Article: KINGS' FOES CAN'T MASK HORROR VS. THIS JASON LOS ANGELES CENTER, TRADED FROM BOSTON, LEADS TEAM IN SCORING.(Sports)

Byline: Rick Sadowski News Staff Writer

There hasn't been a Jason this frightening since all those Friday the 13th movies, even if this leading man doesn't wear a goalie mask.

He is Los Angeles Kings center Jason Allison, a 6-foot-3, 218-pounder who will do his best to scare the short pants off the Colorado Avalanche in the teams' first-round playoff series that opens tonight at the Pepsi Center.

``He does some things that make you go, `Holy smokes, I'm glad he's on our side,' '' Kings coach Andy Murray said.

After missing all of training camp because of a contract dispute with the Boston Bruins, Allison was traded to the Kings in ...

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