in Brossard. "Right up until it does happen, we're going to fight right to the end here. That's just the mentality you must have at this point of the season.""
Canadiens' Carey Price shuts out Winnipeg Jets
February 6
Montreal Gazette
 
"The Canadiens took a 3-0 lead through two periods and then relied on Carey Price to make a series of acrobatic saves to preserve a 3-0 shutout win over the Winnipeg Jets Sunday afternoon at the Bell Centre. Price made 23 saves for his third shutout of the season, while Max Pacioretty, Alexei Emelin and Tomas Plekanec provided the goals. What's it mean: The Canadiens dropped into last place in the Eastern Conference Saturday after they lost 3-0 to Washington and Carolina beat Los Angeles 2-1. The win Sunday moved the Canadiens back into 14th place, but they're still 11 points behind eighth-place Toronto, and the Leafs have a game in hand."
Carey Price gets second straight shutout as Canadiens beat Rangers
November 20
Montreal Gazette
 
"Carey Price needed only 17 saves to register his second consecutive shutout as the Canadiens blanked the New York Rangers 4-0 Saturday night at the Bell Centre. The Canadiens won the special teams battle with Erik Cole and Tomas Plekanec scoring power-play goals while the Canadiens' penalty killers faced four New York power plays and not only kept the Rangers off the scoreboard but limited the visitors to one shot on goal with the extra man. The win gave the Canadiens 21 points and they are only one point behind the eighth-place Boston Bruins who are at the Bell Centre Monday night. Yannick Weber sent Cole into the clear and he scored off the rush at 3:45 of the first period. Cole, who"
Canadiens' Carey Price will be wearing pink for breast cancer awareness month
October 13
Montreal Gazette
 
"Carey Price will be sporting some new gear this month as he supports the fight against breast cancer and gives a nod to his First Nations heritage. This is breast cancer awareness month and Price will do his part by wearing goalie pads with pink trim and a pink goalie mask. "It's a good cause," Price said. "Everybody in the world has been touched by cancer in some form, whether it's a relative or a friend. Everybody has somebody in mind when you say the word cancer. It's something that really hits home. ""
Montreal Canadiens' win over Winnipeg Jets special to netminder Carey Price
October 10
Montreal Gazette
 
"A win is a win, but Canadiens goaltender Carey Price said Sunday's 5-1 victory over the Winnipeg Jets was special. "The most important thing is to get the win, but it was extra sweet to come in and spoil their party," Price said. The game marked the return of the National Hockey League to Winnipeg after a 15-year absence and, while Price talked about taking the crowd out of the game with an early goal, the reality is that the crowd produced a deafening din from the pregame salute to the city's hockey history to a standing ovation at the end of the game. But Price said the crowd wasn't a factor. "We deal with it a lot on the road," Price said. "It's nothing for us to come to a building"
Carey Price will have to adapt to Bell Centre's new glass
September 15
Montreal Gazette
 
"The learning curve continues for Carey Price. As in, learning the curvature of new, partitioned glass soon to be installed at the Bell Centre that might dramatically complicate the Canadiens goaltender's life. The terrifying hit on Habs forward Max Pacioretty by Boston Bruins captain Zdeno Chara last March 8 continues to be felt, and players and fans will see part of its impact at Montreal's 2011-12 home opener Oct. 13 vs. Calgary, if not before. The 15-year-old Bell Centre's nearly invisible but unforgiving seamless tempered glass is about to be replaced with Plexiglass – acrylic plastic sheets joined by vertical supports. The braces will offer more flex and shock-absorption behind the"
'We can be proud,' Price says
April 29
Montreal Gazette
 
