Carey Price Is My Hero Essay

How do you define a hero? No not Superman or Wonder woman, but an actual hero in the real world. My hero would be Carey Price. He is my hero because he has shown me many life lessons even though, I didn’t even meet the guy. I believe he would be a great hero for all the inspiring goalies looking to make the leap into the NHL. My reasoning is that he shows class and leadership with all the pressure he has on him with being a Montreal Canadiens goaltender, because usually in that organization there are many great goaltenders that play for them. Carey Price became my hero back when I was living in Canada and I was just getting into watching the NHL on television. It wasn’t just then he became my hero but over time as I grew up and matured just
He only had a slow start to his career as an NHL goalie. With goalies your supposed to groom them into a good goalie. Like your roasting ribs you let them sit awhile before you turn-up the heat and then eat them, and they are good.
Following that year Price proved that it wasn’t just a lucky year. In the following seasons Price was selected to backstop Team Canada in the Sochi Olympics where he went undefeated and won gold with Team Canada. Ever since the 2015 season Price has always been in talks to be the Vezina trophy (in the NHL it’s the trophy for best goalie) with also being in talks of MVP. Just last year during the return of The World Cup of Hockey Price was selected to start for team Canada and then he went undefeated again, and won The World Cup of Hockey. Team Canada defeated Team Europe 2-0 in the best of three game series. This happened just after Price was injured for almost ¾ of the season prier. Which showed me that anything can happen and once you get knocked down you get right back up and prove people wrong.
Price has taught me many things about hockey and life even though I've never truly met him in person but I can't wait for the opportunity to play him someday because he is my favorite goalie and