Price Becomes 4th Goalie to Win Hart and Vezina Trophies in Same Year

Montreal Canadiens goaltender Carey Price has been rewarded handsomely for his spectacular 2014-15 campaign, becoming just the fourth player in NHL history to win the Hart Memorial (MVP) and Vezina (best goalie) trophies in the same season, per Sportsnet Stats.

Price joins Jacques Plante (1961-62), Jose Theodore (2001-02) and Dominik Hasek (1996-97, 1997-98), the last of whom accomplished the impressive feat in consecutive seasons.

The Hart Memorial Trophy has only gone to a goaltender eight times, with each of the last five instances also including a Vezina Trophy for the player.

Prior to Plante in 1961-62, the Hart was awarded to fellow goaltenders Ray Worters (1928-29), Chuck Rayner (1949-50) and Al Rollins (1953-54), but none of those three also received the Vezina Trophy in the same season.

Price made his case for both awards with a statistically impeccable regular season, finishing with a 44-16-6 record, .933 save percentage and 1.96 goals-against average (GAA) in 66 appearances (all starts).

He led the NHL in wins, save percentage and GAA, becoming the first player since Ed Belfour in 1990-91 to pull off the so-called goaltending triple crown, per the Toronto Star.

Furthermore, Price's 44 wins set a new team record on the league's most accomplished franchise, breaking the mark of 42 that Plante and Ken Dryden previously shared, per Sportsnet Stats.