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Carey Price to be honoured by Canadiens at Bell Centre
On Tuesday, the Canadiens added Carey Price to their ring of honour at the Bell Centre, following his Hockey Hall of Fame induction on Monday. Fans cheered for nearly four minutes with 'Ca-rey! Ca-rey!' chants.
Price spent his entire 15-year NHL career in Montreal after the Canadiens selected him fifth overall in the 2005 draft, becoming the franchise's all-time leader with 361 wins.
The goaltender backstopped Canada to Olympic gold in 2014, then won the Hart Trophy and Vezina Trophy in 2015 with a.933 save percentage and 1.96 goals-against average across 66 games.
"When you end your career, there's a picture of riding off into the sunset, and I didn't feel like it happened, but I felt the love regardless," Price said. He expressed gratitude for the recognition.
His journey began in the remote community of Anahim Lake, where his father flew him 320 kilometres to play hockey. A degenerative right knee injury cut his career short, with his final appearance on April 29, 2022.