Carey Price was born on August 16, 1987 in Anahim Lake, British Columbia, to Lynda, Jerry Price and Kayla.
Carey started skating on the river next to his home when he was two years old, and he spent countless hours outside with his dad and friends over the next few years. Although he spent a lot of time on the ice, Anahim Lake did not have an indoor rink or hockey program.
At age nine, he started playing organized hockey at a nearby arena in Williams Lake, British Columbia. The 400-mile round trip to Williams Lake for games and practices was required three times a week. Carey’s father had a pilot’s license, so when the weather was nice, they could fly back and forth, but most of the time, they drove. Carey has always had a natural affinity for animals and the outdoors as the son of Jerry, whose family were farmers and ranchers in Alberta, and Lynda, whose family were ranchers and hunting guides in Anahim Lake.
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- Name: Carey Price
- Date of birth: August 16, 1987
- Place of birth: British Columbia
- Occupation: Ice hockey
- Net worth: $13 million
Early life
Carey Price was born in British Columbia on August 16, 1987, but was raised in Vancouver by Lynda and Jerry Price. His mother is a chief of the Ulkatcho First Nation. His father was a goalie drafted 126th overall in the 1978 NHL Amateur Draft by the Philadelphia Flyers.
Price is a second cousin of former NHL player Shane Doan and has a younger sister named Kayla. When Price was three years old, his family moved to the small town of Anahim Lake in the British Columbia interior, where he grew up. In the winter, his father taught him how to play goalie on a frozen creek, and he played organized hockey in Williams Lake, a five-hour, 320-kilometre (200 mi) drive away on Highway 20.
Career
During the 2003-04 season, he was a member of the Western Hockey League (WHL) major junior ice hockey team called the ‘Tri-City Americans’, where he appeared in 28 games as a backup to goaltender Tyler Weiman. During the 2004-05 WHL season, he became the Tri-City starter.
Due to his outstanding achievements, NHL Central Scouting Services ranked him as the best goalie in North America for the NHL Entry Draft. In the 2005 NHL Entry Draft, the Montreal Canadiens selected him fifth overall.
In 2007, he received the ‘Del Wilson Trophy’ as the WHL’s best goalie and the ‘CHL Goalie of the Year’ title. Carey joined the Montreal Canadiens farm team, the Hamilton Bulldogs, just before the 2007 Calder Cup playoffs. He led the Bulldogs to their first ‘Calder Cup’ win and was named the tournament’s MVP, receiving the ‘Jack A. Butterfield Trophy’.
He joined the Montreal Canadiens as a backup goalie for the 2007–08 NHL season, making his debut against the Pittsburgh Penguins on October 10, 2007. He won the Molson Cup for the Canadiens in October and became the team’s starting goalie at the end of that season.
He was named NHL Rookie of the Month for March 2008, NHL First Star of the Week for the week ending April 6, 2008, and NHL All-Star Team for the 2007–08 NHL season. He participated in the 2009 NHL All-Star Game at Montreal’s Bell Centre. When the Canadiens advanced to the 2010 Stanley Cup playoffs, he lost his starting position to Slovakian professional ice hockey goaltender Jaroslav Halak.
In the summer of 2010, he and Halák became restricted free agents. Canadiens re-sign Carey signed a two-year, $5.5 million contract, and he resumed his goaltending duties, while Halák was traded to the St. Louis Blues. He set new career highs in the 2010–11 regular season, winning 38 of 72 games while posting a 2.35 GAA, a .923 save percentage, and eight clean sheets. He was selected to the 2011 NHL All-Star Game. His performance helped his team advance to the 2011 Stanley Cup playoffs. On July 2, 2012, the Canadiens signed him to a six-year, $39 million contract.
During the 2014-15 season, he received the ‘Hart Memorial Trophy’ for league MVP, the ‘Ted Lindsay Award’ for league MVP and the ‘Vezina Trophy’ for best goaltender. He also shared the William M. Jennings Trophy with Chicago Blackhawks forward Corey Crawford. With this trophy, he became the second player in Montreal Canadiens history to win four trophies in a single season.
During the 2016–17 season, he made history by becoming the first NHL goaltender to win his first ten games. On July 2, 2017, it was revealed that his contract had been extended for eight years at an annual cap hit of $10.5 million. On April 3, 2018, he made his 557th career NHL shutout for the Canadiens, breaking the franchise record previously held by Jacques Plante.
International career
He has represented Canada since he was a junior. Canada won their third World Junior Ice Hockey Championship in three years in 2007. He was also named Most Valuable Player of the tournament. He won his first World Cup of Hockey trophy in 2016 when Team Canada defeated Team Europe in the best-of-three final.
Personal life
While playing with the Tri-City Americans, Price met his wife, Angela (née Webber). They were married on August 24, 2013, in Benton City, Washington. Price flew to Calgary to attend Hockey Canada’s 2014 Winter Olympic orientation camp the following day.
On October 21, 2015, Angela Price announced on her blog that they would be welcoming their first child in the spring of 2016. The couple’s first child, a daughter named Liv, was born to Angela in 2016. In December 2018, Angela welcomed their second child, Millie. In June 2020, Angela and her husband announced that they would be expecting in the coming months. In October 2020, Angela welcomed their third child, Lincoln.
Net worth
Carey Price’s net worth is said to be $13 million. He has amassed a significant fortune through his ice hockey career and will continue to do so as he progresses.
