Los Angeles Kings to retire Dustin Brown’s number, unveil statue outside Crypto.com Arena – NBC Los Angeles

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The Los Angeles Kings will retire Dustin Brown’s No. 23 and unveil a statue of franchise career games played outside Crypto.com Arena ahead of Saturday’s game against the Pittsburgh Penguins.

A banner with Brown’s number will be raised to the rafters in an on-ice ceremony, which will feature several Kings legends and former Brown teammates.

The unveiling of the statue will follow and will be shown in the arena on the centrally suspended high definition scoreboard and video display screens.

Both ceremonies will be broadcast live on Bally Sports West.

Fans attending the game are encouraged to be in their seats by 6 p.m.

A special pre-game Fan Fest outside of Crypto.com Arena will begin at 4 p.m. and arena doors will open at 5 p.m.

Brown played a record 1,296 games for the Kings from his debut at age 18 on Oct. 9, 2003 until the end of last season.

He captained the Kings to their two Stanley Cup championships in 2012 and 2014.

Brown will be the seventh Kings player to have his number retired and the third with a statue outside the arena.

Retiring my number is something I never would have imagined and it’s a humbling honor, Brown said in July when it was announced his jersey would be retired and a statue of him placed outside the arena where he played for his entire 18 season NHL career.

I’m incredibly proud to have played for the Los Angeles Kings my entire career. With my number going all the way to the rafters, I’m honored to be among the King’s greats, but it reminds me of the two banners already in the rafters, of which I’m most proud. It took many people to raise these two banners; the same is true for this one.

Brown was selected by the Kings with the 13th pick in the 2003 NHL Entry Draft.

He is sixth in team history with 325 goals, seventh in points with 712 and eighth in assists with 387.

Brown became the Kings’ captain in his fifth NHL season, their youngest captain at 23, and the first American-born captain in team history.

Brown served as captain for eight seasons, where the Kings qualified for the playoffs six times, including five consecutive seasons from 2009-10 to 2013-14.

Since Dustin joined our organization nearly 20 years ago, he has represented the Los Angeles Kings with incredible class and passion, said Kings President Luc Robitaille, who also has a statue in his honor outside the arena and his number was retired.

In addition to enjoying a stellar playing career and leading us to times we’ve never had with two Stanley Cups, he stood out in the Southern California community and paved the way for our franchise.

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