Price Leads Chinook to Victory over Lakers With Shutout

Price stopped all 19 Laker shots

DARTMOUTH – Carey Price stopped 19 shots for his first shutout of the season to lead the Chinook to a 3-0 victory over the Dartmouth Lakers. Calgary moved to 8-0-1 to start the season.  This is the club best start in franchise history.

Ryan O’Reilly scored twice to help the Chinook win for the seventh time in eight games overall.  Panarin also scored for the Chinook.

"We're just playing well, playing with confidence," Price said. " We're in a spot where we can't take our foot off the gas ... We have to play every single game like that and give yourself the best chance to win.  “

Panarin extended the Chinook’ lead to 2-0 at 5:19 of the third period. He took the puck from behind the net back up the ice, turned around and shot the puck into traffic and past Rask for his sixth of the season.

"Everyone's pulling their weight," Panarin said. "That's a play you do a few times in practice.  When you know Weber and Shattenkirk are at the points in the power play, you have extra confidence to execute a play like this. “

"He was excellent," Chinook GM Eugene Yip said of Price. "Although Pricey didn’t face many shots tonight and he made some spectacular key saves that help us win."

O’Reilly, Gaudreau and Pastrnak have found some chemistry the past two to three games, which is important when Crosby line is getting tied up.

NOTES:
The shutout gives Price an impressive 1.11 GAA and 0.942 save% which is currently ranked 4th in the league.

The Calgary Chinook are the best defensive team with only 1.78 goals against per game.  

UP NEXT:
The Calgary Chinook are back at home against the Portland Owls tomorrow.  “The Portland Owls is a team that we can’t take them lightly. “Said Eugene.  “They just upset the Falcons tonight.  They are a confident team right now.  We expect them to throw everything at us tomorrow.  We have to be prepared.  “