Canadiens Assign Goaltender Carey Price To Bulldogs
Published on April 10, 2007 under American Hockey League (AHL)
Hamilton Bulldogs News Release
MONTREAL, QC - Montreal Canadiens General Manager Bob Gainey announced today that the club has signed goaltender Carey Price to a three-year contract. As per club policy, financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Price has been assigned to the Hamilton Bulldogs of the American Hockey League and will join the team for practice this morning.
Price, 19, completed the 2006-07 season with a record of 30 wins, 13 losses and one overtime loss, a 2.45 goals against average, a .917 save percentage and three shutouts in 46 games with the Tri-City Americans in the Western Hockey League. His performances helped his team finish in second place in the U.S. Division of the Western Conference with 47 wins and 96 points, two franchise records.
In a little more than four full seasons in Tri-City, Price, a 6'3'', 212-pound goaltender, posted an overall record of 83 wins, 78 losses and 18 overtime losses in 193 games, a 2.53 goals against average and a .906 save percentage. He also recorded 15 shutouts.
On the international scene, Price led Canada to the gold medal at the 2007 World Junior Hockey Championships, in Sweden. Selected as the tournament's Most Valuable Player and named to the All-Star Team, Price won each of his team's six games, posted a 1.14 goals against average and a .961 save percentage. He also registered two shutouts.
Price, a native of Williams Lake, British Columbia, was the Canadiens' 1st pick (1st round), 5th overall, in 2005.
In operation since 1936, the American Hockey League is the top development league for all 30 National Hockey League teams. Over 80 percent of NHL players are AHL graduates, and more than 350 AHL players were recalled to the NHL during the 2005-2006 season alone.
The Bulldogs next game is on Wednesday, April 11th at 7:30 p.m. when the Grand Rapids Griffins invade Copps Coliseum. Tickets for all 'Dogs home games are available at the Copps Coliseum Box Office, any Ticketmaster outlet, online at www.ticketmaster.ca, or through charge-by-phone at 905-527-7666. Fans can listen to the game on the flagship station of the Hamilton Bulldogs Hockey Network, 820 CHAM "The Legend," beginning with the Park's Furniture Pre-Game Show at 7:10 p.m. Fans can also listen or watch at www.hamiltonbulldogs.com by clicking on the 'B2 Networks' or '820 CHAM' icon on the 'Dogs website.
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