"What do you say? Best of nine? Or is the taste so bitter that you've seen enough of the Boston Bruins until next autumn? Just like that, 89 games of highs and lows, the Canadiens are done. No more no-tomorrows. A 4-3 overtime loss to the Bruins has ended the real hockey season in Montreal, seven more NHL playoff series to be contested, but none with genuine meaning to the city. "We gave our all. We can be proud of our effort and we can be proud of the way we played," goaltender Carey Price said in a subdued dressing room. "It's frustrating, but I guess we can hold our heads high. "The name sudden-death overtime is pretty much all you've got to say. I thought we deserved better." Perhaps"
We battled to the end, Price says
April 28
Montreal Gazette
 
"Carey Price has learned one thing about overtime goals – they are seldom pretty. And that was the case Wednesday night when Nathan Horton scored at 5:43 of overtime to give the Boston Bruins a 4-3 win over the Canadiens in the deciding game of their Eastern Conference quarter-final series. "It was a typical overtime goal," Price said. "The pass went across, he took the shot, it hit something and then bounced in the net, and that's it." "I don't remember much," said Horton, whose goal came on his first shot of the game. "I remember (Milan Lucic) coming up with the puck and I tried to get open. Luckily, it deflected off someone and went in." It was the Bruins' first win in a Game 7 since"
Price, teammates block lots of rubber
April 27
Montreal Gazette
 
"Carey Price stopped 31 shots to beat the Boston Bruins 2-1 Tuesday night, but he'll be the first to tell you the shots on goal were only part of the story. "I tried to play a strong technical game, but you have to look at all the shots the guys blocked tonight," Price said as the Canadiens prepared to head to Boston for the seventh and deciding game of the Eastern Conference quarterfinal series Wednesday (7 p.m., CBC, RDS, CJAD Radio-800). Price's teammates stopped almost as many shots as he did. They blocked 27 shots, with 37-year-old Roman Hamrlik leading the way with eight. Brent Sopel, Tomas Plekanec and Jaroslav Spacek each blocked three, and 11 different players had at least one. The"
Canadiens have to 'cowboy up and do it,' Carey Price says
April 23
Montreal Gazette
 
"Carey Price has gone over his performance in Game 4 of the Eastern Conference quarterfinals and says he wouldn't do anything different if he had a chance to play it again. "I felt good about my game," said Price, who was on the losing end of a 5-4 count in overtime Thursday night. "I played the game over probably four times in my head last night and I wouldn't have changed a whole lot." Price wasn't happy to lose, but said it was time to be positive as the Canadiens head into Game 5 Saturday night (7 p.m, CBC, RDS, CJAD Radio-800) with the best-of-seven Eastern Conference quarterfinal series tied 2-2. "(The Bruins) were facing adversity and now it's our turn," Price said. "You can pretty"
Canadiens weren't focused, Price says
April 19
Montreal Gazette
 
"Carey Price said the Canadiens were loose going into Game 3 of their playoff series against the Boston Bruins. Maybe too loose. "I don't think we were focused enough to start the game," Price said after the Canadiens dropped a 4-2 decision Monday night at the Bell Centre. "I think it all started in the morning skate. We were fooling around too much." Head coach Jacques Martin said he warned his players about being more serious. "I told the players it was a good thing we weren't playing in the morning," Martin said. "At this time of the year, it's not physical, it's mental. You have a responsibility as professionals to be ready to play." That loosey-goosey attitude seemed to carry over into"
Canadiens' brass backs right horse
April 17
Montreal Gazette
 
"Greg Millen was left shaking his head after Carey Price made two spectacular saves on Toronto's Phil Kessel in the final game of the regular season. "He's been doing that all year," said Millen, a former National Hockey League goaltender who works as an analyst for Hockey Night in Canada. "He deserves consideration for most valuable player. He's not going to win it, but he's in the mix. "If you look at what he's done this season, playing without (Andrei) Markov and (Josh) Gorges for most of the season, the Canadiens wouldn't be in the playoffs without him." If you look at the summary of the Toronto game, the impact of those two saves isn't apparent. The Canadiens won the game 4-1, but the"
Perfect Price
April 16
Montreal Gazette
 
