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Show Page 12—THE HERALD. Proy Friday, April 20. 1979 L.A. Kings Frustrate Little Centerman By JIM COUR )ther thanthat, the King players UPI Sports Writer INGLEWOOL UPI) On the night the Los Ange Rings W eliminatedin two straight year ga playoffs King should have $ . a \UPI nd Ron ge le of the date, almost : ars ago, when he walked cut of the You play 80 games Y e playoffs and the two It’s disappointing but I'maware of what h Sc spokenlittle cé t You don't win these grimaced Dionne things on “You dont win them with five or six players You win them with 18 or 19 players If he sounded frustrated and perhaps, little bitter he had every right to be Dionneis a superstar on a team with talent but not enough talent At 27 he has a burning desire to play on a Stanley Cup champion —or at least a Stanley Cup contender Instead, he finds himself a member of a Stanley Cup pretender. In four seasons at Detroit. he never madeit to the playoffs. In four seasons at Los Angeles, he has made it to the playoffs four times. But the playoff results have beenless than fulfilling The Kings beat Atlanta and thenlost in the Stanley Cup quarterfinals to Bostonin his first two seasons in Los Angeles. Last year they werejolted by Toronto 7-3 and 4-0. This year they lost to the New York Rangers 7-1 and 2-1 For the fourth straight year, Dionne was the Kings’ leading scorer and had the best season ofhis brilliant professional career, setting club records with 59 goals and 130 points. In Gi¥ NHL games, he has scored 327 goals and 791 points. As a King. he has played in 310 games and has188 goals and 425 points. Underake. coach Bob Berry, a former Kings’ player and the youngest man in the NHLcoachinl ranks at 34 Los Angeles finished with 80 points — exactly at .500 — with a 3434-12 record Other members of the Dionne line had outstanding seasons, too. Dave Taylor scored 43 goals and 91 points. Charlie Simmer scored 21 goals and 48 points in 38 games. Butch Goring, another outstanding King centerman, had 36 “We're a small team goals and 87 points. Defenseman Randy Holt, acquired from Vancouver in a December trade, piled up 282 penalty minutes Defenseman Randy Manery played steady defense. Rookie goaltender Mario Lessard compiled a 3.10 goals against average and four shutouts in 49 starts. his upcoming bout n Las Vegas against Min ting Randy Holt. 1 don't know what rganization plans on doing next I just don’t know what's going to happen. But we have to do something LeDoux the humanized ae society ir t December was a The players know who they were I don't think managementwould listen round draft choice by the to me but there's a lot of work to be Miami Dolphins last year e weeks of done. Look at our attendance (which who, after plummeted from 11796 to 9992 this training camp was traded to the Washington the problem they should goout and get Redskins for a round draft choice somebodyto tell them Everybody on our team wanted to. win this year but you can't say you're the Redskins cut him in the final week of the going to win. Wehad three orfour guys, preseason I said last year I scoring most of the goals this year It takes morethan that. Now I have to see didn't think I'd try what's going to happen. I know I’mgo- again,” said Kenney But there was so much in ing to be around next year terest. I was contacted by 16 to 18 clubs. I feel T have talent. I must have some CHARLOTTE, NC. (UPI) — Race talent to be drafted a crhabia narEeS pulling himself jut of a Denver ghetto ating itself ine wagidewa tema> Muhammad 9 balceodtantie Paes james eel e Mike Weaver at Madison Square Gardenin June The winner of the sige t iail whee s Hi eee ea f i te ee bewauceret Rea % his Oy ay Ita rathesie er be deaddea long ve been a victim of that but this time the breaks fell my way said Lyle viets. 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If management doesn't know sl nesota heavyweight Scott We have to start rebuilding we ti erence Wednesday to an. ne best deal we made all season was player in the 12-year histo! t franchise, would have told Cooke w the Kings lost gon Now know haniceWtor shor WorldBi xing ( heavyweight tl held b ren personnel to go a long way Dionne added af wil meback gto ) ado State Peniten an't play on hope al me Obviously we haven't got the houg stopped by the Kings’ dressin, Marcel Dio hope,” EW YORK No one hadtor it was still a tough blow French-Canadian “It’s ed. c € Breaks Fall lyle’S Way This Time had to the Rangers coming But mn é After shaking York Rangers f Cooke Get implied he could see the e the Cooke dropp opposing coact RemembersPrison Days Chiefs prior to atthe title 4) o” o ‘ RacersSplit driver David Pearson and the Wood Brothers, his car builders, have announced they have separated. ending ‘oneof the most successful racing combinations on the NASCAR Grand National circuit News of the separation came from Whit Collins, sponsor of the team that won45 races on the Grand Nationalcircuit, The Charlotte Observer reported today. Neither Pearson. of Spartanburg, S.C., nor the Stuart, Va.-based traded and then signed as a free agent ail in than a year I had to improve somewhereto get drafted in the 12th round and then get traded for a six ‘I still to this day don't know why Washington traded for me. When I was cut, I wasthird string. They told me they team could be reached for comment wanted to give their Collins said Neil Bonnett has agreed to veterans playing time. If replace Pearsonfor the next two races they had let meplay and at Martinsville Va. and Talladega. did lousy, I'd have said, Hey, thanks,” and left. Ala But theydidn't let me do anything. That's tough mentally for me to acNEW YORK (UPI) — American cept.” Kenneywasdrafted out League attendance is up over 38.000 L_ of Northern Colorado, his after the first 69 playing dates, A’ President Lee MacPhail announced third school in five years. Hefirst attended Arizona Wednesday. 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