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BCAFN Special Chiefs Assembly March 10, 2022
KEYNOTE – Carey Price, Montreal Canadiens Goaltender
Carey Price was born to Lynda and Jerry Price. His mother is the Chief of the Ulkatcho First Nation. His father was also a goaltender, drafted by the Philadelphia Flyers in the 1978 NHL Amateur Draft. Although Jerry never played in the NHL, he played four seasons of professional hockey in various leagues and was the goaltending coach of the Tri-City Americans for a time.
When Price was three, his family moved to the remote town of Anahim Lake in central BC where he was raised. Carey was taught to play goaltender by his father on a frozen creek during the winter months and played organized hockey in Williams Lake over five hours and 320 kilometres away by car on Highway 20. Having to make the ten-hour round trip three days a week, Carey's father bought a plane to fly him to practice and games.
