By Joshua Clipperton Carey Price\u2019s 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 \u2014 both emotionally and physically \u2014 as the star goaltender dissected his team\u2019s trying season and magical playoff run amid the COVID-19 pandemic on a video conference call with reporters. He didn\u2019t know it at the time, but there would be just five more games in his professional career. \u201cTo come so close and not win, it\u2019s pretty heart-wrenching,\u201d Price said in a recent interview. \u201cResults aside, the experience was something I\u2019ll cherish forever.\u201d The Anahim Lake,… <\/p>\n
By Joshua Clipperton Carey Price\u2019s 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 \u2014 both emotionally and physically \u2014 as the star goaltender dissected his team\u2019s trying season and magical playoff run amid the COVID-19 pandemic on a video conference call with reporters. He didn\u2019t know it at the time, but there would be just five more games in his professional career. \u201cTo come so close and not win, it\u2019s pretty heart-wrenching,\u201d Price said in a recent interview. \u201cResults aside, the experience was something I\u2019ll cherish forever.\u201d The Anahim Lake,... <\/p>\n