Carey Price may be Canada's man between the pipes when the World Cup of Hockey kicks off next month.
The Montreal Canadiens netminder missed the majority of last season with a MCL sprain, but is now healthy and will join Team Canada in training camp.
"He’s been training. He’s 100 percent and he’s ready to go," Team Canada general manager Doug Armstrong said, according to Sportsnet's Mark Spector. "Now, he’ll have to shake off some of the rust because he hasn’t played in a game situation in a long time. But he will come into (training camp) and be ready to go for Game 1."
While there was initial doubt as to whether Price would be healthy enough to participate when the team was first named, Armstrong insists the plan all along was to have the 2014-15 Hart Trophy winner involved in some capacity.
"When we picked our initial roster he wasn’t playing, but we wanted him as part of the process," Armstrong said. "He is, by his stature the past couple of years and what he did in Sochi, maybe the best goalie on the planet, and we wanted to make sure he was comfortable with everything. We’ve stayed in touch with him over his rehab."
Price told reporters in June he feels 100 percent. Good news for Team Canada who will enter the tournament with the past two Vezina Trophy winners in Price and Washington Capitals goaltender Braden Holtby.
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