Author: Gabrielle Jay-Riendeau

Single Letter Tryout Schedule & Important Information

Try-Out FAQs

  • Double check your child’s year of birth as it is what we use to determine teams and schedule.
  • Once at the arena, head downstairs to check in at the desk where you will receive a pair of hockey socks.
  • Bring your own jersey with a number on it.
  • Full equipment is required.
  • Do not arrive more than 30 minutes before your dedicated ice time as the rooms will not be ready then.
  • Parents must remain upstairs during the course of the practice.
  • Do not approach the evaluators over the course of the tryouts. Our evaluations of players are based on skill. We hope to remain objective to place your kids at the level at which they most belong.
  • Players who do not attend all the tryouts are not guaranteed a spot on teams!
  • Players trying out for double-letters may only attend our tryouts once released by their double-letter organization.

Please do not hesitate to reach out to your association, should you have any questions about the tryouts.

Best of luck!!

Intercity Double Letters Try-Outs: August 26

Follow the link to read all the information on how it works: Tryouts Season 2024-25 | WLLV

Invitation to all players from WESTMOUNT, LACHINE, LASALLE, VERDUN, to register for the WLVV AA/BB selection camp. A minimum of 3 sessions total of ice time is guaranteed for each participant. You must be present from the beginning of the tryouts in order to be guaranteed the 3 sessions.

Don’t forget to Register Online before August 20th!!

“Girls Can Play Too!”

A Regional Girls’ Hockey Promotional Campaign Video with testimonies and pictures from our very own Westmount Wings– Cecilia Chadwick, Eva Clark, and more!

With Girls’ hockey steadily on the rise, it’s important we encourage girls of all ages and skill levels to get involved and “go for it”, not just in our area to benefit our own teams, but all across the region!

See the below flow-chart to identify which association can house which neighborhoods, to help in your conversations with friends around the region!

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Player of the Month – January 2024

‘First-time goalie gives his ‘all’ & his best with a smile.’

by Laureen Sweeney

The Westmount Minor Hockey Association (WMHA) has selected Isaac Urman, 11, as the January 2024 player-of-the-month. The goaltender for the M11B Westmount Wings hockey team has played with Westmount since 2019 starting in the pre-novice MAHG-1 program for 6-year-olds. Isaac, 11, is the second goalie so far this season to have been chosen as the player-of-the-month in the city’s recognition program launched in 2019. It was described at inception as aimed not only to highlight the contributions of players, but also to acknowledge the opportunities and skills that minor hockey, and sports as a whole, can offer young people (see November 2019, p. 1).
“Isaac is a first-time goalie,” explained Gabrielle Jay-Riendeau, vice-president of social media and communications for the WMHA and sports coordinator for the Westmount recreation centre (WRC). “It takes bravery to gear up, stay in the net, and invite players to shoot pucks at you of your own volition,” she said in submitting the reasons for his selection. “It can be nerve-wracking and certainly not easy, but Isaac is giving it his all and doing his best with a smile.”

His four coaches – Ilya Semionov, Leo Semionov, Johnny Rees, and Nathan Semionov – agree, Jay-Riendeau explained. “Isaac has always shown up and consistently put in an outstanding effort. He is always smiling in practice and is eager to learn and improve.” They also point out, she continued, “that though it had been a difficult season for the whole team, Isaac stood strong in net, no matter the score and the heavy workload, and kept a great attitude. Every game, his perseverance and determination catch our eye. The biggest asset a team can have is a player who always puts in the effort.”

In choosing a player of the month, the WMHA selects players based on their commitment, perseverance, positive attitude and leadership, she explained. “Bearing this in mind, his coaches contend that “Isaac has very much earned the honour of being named player of the month.” The association, she added, “could not agree more!”

Player of the Month – December 2023

Great ‘team mate,’ goal tender, ‘burgeoning’ leader

by Laureen Sweeney

Jasper Brandt-Synnott is described as not only a “great goal tender” for the city’s M13B Westmount Wings hockey team, but also as stepping up to play in that same vital position for a second team, in M15B, also in the Westmount Minor Hockey Association (WMHA).
When Jasper, on the cusp of turning 12, heard that an M15B team risked collapsing from a lack of goalkeeper, he volunteered despite his initial nerves, according to Andrew Maislin, president of the WMHA and operations manager of the Westmount recreation centre (WRC). “That, to me, was a marker of respect and loyalty.” Goalies are often few and far between, he explained, and teams simply cannot exist without a goalie. Cited as a “burgeoning leader” by his coaches, Jasper has been named player-of the-month for December. “The dedication it requires to – not only play up a level – but to play on two teams speaks to his love of the game; and it shows!” explained André Brosseau, one of the coaches of the M15B team. “M15B is very happy to have Jasper as our goalkeeper this season. With him, not only do we have a goaltender who wants to learn, but more importantly we have a great teammate.” Attitude sets him apart. Skills aside, one aspect that sets Jasper apart from other young players is his
reported attitude, he explained. His coaches note how he is often the one to lead a team chant, pre-game stretch, encourage his teammates, invite them over to his house for some team-building hot chocolate and chips, and practice his postgame comedy routine for any teammate who hangs around to listen.
It’s hardly about the score for Jasper, Brosseau said. “Whether the team wins or loses, he does what he needs to do and enjoys playing the game. On December 9, Jasper played three consecutive Eastern Hockey League (EHL) games for M15B, M13B, and M13A teams as part of each team’s season schedule.”
In the November Sal Grasso Tournament in Cape Ann, Mass., Jasper played a total of seven games to help Westmount come home with the winning trophy, Brosseau noted. “Props” were also given by the coaching staff to Jasper’s dad, Nick, for ensuring he makes it to all his six to eight ice times a week.