Kingston Frontenacs GameDay March 19, 2016

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 first-round
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-onfive
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 three-inthree-and-a-half
against
Windsor, North Bay and
Barrie. The Frontenacs
won all three games,
including the Spitfires
who were the secondbest
team in the Western
Conference when they
visited Rogers K-Rock
Centre. As promising as that match-up 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
Desrocher away from the Generals for four
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