{"id":1390,"date":"2024-02-20T12:43:36","date_gmt":"2024-02-20T17:43:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ahmw.org\/?p=1390"},"modified":"2024-02-20T12:43:37","modified_gmt":"2024-02-20T17:43:37","slug":"player-of-the-month-january-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ahmw.org\/en\/2024\/02\/20\/player-of-the-month-january-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Player of the Month – January 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"
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‘First-time goalie gives his \u2018all\u2019 & his best with a smile<\/em>.’<\/p>\n\n\n\n

by Laureen Sweeney<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u2019s 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).
\u201cIsaac is a first-time goalie,\u201d explained Gabrielle Jay-Riendeau, vice-president of social media and communications for the WMHA and sports coordinator for the Westmount recreation centre (WRC). \u201cIt takes bravery to gear up, stay in the net, and invite players to shoot pucks at you of your own volition,\u201d she said in submitting the reasons for his selection. \u201cIt can be nerve-wracking and certainly not easy, but Isaac is giving it his all and doing his best with a smile.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

His four coaches \u2013 Ilya Semionov, Leo Semionov, Johnny Rees, and Nathan Semionov \u2013 agree, Jay-Riendeau explained. \u201cIsaac has always shown up and consistently put in an outstanding effort. He is always smiling in practice and is eager to learn and improve.\u201d 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.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In choosing a player of the month, the WMHA selects players based on their commitment, perseverance, positive attitude and leadership, she explained. \u201cBearing this in mind, his coaches contend that \u201cIsaac has very much earned the honour of being named player of the month.\u201d The association, she added, \u201ccould not agree more!\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

‘First-time goalie gives his \u2018all\u2019 & 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, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1390","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ahmw.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1390","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ahmw.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ahmw.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ahmw.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ahmw.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1390"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ahmw.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1390\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1393,"href":"https:\/\/ahmw.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1390\/revisions\/1393"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ahmw.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1390"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ahmw.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1390"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ahmw.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1390"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}