By Joshua Clipperton Carey Price’s blank facial expression told most of the story. The Montreal Canadiens had just fallen in Game 5 of the Stanley Cup final. Their season was over. The Tampa Bay Lightning were celebrating a second consecutive title down the hall. It was July 7, 2021, and Price was hurting — both emotionally and physically — as the star goaltender dissected his team’s trying season and magical playoff run amid the COVID-19 pandemic on a video conference call with reporters. He didn’t know it at the time, but there would be just five more games in his professional career. “To come so close and not win, it’s pretty heart-wrenching,” Price said in a recent interview. “Results aside, the experience was something I’ll cherish forever.” The Anahim Lake,…
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