Carey Price in Tri-Cities for Kolzig’s Charity Golf Event

Montreal Canadiens goaltender Carey Price returned to where his junior hockey career made him the Habs #1 pick in 2005.

Price was back in town to play in ,Tri-City Americans owner, Olaf Kolzigs and former NHLer Stu Barnes’ “Olie & Stu's Desert Bash”.

The event benefits autism research by raising money for the Carson Kolzig Foundation.

The event brought in $200K through a silent auction, $69K in cash donations and $100K in sponsorship fees.

Talking to NBC affiliate KNDO, Price told the station that he enjoys returning to the area.

"For sure," he said. "I spent four years here and I got really close to a lot of good people. It's almost like a second home to me. I worked really hard for the last few years to get there and Don has really helped me through that.

“It's nice to see your work get rewarded after awhile.”

Price was asked about life in Montreal.

"It's still fun," he said.

"You kind of get starstruck. I'm still young, only 21. You are sitting beside guys and you're like 'whoa! I watched him play on TV,' and stuff. I still get a bit of that."

Retiring ??: Olaf Kolzig talked to the Northwest News-Tribune during the event.

"I went to Toronto to see doctors and was cleared to play," Kolzig said.

"July 1 came around, and I became a free agent. I'm leaning toward retirement, but I'm not going to shut that door yet. But if you ask me today, yes, I'm going to retire."

Hockey at the Big Owe??? Is this wise??

The Olympic Stadium in Motnreal with it's permanent roof after the retractable one failed.

The Globe and Mail reports that the Montreal Canadiens will play host to the Washington Capitals at Olympic Stadium.

The 2009-10 NHL sked doesn't officially come put until tomorrow.

Gotta wonder if this is such a good idea?

Ovechkin vs. hockey's greatest franchise during their centennial is a financial jackpot for the league.

But, the crowd in the Bell Centre is loud enough, so does one honestly think that the financial and structural disaster from the 1976 Olympics is a safe bet to house 50,000 screaming hockey fans?

I recalled the chunk of concrete breaking off in '94 and the fire in the tower during a Montreal Expos game in '86, but Robert Lefebvre from Habs Eyes on the Prize dug up a list of several other structural problems and incidents that the stadium has faced since it's first use.

Now if a piece of concrete took out NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman, many fans would see it as the greatest day in NHL history.

Personally, seeing Youppi under a steel beam wouldn't be so bad for me. I never liked that little orange fuzzball, even with the Expos.