Colts to Face McKinney Oct. 11

The Mesquite Colts will take on McKinney on Sunday, Oct. 11 at 7:15 at the new Dr. Pepper Star Center in McKinney, Texas.

The Colts plan to break in the new ice with a win over the McKinney team, which lost to Frisco 5-3 last week. The Colts will have their eyes on McKinney's #68 Ty Holt, who scored two of the three goals McKinney made, as well as # 25 Jorden Runeberg, who fueled both Holt goals and came up with two assists in the same game. The only other goal made by McKinney in its first game was an unassisted shot my #17 Mark Means.

Judging from the laundry list of penalties incurred by both McKinney and Frisco in their game last week, this is sure to be a very physical contest. McKinney's #7 Nick Harty leads his team in penalty minutes with 14, although that includes a ten minute unsportsman like conduct penalty apparently at the ending buzzer of the game. From their first game it looks as though this team is full of guys who like it physical and maybe a little dirty -- hooking, tripping, interference, roughing, cross checking -- either that or the officials were a bit whistle happy last week. I counted 21 penalties during the game: 10 against McKinney. That's a lot.

The Colts will need to play their usual clean style of skill-based hockey, but the hockey moms in the stands probably need to be prepared to see a little bit of rough stuff out on the ice. Let's hope the Colts can focus on scoring goals and let's also hope the coaches from McKinney have told their boys to try to do the same.

Go Colts! Let's win in McKinney!