City’s player of the month for November Baer recognized for ‘progress, hard work’ in hockey

By Laureen Sweeney

Henry Baer, 12, has been named Westmount’s player of the month for November by the Westmount Minor Hockey Association. Playing on the city’s M13A (under age 13) team, Henry started his hockey career with Westmount at age 5 in the M7 program.“He has developed into a fantastic player,” said Andrew Maislin, operations manager at the Westmount recreation centre. In announcing the recognition, he said: “Seeing him progress the way he has over the year is amazing.” Henry was nominated by his coaches “based on his hard work, strong offence, defensive game and demonstration of leadership,” Maislin explained. “I noted during the evaluations back in September that he is stronger, faster and more aware of what is going on on the ice. During the drills, he would turn on his ‘beast mode’
and just take off.” Although the team is struggling this year against very strong adversaries, he added that “owing to strong coaching leadership and player dedication,” the team had improved “tremendously” over the course of the first half of the season. “I look forward to seeing where they end up in March.” Having Henry part of the minor hockey organization “is not only a moment of proudness but also a testament to the dedication of our families and players within our community to play sports.