Brown tries to lead Kings toward collective effort
By Helene Elliott, LA Times – Something is not quite right with the Kings. Dustin Brown, their captain, their heartbeat, can feel it.
He told his teammates so Sunday, after a 3-2 loss to Nashville had dropped their post-Olympic record to 3-3-1. Usually as soft-spoken in the locker room as he is hard-hitting on the ice, Brown didn’t have to shout to get their attention. “When he has something to say, everyone listens,” winger Wayne Simmonds said. “He had said that we have to get on the same page right now. It’s something that we’ve got to listen to.”
They will benefit by taking his words to heart because Brown has seen slumps turn into morale-crushing dives in his six Kings seasons. He remembers the despair, if not the details, of the 11-game losing streak that ended his rookie season of 2003-04, of losing 12 of the last 19 in 2005-06 and seven of the final nine the next season.
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Dustin Brown Storm bio… Dustin was originally selected by the Storm in the 2nd round (26th overall) of the 2000 OHL Priority Selection… Brown would go on to represent the USA at the World Junior Championship on two occasions (2002, 2003)… The Syracuse native was a 3rd Team OHL All-Star in 2002-03, a 1st Team All-Rookie Team member (2000-01), a three-time Bobby Smith Award winner as the OHL’s top scholastic player and the CHL Scholastic Player of the Year in 2002-03… Brown graduated from the Storm with a year of junior eligibility remaining to suit up for the LA Kings in 2003-04… Most recently Dustin captured a Silver Medal as a member of Team USA at the 2010 Winter Olympics playing alongside Storm alum Ryan Callahan.
