Carey Price: Updates And Return
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The 2010–11 pre-season was a tough start for Price. During the 2010–11 regular season, however, Price played in 72 games recording new career highs including 38 wins, eight shutouts a 2.35 GAA and a .923 save percentage, and was selected to play in the 2011 NHL All-Star Game. This play from Price allowed the Canadiens to enter the 2011 Stanley Cup playoffs. This strong play continued for Price in the playoffs posting a .935 save percentage. It was not enough, however, to lead the Canadiens to victory, as they ultimately fell in seven games in the first round to the Boston Bruins. On October 26, 2011, Price earned his 100th win in his NHL career in his 214th game. A few months later, he participated to his third All-Star Game. The 2011–12 season, however, did not go well for the Canadiens, and they missed the playoffs for the first time since the 2006–07 season. Price missed the last 4 games of the season due to a concussion.
La Presse, a French-language Canadian newspaper, previously reported (via Yahoo Sports Canada) that Price has played his last game this season:
“The team doesn’t think he’ll be back for the regular season at this point, wondering whether it is really worth it to try and push for him to come back,” said an unnamed source with knowledge of the situation. “They can’t say that publicly, they want to keep any hopes alive, however small. They don’t want fans to quit on their team. There is a marketing element to this.”
Mike Condon has been solid in Price’s absence with a 13-15-4 record, a 2.48 goals-against average and a .905 save percentage, but Montreal has fallen to fifth place in the Eastern Conference’s Atlantic Division with 58 points after a red-hot start to the season.
Price has appeared in just 12 games this season, as he was out with a lower-body injury prior to aggravating it in November.
The Vancouver, British Columbia, native has been fantastic in limited playing time, though, with a 10-2 record, 2.06 goals-against average and .934 save percentage.
By Mike Chiari ,
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2606195-carey-price-injury-updates-on-canadiens-stars-lower-body-and-return
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