from Eric Duhatschek of the Globe and Mail,

Goaltender Jamie McLennan, who played with Montador in both Calgary and Florida, described him as “the type of guy who wanted to be a difference maker” – and knew he could because of his platform.

“The one thing I will remember about Monty forever is his sense of humour. He was hilarious. We had a lot of running jokes. We loved the movie Kingpin, so out of nowhere, he’d text me with a line from Kingpin. You don’t hear from him for a while and then he surfaces and says, ‘what’s up? I saw you on TV.’

“There’ll be a million stories that come out about him, but the common denominator will always be, ‘that’s Monty’ because was such a unique individual – and when he got into things, he got into them a big way. So if he got interesting in working out, he became a fitness freak. You’d talk to him and ask ‘what’s new?’ and you couldn’t wait to hear the answer because there was always something new with Monty.”

In 2011, Montador went to Tanzania along with former Flames teammate Andrew Ference on behalf of Right To Play, the organization that seeks to use sport and play as a chance to enhance child development in underprivileged areas around the world. Montador stepped in at the 11th hour for Georges Laraque, according to Ference.

“It ended up, he was perfect,” Ference said in a September interview. “He’s a very conscientious guy himself; he was up for the adventure; and he’s a real personable guy, so hanging with the kids there and going to the different projects, seeing the work Right To Play was doing there, we had a really impactful trip. It was amazing … a powerful trip for both of us.”

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