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Article: King will continue to improve in hopes of a NHL career.(SPORTS)(Dwight King hopes to play in the National Hockey League)
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- Saskatechewan Sage
- Article date:
- December 1, 2008
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MEADOW LAKE
Dwight King has plenty of incentives to perform well in his final junior hockey season.
The 20-year-old, a Metis from Meadow Lake, is in his fourth season with the Western Hockey League's Lethbridge Hurricanes.
King and his Lethbridge teammates advanced to the WHL final a year ago, but were defeated by the eventual champions, the Spokane Chiefs.
King, a 6-foot-3, 220-pound centre, obviously would prefer to cap off his junior career with a league crown this season.
And individually, he has a major reason why he wants to fare well. King has already been drafted by a National Hockey League club. He was the Los Angeles ...