Pennecon Privateers Pull Out 5-4 Decision Over Team Canada

Exerpt from The Telegram - November 8, 2010 - St. John’s Privateers edge a women’s national side seeing its first opposition since Vancouver Olympics

Joe Trenholm’s goal with just over two minutes to go in the third period stood as the winner as the St. John’s Pennecon Privateers pulled out a 5-4 decision over Team Canada, which used Sunday evening’s tilt at the aptly-named Glacier in Mount Pearl, three-quarters full, as a warmup for the 4 Nations Cup which opens Tuesday at Mile One Centre in St. John’s and the Clarenville Events Centre.

The Canadians played a series of games against AAA midget boys’ teams in western Canada last winter — going 22-9 — in preparation for the Winter Olympics. In the Privateers, the national team faced a squad that will host the Telus Cup national major midget championship in the spring, and one that is 8-1 in the provincial major midget play this season.

“These games are so important for us,” said Canadian forward Rebecca Johnston. “It’s why we were so successful last year. The guys are a lot quicker, a lot stronger on the puck. For us, we don’t have as much time with the puck so we have to make quicker decisions. And that’s what challenges us, what forces us to move our feet. It’s too bad we don’t have more games like this.”

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