Even with his team on the brink of elimination, Carey Price has already accomplished a feat rarely matched in the NHL postseason. The Montreal Canadiens rookie netminder has appeared in 10 games so far in these playoffs, making him just the fourth goaltender aged 20 or under to appear in that many postseason games in one year.
Another fellow Hab, Patrick Roy, is the most storied of the bunch, a group that also includes former Red Wings great Harry Lumley and Mike Moffat of the Boston Bruins. Two went on to Hall of Fame careers, while another was out of the NHL two years after his star turn:
- Roy led the Canadiens to a Stanley Cup as a scrawny rookie in 1986, winning the Conn Smythe Trophy as playoff MVP more than four months before his 21st birthday. He would win three more Cups, two more Conn Smythes and three Vezina trophies in a Hall of Fame career.
- Lumley had a 7-7 record as a 19 year old in 1945, taking Detroit to Game 7 of the finals against the Toronto Maple Leafs. He would win his first and only Stanley Cup with the Wings five years later and the Vezina with Toronto in 1953-54. Lumley entered the Hall of Fame in 1980.
- Moffat, an eighth-round pick in 1980 who starred with Canada's world junior team, was weeks removed from the Ontario Hockey League playoffs when he took the Bruins to Game 7 of the second round against the Quebec Nordiques. Demoted to the American Hockey League the following season, he retired from professional hockey at 22 after opening the 1984-85 season with a 9-1 loss while playing for the Nova Scotia Oilers.