"You can't precisely say that Canadiens goaltender Carey Price raised his game to another level Thursday night. At some point, where do you establish the level you'll use for the sake of comparison? Price and his Canadiens – and make no mistake, they are his Canadiens – have taken home-ice advantage from the Boston Bruins, their 2-0 victory giving them the one game on TD Garden ice they had to win if they're to advance to a conference semifinal. Brian Gionta's name is brightest on the summary, scoring twice, both on picturesque setups by centreman Scott Gomez. But the story, as it's been so many times this season, began with Price's all-galactic goalkeeping. Thirty-one saves gave the"
Bruins want to crowd Price's net
April 16
Montreal Gazette
 
"Pierre Ouellette was standing outside Ristuccia Arena Friday at noon, basking in the warm rays of suburban Boston shortly before a handful of Canadiens would skate. Steamer, as the Habs' assistant equipment manager is known to all, was happy to chat, if he officially was unavailable for comment. So it would have been bad form to ask him how long it took Thursday night for him to launder all the puck smudges off the CH crest on goalie Carey Price's jersey. Price took a healthy supply of rubber in the bread basket during the Canadiens' 2-0 Game 1 win over the Bruins, and that was for two reasons: the goalie's superb anticipation and ability to be square to the 31 shots he faced, and his"
Price has earned respect
April 15
Montreal Gazette
 columnist Pat Hickey
"Michael Cammalleri says the seeds of Carey Price's strong comeback this season were sown last spring when Jaroslav Halak was leading the Canadiens to the Eastern Conference final. "He handled that situation with a lot of maturity," Cammalleri said prior to Thursday's Game 1 of the Eastern Conference quarterfinal series against the Bruins. "He knew that he had to work harder and he did it. There was a reason why nobody could score against him in practice the last two months of the season." Cammalleri was exaggerating a bit about Price's dominance in practice, but the Bruins had trouble beating the young goaltender Thursday night as he made 31 saves to lead the Canadiens to a 2-0 win. "It's"
Price was on the money
April 15
Boston Globe
 
"Montreal goaltender Carey Price termed it the perfect road game. The Canadiens managed to get the drop on the Bruins in the opener of the best-of-seven Eastern Conference quarterfinals, earning a 2-0 decision last night. The Habs' defense was sharp, the forwards were opportunistic, and Price was reliable and, as it turns out, unbeatable. "If we were to write down on paper how we wanted to start the series, [that would be it],'' said Price, who finished with 31 saves. "We came in here with a plan, to come out to a good start in this game and a good start in the series and we did that.'' Both goals were scored by former Boston College star Brian Gionta, both times assisted by Scott Gomez."
Carey Price's right in Game 1
April 15
Boston Herald
 
"Anyone expecting the Bruins to trample over Montreal as they did in the Canadiens' last two trips to the Garden had a very cold bucket of reality dumped on them last night. In Game 1 of the Eastern Conference quarterfinals on Causeway Street, the Canadiens scored in the opening minutes and then added a late goal for a 2-0 victory against the Bruins and a 1-0 lead in the best-of-seven series. The B's worked for 82 games to earn home-ice advantage in this series, and now it's in the hands of the Canadiens. Brian Gionta scored the Montreal goals, both coming on defensive-zone turnovers by the Bruins. Carey Price stopped all 31 shots the hosts threw at him. The Bruins at times dominated"
Carey Price predicts a "good series" against the Bruins
April 10
Montreal Gazette
 
"The Canadiens won't have much time to savour their season-ending win over the Toronto Maple Leafs. They have a day off Sunday but they'll be back on the ice Monday morning to begin preparing for their first-round Stanley Cup playoff series against the Boston Bruins. While the official schedule is due to be announced late Sunday, the Canadiens will play in Boston Thursday and Saturday with Game 3 scheduled for the Bell Centre on Sunday. "It's going to a good series," said Carey Price, who stopped 27 shots in the 4-1 win over the Leafs Saturday night. "Obviously, there's a history between us and it's probably going to be pretty good watching." There's history and then there's history. This"
Carey Price sets new Habs benchmark
April 8
Montreal Gazette
 
