Dustin Brown had something to tell Ryan Getzlaf as the LAKings graciously said goodbye to the retiring Ducks captain on April 23. “I’m right behind you, but I haven’t told anybody yet.” helenenothelen on Brown's farewell and memorable career.
wasn’t the first person to arrive in Los Angeles with more hope than life experience, a shy teenager with a dream of becoming a star in a city that often humbles kids who were the best at whatever talent they’d developed in their hometown.
Sitting beside his wife Nicole, his high school sweetheart in Ithaca, N.Y., and their four California-born kids, his teammates stood behind him wearing hoodies imprinted with his name and No. 23.Dustin Brown, the first Kings player ever to hold the Stanley Cup and the franchise’s all-time games played leader, is retiring at the end of the season.
Ducks captain Ryan Getzlaf, left, is greeted by members of the Kings after the penultimate game of his NHL career on April 23. He was much more than just another guy as their captain from 2008 until 2016 and a force of nature in his early years. “What a career that was,” said Kopitar, who got the news from Brown in a group text with Jonathan Quick and Drew Doughty and insisted that Brown wear the captain’s “C” for Thursday’s regular-season finale. “You think of a perfect teammate, that’s the guy you want to look up to. And you think of a poster child for the L.A. Kings, that’s what he is. He showed that on the ice, off the ice.”Kopitar, Doughty, and Quick will remain from the core of those Cup teams.
Getzlaf played in his next-to-last game against the Kings on April 23. Brown told him afterward, “I’m right behind you but I haven’t told anybody yet.”Elliott: Ryan Getzlaf to retire at end of season as one of the mightiest Ducks of all
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