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And Dal Colle was also knocked when he was cut at the world junior tryouts for the second time in two years. What might have been a lost season was more than salvaged when the Kingston Frontenacs traded for Dal Colle on January 1. They paid a hefty price to get him: Robbie Burt, Kingston’s firstround draft pick (10th overall) last spring, a second in 2017 (originally owned by Flint), a third in 2018, a second in 2019 and a third in 2022. Kingston General Manager Doug Gilmour’s willingness to send a lot of futures to the Generals for three or four months of Dal Colle is a testament to his continuing value as a player. “Michael gave us an instant upgrade on offence both five-on-five and on the power play,” says Kingston coach Paul McFarland, who was an assistant with the Generals two season ago. “When the trade was made I figured the best fit for him was playing beside Spencer Watson and it’s been that way since day one.” McFarland put Warren Foegele at centre between Watson and Dal Colle, and the latter has responded with the best hockey of his career: 15 goals and 31 points in 14 games since coming over. “This team reminds me a lot of the Generals last season,” Dal Colle says. “We have a big team that plays a heavy game with a lot of structure and a lot of attention to defence. That’s how we won in Oshawa last spring.” Those comparisons held up well after a brutally tough weekend of games for the Frontenacs—a threein-three-and-a-half against Windsor, North Bay and Barrie. The Frontenacs won all three games, including the Spitfires who were the second-best team in the Western Conference when they visited Rogers K-Rock Centre. As promising as that matchup was, the crucial game of the weekend was against the Colts on Monday afternoon. Leading into that game, Kingston was two points up on the Colts for first place in the Eastern Conference. Dal Colle was the second player from the Memorial Cup–champions acquired by Kingston this season. In November, the Frontenacs plied defenceman Stephen
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