"Quietly, with no fanfare at all, Carey Price played his way into the Canadiens' record books Tuesday. The 23-year-old goaltender moved past Gerry McNeil and Jacques Plante when he appeared in his 71st game of the season, eclipsing the 70-game campaigns of the late McNeil, achieved in 1950-51 and '51-52, and the late Plante, in 1961-62. If you thought Price showed Danny Gallivanesque rapier-like reflexes during his magnificent 42-save effort against Chicago, you should have seen him leap up and bolt for cover when the Brossard dressing-room doors opened to the media following Wednesday's practice. Good for Price, enjoying a day away from the microphones and the scribblers. He had spoken at"
Habs' Carey Price says Bell Centre boos warranted
March 27
Montreal Gazette
 
"Carey Price says a little adversity is good. But the Canadiens have had more than their share of adversity in the past week, losing three games by an aggregate score of 11-0. The Washington Capitals beat the Canadiens 2-0 Saturday night and Michael Cammalleri put the Canadiens' scoring woes in simple terms when he said: "I don't think we're playing very good." Cammalleri said there was a problem with "the discipline throughout the team and discipline can mean a lot of different things. It starts with taking penalties. It's a tough way to play when you start all these games taxing ourselves playing shorthanded.""
Habs' Price isn't right for Hart Trophy
March 20
Montreal Gazette
 columnist Red Fisher
"It is that time of the season when people in all of the NHL cities will be asked to submit their choices for individual awards. None is likely to be more interesting than what promises to be a close race for the Hart Trophy. Which player do you expect will be named the league's most valuable player? History has shown us that goaltenders rarely have been considered. Example: the last goaltender to win the Hart was the Canadiens' José Theodore in 2002, while Dominik Hasek won it in 1997 and 1998. However, more often than not, the Hart goes to a player leading the NHL in points, so Daniel Sedin is the likely choice, one year after his brother Henrik won it."
Goals not Price's fault, Martin says
March 19
Montreal Gazette
 
"When Canadiens coach Jacques Martin gave the hook to starting goaltender Carey Price on Friday, he was invoking the hockey equivalent of the mercy rule. Price gave up five goals on 12 shots but Martin was quick to grant him absolution after the Canadiens dropped a 6-3 decision to the New York Rangers. "The goals weren't his fault," Martin said. "The first goal was a turnover, a blocked shot that led to a breakaway," Martin said. "On the second one, we killed a penalty but then we didn't get the puck out of our zone. The third probably broke our back. The next one was a turnover and on the fifth one, our (defenceman) pinched in and allowed a three-on-one break the other way." The"
Price helps keep score close against determined Caps
March 16
Montreal Gazette
 
"The Canadiens have learned a valuable lesson – or should have – with only 12 games remaining in their regular season; it's that time when anything less than your best simply isn't good enough. Tuesday's 4-2 win by the Capitals in their first of a six-game road trip, was their ninth in a row and tied a six-game franchise record for consecutive victories away from home established in 1984. And if you're wondering what Washington brought to the Bell, this one belonged to the Capitals. Put it this way: they were far better than the score indicated against a Canadiens team which was outplayed from start to finish – other than in the nets. How good were the Capitals? They did a man-sized job of"
Pierre Groulx, goalie whisperer
March 15
The Globe and Mail
 
"So there's this guy. He's at almost all the Habs' practices, he's on the ice, he wears one of those spiffy CH tracksuits. Ball cap. Whistle. Left-handed stick. His name isn't Kirk, or Perry, and it sure isn't Jacques. He never played in the big pro leagues, or even in the small ones. And he doesn't talk to the media - not ever - which is part of the reason no one ever talks about him. You'll get a friendly smile and a nod, maybe a chance conversation in a hotel lobby, but it won't be about anything important. Part of that's down to the way the secrecy that typically pervades the Canadiens organization, part of it is natural reticence from the guy himself. Because this, pretty people, is"
Habs' Carey Price making case for Vézina Trophy
March 14
Montreal Gazette
 
