New rep hockey award honours Cam Penfold

New rep hockey award honours Cam Penfold. Cameron Penfold’s former linemates Cam Moore, left, and Zane Cox, right, pose with Major Midget Coach Terry Gilbert, who accepted the award on behalf of his player Mitchell Quathamer, who won the inaugural award. Cody Storm Cooper/North Star

PARRY SOUND – The late Cameron Penfold will forever be remembered with a new rep hockey award named in his honour.
Cameron died February 2011 at the age of 18 when a train struck the vehicle he was in at the Cascade Street crossing. At the time he was a midget player with the Parry Sound Hockey Club.
This is the first year the Cam Penfold Top Defensive Forward Award was handed out during the Parry Sound rep hockey awards ceremony April 2. The award for a defensive forward is completely new to the club.
“After talking to his mom and dad we decided that there was an opportunity to remember Cam in that way, because he was a really defensive minded player who took pride in working in his own end and playing a defensive game,” said club vice-president Tim McWhirter.
Cam’s parents are pleased with the award honouring their son and attended the awards ceremony.
“It means a great deal,” said father Tom Penfold. “It was something he strived to do and it was very nice to recognize (him) with an award for it now.”
Passionate
Cam was passionate about hockey.
“It was the only thing I could get him up (for) at five o’clock on a Saturday morning or a Tuesday morning,” recalled Tom. “He made a lot of good friends over the years and he really did enjoy the game.”
Mitchell won the award, in part, for his willingness to put the success of the team first.
Tom thanks New Life Fitness and Engraving for donating the trophy, the Parry Sound Hockey Club for creating the award, and the hockey community in general, he said, “for giving us the opportunity to enjoy live a Parry Sounders should.”

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