Dustin Brown Becomes LA Kings All-Time Games Played Leader

Dustin Brown, already one of the most accomplished players to suit up for the LA Kings, passed Dave Taylor to become the Kings all-time franchise leader in regular season games played with 1,112 as he took the ice against the Vancouver Canucks on Thursday.
To celebrate this monumental accomplishment, the Kings will host a special pre-game ceremony featuring both Brown and Taylor on Monday, April 1. Plus, a special commemorative Dustin Brown poster will also be given away to all Kings fans that night.
As General Manager of the Kings, Taylor selected Brown (born in Ithaca, New York on November 4, 1984) in the first-round, 13th overall, in the 2003 NHL Entry Draft on June 21, 2003. Brown made his NHL debut with the Kings a few months later in Detroit against the Red Wings on October 9.

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Those events in 2003 set in motion a distinguished career highlighted by two Stanley Cup Championships as Brown and his teammates reached unprecedented highs, that will be long remembered by all Kings fans, in 2012 and 2014.
As he closes in on the completion of his 15th season with the Kings, Brown continues to lead both on and off the ice, and his list of accomplishments in a Kings uniform continues to grow.
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Brown also ranks second all-time in seasons played with the Kings (15 seasons; 2003-2019); only Taylor (17 seasons; 1977-1994) has played more seasons for the franchise.
He recently scored his 20th goal this season, giving him seven career 20-plus goal seasons, reaching the 20-goal mark in two consecutive seasons and scoring a career-high 33 goals with the Kings during the 2007-08 season.

During the regular season, Brown ranks first in all-time hits (3,359), sixth all-time in goals (281), ninth all-time in assists (334), eighth all-time in points (615), fifth all-time in power plays goals (95), fifth all-time in game-winning goals (40), second all-time in overtime goals (9) and third all-time in shots attempted (2,906).
During the postseason, Brown ranks first all-time in hits (413), third all-time in games played (85), eighth all-time in goals (19), tied for seventh all-time in assists (28), eighth all-time in points (47), tied for fourth all-time in plus-minus (plus-14), tied for seventh all-time in power play goals (6), tied for first all-time in short-handed goals (2), tied for second all-time in game-winning goals (5) and fourth all-time in shots (197).
At just 23-years-old, on October 8, 2008, Brown became the youngest captain and the first American captain for the Kings, a role he served through 2016. That same season he was named the Kings Most Valuable Player (MVP).

He shares the franchise record for most times being named the team's MVP, with four nominations to date (2008-09, 2009-10, 2012-13).
He was also named the team's Most Inspirational Player following the 2007-08 and 2017-18 seasons, and he was the recipient of the Jim Fox Community Service Award three years in a row (from 2008-11).
Brown won the Mark Messier NHL Leadership Award in 2014 - in recognition of his commitment and service to charities in his community - and the NHL Foundation Player Award in 2011 for his extensive charity work in the Los Angeles community.
He also skated for Team USA at the 2014 and 2010 Winter Olympic Games, winning a silver medal with Team USA during the 2010 tournament.