"What a load of bull poop, many have said of the rationalizations that followed last Tuesday's vertebra-fracturing/concussing check of Montreal Canadiens forward Max Pacioretty by Boston's Zdeno Chara. So how perfect that there really was a load of bovine manure being shovelled out of the Bell Centre Saturday night, a souvenir of the 50 animals that co-starred in the Professional Bull Riders Canadian Cup Series event. A stench to some, perhaps, but Chanel No. 5 to Carey Price, the Canadiens' resident cowboy. (You can't make this stuff up: one of PBR Canada's sponsors is Calgary's Drycleaning By Dave, which specializes in wedding gowns.) The Canadiens' charter home from their 3-0 shutout win"
Canadiens' Price tough egg to crack
March 13
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
 columnist Gene Collier
"Historical milestones were piled on both sides of Saturday's hockey game, so it was something of an icy little oddity that 18,310 citizens left the building feeling as though very little was accomplished. Unless you count spending the 200th consecutive Penguins sellout booing Montreal defenseman P.K. Subban, still clearly unforgiven for the Jordan Staal injury that marred last year's playoffs and much of the remainder of 2010. Staal is back, of course, and it's a new year, but even if you thought there was no way last year's Penguins should have lost to Montreal in the playoffs, you should not need any persuading this time around. "They were the Stanley Cup champions a year ago so we have"
Cowboy Price finally wins over Montreal fans
February 18
Calgary Herald
 
"The evolution of Carey Price, in the eyes of Michael Cammalleri, can be traced to a not-so-subtle change in philosophy.A cowboy is going to stick out in downtown Montreal. Any cowboy. And if he happens to hold down the job as a goaltender for the beloved Canadiens - a lofty position once occupied by the likes of Jacques Plante, Ken Dryden and Patrick Roy - well, then every eye is trained on the outsider in the jeans, button-up shirt and boots. Gone are the days of Price contorting in every direction to blend into the masses. The whole Gumby act just doesn't work. "Seriously, it's part of his success this year, believe it or not," Cammalleri says. "He, at first, was trying to fit in here as"
Habs' Carey Price stones Leafs for 6th shutout
February 13
Montreal Gazette
 
"The little guys came to the fore as the Montreal Canadiens beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 3-0 to snap a three-game losing streak Saturday night. David Desharnais, who checks in at 5-foot-7, continued to press his case for more ice time by scoring a power-play goal in the third period. He also had an assist to run his points streak to three games. He has two goals and three assists in that stretch. The win gave the Canadiens 68 points and moved them even in points with the fifth-place Washington Capitals, although the Capitals have a game in hand. The Canadiens opened a 2-0 lead on second-period goals by Benoit Pouliot and Brian Gionta, who is also 5-foot-7. Pouliot scored his 12th of the"
Brawling goalies get peppered in Beantown
February 10
Montreal Gazette
 
""There were too many to stop." That was Jacques Martin's succinct summary of the Canadiens' 8-6 loss to the Boston Bruins on Wednesday night. "It was a question of not being alert in the defensive zone and allowing too many odd-man rushes," Martin said after the Canadiens surrendered a season-high eight goals. "This certainly wasn't the game I expected. "I thought we showed a lot of character and battled to the end. We scored a lot of goals, but we couldn't find a way to keep them out of the net," Martin said. Battle was a good way to describe the game between the Northeast Division rivals. Two hours after the game, the off-ice officials were still trying to produce the final statistics"
Tim Thomas drops catching gloves with Carey Price
February 10
Boston Herald
 
