MERIT MWJHL PLAYER OF THE MONTH CORTNEY MARKO

CORTNEY MARKO #1

GOALIE // SHOOTS LEFT // 6’0” 195 LBS BORN JANUARY 1, 2000 // WINNIPEG, MANITOBA

16-2-0 RECORD |  1.10 GOALS-AGAINST AVERAGE | .958 SAVE PERCENTAGE

I started playing ringette in St. James when I was four but I started playing both ringette and girls’ hockey when I was seven. I played goalie for a year and then I went back to being a player. Then, I moved to Stonewall and was a player for half a year and half-way through the season, I switched to goal. I would have been around nine years old. I’ve been a goalie ever since. I started in Peewee when I moved to Stonewall and played two years of Peewee, two years of AAA U16, two years of AA U18 and then came to the MWJHL in 2018 with the Gray Owls. I played for the Gray Owls, then Polar Ice and came to the Silvertips in 2021.

LAST HIGHLIGHT

I won a Provincial banner with the Peewee team in Stonewall a decade ago, but winning this banner in my final season as a competitive player is the biggest highlight of all.

I live in Lundar with my fiancé and enjoy my job as a heavy equipment operator with Sigfusson-Northern. I’m going to be coaching goalies, but still hope to play some hockey next season.