Carey Price

He married Angela Webber on August 24, 2013, in Benton City, Washington. Their daughter, Liv, was born on May 6, 2016. Angela made an Instagram post on June 23, 2018 declaring that the couple is expecting their second child next winter.

From his mother’s side Carey is of ‘Ulkatcho First Nation’ descent. He was made an honorary co-chair during the 2010 National Aboriginal Hockey Championships. He gives hockey lessons to young athletes and is a mentor of Cody Call, a fellow William Lakes goaltender.

Carey joined hands with CCM to donate equipments, including goalie padding, helmets, sticks, and skates worth $10,000. He donated hockey gear worth $10,000 to a Williams Lake, B.C. based minor hockey league. A breakfast program is also funded by him in an Anahim Lake, B.C. school where he once studied.

Carey Price was born on August 16, 1987, in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, to Jerry Price and Lynda, as their eldest child among two children. His father, Jerry, was a goaltender who played in different leagues for four seasons, but didn’t play in the NHL. Jerry also served as goaltending coach of the ‘Tri-City Americans’ for some time. Carey’s mother served as chief of the ‘Ulkatcho First Nation.’

Carey grew up in the small community of Anahim Lake in northern British Columbia where his family relocated when he was three years old. He has a sister, Kayla. Canadian retired professional ice hockey forward Shane Doan is his second cousin.

His father initially taught him to play as goaltender on a frozen creek during winters. He would travel around 320 kilometres by car to Williams Lake city to play organized hockey. His father later bought a plane so that Carey’s travelling time (about ten-hours) could be saved.

He found place on the roster of a major junior ice hockey team of the Western Hockey League (WHL) called the ‘Tri-City Americans’ during the 2003–04 season and appeared as backup for goaltender Tyler Weiman in 28 games. He became primary starter of Tri-City in the 2004–05 WHL season.

As a result of his impressive performances, the NHL Central Scouting Services ranked him as best North American goaltender for the NHL Entry Draft. ‘Montreal Canadiens’ drafted him fifth overall in the 2005 NHL Entry Draft.

In 2007, he won the ‘Del Wilson Trophy’ as top goaltender of WHL, along with the ‘CHL Goaltender of the Year’ award. Little before the 2007 Calder Cup playoffs, Carey joined the farm team of Montreal Canadiens called ‘Hamilton Bulldogs.’ He led the Bulldogs to their first ever ‘Calder Cup’ championship and won the ‘Jack A. Butterfield Trophy’ as the tournament MVP.

He made to the Montreal Canadiens roster as backup goaltender for the 2007–08 NHL season making his debut against the ‘Pittsburgh Penguins’ on October 10, 2007. He received the Canadiens' Molson Cup for October and became starting goaltender of the team later that season.

He became the NHL Rookie of the Month in March 2008, the NHL First Star of the Week during the week ending on April 6, 2008, and was also named in the NHL All-Rookie Team for 2007–08 NHL season.

He played for Canada from the junior level. He won silver medal at the World U-17 Hockey Challenge held in 2004 in Newfoundland, Canada, and at the IIHF World U18 Championship held in 2005 in Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada.

Canada won the World Junior Ice Hockey Championships in 2007, third time in a row. He was also named tournament MVP.

He won an Olympic Gold Medal as Canada went undefeated in Men's Hockey at 2014 Sochi Olympics while he posted 0.59 GAA and .971 save percentage. He was also voted by the IIHF as the best goaltender at the event.

He won his first World Cup of Hockey championship in 2016 when Canada went on to win the championship against Team Europe in the best-of-three final.