"Tim Thomas had not engaged in a fight since he was playing junior hockey, and he had never fought another goalie. But at the 12:36 mark of the second period in last night's 8-6 win at the Garden against the Montreal Canadiens — and at the age of 36 — the Bruins goalie decided it was time to change that. The B's were engaging in a pitched battle against the Canadiens in the Montreal zone and, when Canadiens counterpart Carey Price got a little too involved, Thomas charged down the ice. After a short standoff, the two locked up before Price got a hold of Thomas' arm and took him to the ice with neither goalie landing a blow. "I went off the blue line and he backed into his crease. And then"
Carey Price moving up in record book
February 8
Montreal Gazette
 
"The last period resolved itself into a bombardment of Vezina, the Canadiens goalkeeper ... who was covered with horseshoes when the frantic Ottawa rooters begged their players to save the Ottawas the humiliation of a shutout at home. -Gazette, Jan. 20, 1913 From a dressing-room wall 98 years since recording the first shutout in Canadiens history, Georges Vezina stares down unblinkingly at Carey Price. Next season -maybe earlier? -the two men will meet in a team ranking, Price steadily marching toward Vezina's 13 career NHL shutouts. The 23-year-old fourth-year pro turned back 35 New York shots Saturday afternoon to blank the Rangers 2-0, his ninth career shutout, moving him into 15th place"
Carey Price unbeatable as Habs blank Rangers
February 6
Montreal Gazette
 
"Carey Price made 35 saves, including 19 in the third period, as the Montreal Canadiens extended their current winning streak to three games with a 2-0 win over the New York Rangers on Saturday. After two relatively quiet periods, Price had to be at his best in the final frame when the Rangers outshot the Canadiens 19-6. It was a league-leading 26th win for Price, who registered his fifth shutout of the season. The win solidified the Canadiens' hold on sixth place in the Eastern Conference as they moved three points ahead of the Rangers. They're also in a position to look ahead because they are one point behind fifth-place Washington and are only two back of Boston in the battle for first"
Price atones for early failure
February 2
Montreal Gazette
 
"Carey Price was feeling a bit chilly during the morning skate but he was hot when he had to be last night as he backstopped the Canadiens to a 3-2 shootout win over the Washington Capitals. "My equipment was frozen," Price said when asked why he was late joining his teammates in the morning. "I like to warm up but it took a while because my equipment had been left outside in the bottom of the bus overnight." There was no such problem in the main event as Price stopped 27 shots and then shut the door on Nicklas Backstrom, Matt Hendricks and Alex Ovechkin in the shootout. "They made some pretty good moves in the shootout," Price said. "I was scrambling a little." There was some luck involved"
Carey Price withstands 21-shot barrage in 3rd period
January 16
Montreal Gazette
 
"Canadiens goaltender Carey Price said he kept looking at the clock as Montreal held on to beat the New York Rangers 3-2 at the Bell Centre Saturday night. "It was definitely a game of momentum," said Price who faced 21 shots in the third period after the Rangers tested him with six in each of the first two periods. "I thought we had (the momentum) for most of the game, but they grabbed it in the third," Price said. "It felt like we played the whole third period in our end. They did a good job of cycling down low. They're as good team and they were battling and they did a good job of finding guys in the middle of the ice." The outcome was in doubt until the final seconds when Price made a"
Canadiens' Price looking forward to All-Star Game
January 12
Montreal Gazette
 
"Carey Price is on a pace to play more than 70 games this season, but he was excited to add another 20 minutes of activity to his schedule. The Canadiens' goaltender is one of 36 players selected to join the six starters for the National Hockey League All-Star Game to be played this month in Raleigh, N.C. "I'm looking forward to it," said Price, who had a rare break Tuesday night when Alex Auld was tabbed to face the Rangers. "It's kind of a fun event. I had fun at the last event in Montreal. It's a special time of the year. You get to spend some time with guys from other teams that normally you love to hate." That 2009 All-Star Game was played at the Bell Centre as part of the Canadiens'"
Goaltending is NOT the Habs problem
January 8
Montreal Gazette
 columnist Pat Hickey
"Goaltending was the biggest question mark as the Canadiens opened the 2010-11 season but it's the least of the team's worries as the second half of the season gets under way Saturday with a game against the Boston Bruins. A 2-1 shootout win over Pittsburgh Thursday night gave the Canadiens 47 points for the first half and Carey Price has offered evidence that general manager Pierre Gauthier made the right decision when he traded Jaroslav Halak, the popular hero of the Canadiens' playoff run last spring. The Canadiens have the fourth-best goals-against average in the National Hockey League and Price emerged from a stormy December to rank among the leaders in wins (tied with Detroit's Jimmy"
Time now to work on details, Price says
January 5
Montreal Gazette
 
