Carey Price’s return to Montreal is set to take center stage at the Bell Centre on a night that already has a packed schedule for the Canadiens.
Before puck drop against the Minnesota Wild, Price will be honored with a place in the Bell Centre’s Ring of Honour, and the organization has lined up a special press conference for 5:15 p.m. The Canadiens will open the day with morning skate at 10:30 a.m., but once that’s done, the spotlight shifts squarely to their longtime goaltender.
For Price, the moment will come with a microphone in front of him for the first time publicly since the honor was announced. The team is billing the appearance as a special press conference, which fits a player whose name still carries major weight in Montreal.
Price spent all 15 of his NHL seasons with the Canadiens, appearing in 712 games and never wearing another NHL sweater. He finished with 361 wins, a 2.51 goals-against average and a .917 save percentage, numbers that only hint at how much he meant to the franchise through some tough years.
There should be plenty of attention in that media room, too. Price remains one of the most recognizable figures from recent Canadiens history, and his ceremony figures to be one of the night’s biggest moments.
Montreal also enters the evening in strong form. The Canadiens are 11-3-3, good for seventh in the NHL and second in the Atlantic Division, so Martin St-Louis’ group won’t be walking into the building searching for a reset.
That makes the challenge a little different. The celebration will be real, but once the ceremony is over, Montreal still has to lock back in and handle the Wild.
Priyanta Emrith first shared the schedule earlier today, confirming both Price’s media availability and the pregame tribute.
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