Petrenko practicing with Lafontaine

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SEATTLE - Sigard Petrenko has been training more as of late. The forward has been attempting to get better and better at putting pucks in the net. He has always had a tendency to focus on scoring and also has been successful in that aspect. In Houston, he demonstrated his ability to score. In Mississauga, he demonstrated his ability to hit and score. Now he is determined to work on both at the VHL level. He has been given a big responsibility in Seattle and wants to show the Bears organization and fans that he can handle that responsibility. Petrenko is supposed to be a big part of their future going forward and he hopes to show the world he is VHL ready.

 

To help him out, he enlisted the help of a Seattle goalie. However, it wasn’t Aksu Maronen. Instead, he got former Calgary Wrangler Jacques Lafontaine, who currently plays for the Kraken, to help him out during his personal training. It was a learning experience for him as he got to go against a fairly prolific VHL alum.

 

“Yeah, he definitely was a challenge. I was able to improve a lot. Even scored a couple beauties in the process.” Sigard Petrenko said with a wink. “Knowing he was one of the VHL’s bests, I’m feeling a lot more confident. Because that was some easy bantam level goaltending.” He jokingly said.

 

“I wish I was still playing in the VHL so I could stuff him both hockey wise and physicality wise.” Jacques Lafontaine responded when hearing Sigard’s comments. Thankfully, both men were smiling and obviously took no offense to the other’s comment.