"What do millionaire hockey players do when they have a day off? James Wisniewski, who is waiting for his wife to join him in Montreal, relaxed in his hotel room Monday. P.K. Subban slept, did some reading and watched game tapes. And Carey Price went to Costco. "I'm still settling into my new house and I had to buy a TV for my room and some groceries," said Price, whose shopping list included steaks and chicken. "I was surprised at how many people were there." Days off are rare during the hockey season and the Canadiens were back at work yesterday. They had a meeting and video session, followed by an hour on the ice, including some high-energy skating for the final 10 minutes. The holidays"
Canadiens' Carey Price can't shake losing habit
January 3
Montreal Gazette
 
"Canadiens goaltender Carey Price was disconsolate Sunday as he met the media following a 4-3 overtime loss to the Atlanta Thrashers. "I'm not happy," Price said. When asked about the source of his unhappiness, Price said: "I hate losing." But losing has become a habit for the 23-year-old goaltender, who has lost eight of his last 10 starts since Dec. 10. "I thought we played well enough to win," added Price. "It starts with me. I have to play better." The deciding goal was scored by Dustin Byfuglien, who connected on a blast from the point at 3:41 of the overtime while the Thrashers were on the power play. "He had a good shot, he powered it through me," Price said of the shot, which"
Molson Cup jinx haunts Price, Habs in homecoming
January 3
Montreal Gazette
 
"The Canadiens should discontinue the practice of handing out the Molson Cup before games. Goaltender Carey Price collected the hardware for December prior to Sunday afternoon's game against the Atlanta Thrashers. It was the third time this season he has been honoured and, on each occasion, he has gone on to lose the game. The latest was a 4-3 overtime loss in a game in which Atlanta goaltender Ondrej Pavelec faced 50 shots. The Thrashers had 28 shots, but five of them were in overtime with Dustin Byfuglien blasting the winner past Price on a power play at 3:41. The Canadiens came from behind three times to force overtime. Brian Gionta tied the game at 3-3 when he scored his team-leading"
Price shows he can get the job done
December 6
Montreal Gazette
 
"I was wrong about Carey Price. Wrong as a sportswriter can be. The kid has the right stuff. Check that. The man has the right stuff. Hey, it happens. I still believe that the criticisms, given Price's play over the past two seasons, were justified. But this time around, Price isn't being given a thing. He has earned our respect. Physically, I never doubted Price. The issues were with his mental and emotional makeup. I thought he was lazy. I was wrong. I thought he was too lackadaisical. I was wrong. I thought his penchant for high living would always undermine his performance. I was wrong. Above all, I thought that while Price might thrive somewhere in the NHL, he would never have the"
Canadiens' Price falls 73 seconds short of 5th shutout
November 28
Montreal Gazette
 
"Carey Price came within 73 seconds of his fifth shutout of the season and Brian Gionta had a three-point night as the Montreal Canadiens defeated the Buffalo Sabres 3-1 Saturday night. The Canadiens continued their recent pattern of win-lose-win as they rebounded from Friday night's 3-0 loss in Atlanta. Montreal, which has lost consecutive games only once this season, improved to 15-8-1. The Canadiens lead the Northeast Division with 31 points. They have a five-point edge over Boston, but the Bruins have played three fewer games. Price, who also leads the NHL with 14 wins, returned to the nets after a one-game hiatus and made 34 saves. He now has one more victory than he had all last"