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Carey Price received a nearly four-minute ovation at Montreal’s Bell Centre as the Canadiens welcomed him into the team’s Ring of Honour. The moment followed his Hockey Hall of Fame induction and celebrated a 15-season career spent entirely in Montreal, where he became the franchise’s all-time wins leader. Price thanked fans emotionally, reflecting on the support he felt even after a knee injury brought his career to an abrupt end.

By the Numbers
  • 15 NHL seasons, all with Montreal.
  • 361 wins in 712 regular-season games.
  • .917 save percentage, 2.51 goals-against average and 49 shutouts.
  • In 2015, won the Hart and Vezina trophies after posting a .933 save percentage and 1.96 goals-against average over 66 games.
Yes, But

Price’s individual achievements were extraordinary, but he never won a Stanley Cup. Montreal reached the final in 2021, only for Tampa Bay to win the series. Whether the Canadiens should retire his No. 31 remains debated, given the franchise’s high bar for honoring players with retired numbers.

Bottom Line

Montreal’s Ring of Honour gives Price a lasting place in Canadiens history, while the debate over retiring his number—and the Stanley Cup that eluded him—remains unresolved.