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Position: Left Wing / Shoots: RightHeight: 6-0 / Weight: 200Age: 21(Turns 22 on November 4, 2006)Birthplace: Ithaca, New York(November 4, 1984)ACQUIRED BY KINGS: The Kings’ first-round choice (13th overall) in the 2003NHL Entry Draft.2005-06: Established NHL career highs for games played (79); goals (14); assists(14) and points (28)…led the Kings with 175 hits…had a career high five-game scoringstreak (3-3=6 during the streak) that lasted from 1/12-1/21/06…scored bothgoals in a 2-1 win at Toronto on 12/6/05 (his first career two-goal game)…six of his14 goals came on the power play…registered five multi-point games with his firstmulti-point game occurring at Dallas (1-1=2) on 10/20/05…his best scoring monthwas October as he picked up nine points (5-4=9) in 12 games…averaged 13:58 of icetime/game…appeared in his 100th NHL/Kings game at Vancouver on3/27/06…scored nine points (5-4=9) at home and 19 points (9-10=19) on the road.CAREER:2004-05: Finished second to Michael Cammalleri (46-63=109) in scoring for theKings AHL affiliate in Manchester with 74 points (29-45=74) in 79 games…his 74points also ranked 13th in the league…finished second on the Monarchs in goals (29)and in power play goals (12)…placed third on the club in assists (45)…registeredpoints in 59 of the 79 games he appeared in…had his first hat trick as a pro vs.Albany on 11/6/04…had a pair of seven-game scoring streaks, with the first lastingfrom 10/31-11/18/04 (6-5=11 during the streak) and the second lasting from 1/5-1/19/05 (2-7=9 during the streak)…converted on two of seven shootoutattempts…was one of six Monarchs to be named to the AHL’s All-Star Classic inManchester…led the Monarchs in goals (5) and points (5-2=7) in six post-seasongames.2003-04: Spent the entire season on the Kings roster…made his NHL/professionaldebut at Detroit on 10/9/03…with that game, he became the fifth youngest playerto play for the Kings at 18 years, 11 months and five days (Aki Berg is the youngestKing ever at 18 years, two months and nine days)…played in 21 of the season’s first22 games picking up his first NHL point with an assist at Florida (his 10th NHL game)on 11/5/03…scored his first NHL goal in his 18th NHL game at Colorado (a 2-0 victory)on 11/23/03…suffered a sprained left ankle vs. Chicago on 11/29/03…returned to the lineup and played in three of four games before aggravating the ankleinjury vs. Colorado on 1/29/04.2000-03: Recorded 194 points (98-96=194) in 174 career regular season games withGuelph of the Ontario Hockey League…the first player to win the Bobby SmithScholastic Player of the Year award for three consecutive years…Led Guelph in goals(34) and points (76) in 2002-03 and was also named the club’s Most Outstanding Playerthat same season… led Guelph in goals (41) during the 2001-02 season and participatedin the 2002 Memorial Cup…named to the OHL’s All Rookie Team joining forwardsRick Nash (Columbus) and Eric Staal (Carolina) atthe conclusion of the 2000-01 season.INTERNATIONAL PLAY: Represented theUnited States at: 2006 World Championship (7GP, 5-2=7; led his club in goals and points);2004 World Championship (bronze medal – 9 GP,1-3=4; teammate was Aaron Miller); 2003 WorldJunior Championship (gold medal – 7 GP, 2-2=4); 2002 World Junior Championship (7 GP,1-3=4; youngest member of the team).PERSONAL: Lives in Ithaca, New York, duringthe summer…nickname is Brownie…has twodogs…favorite movie is The Godfather…favoriteactor is Tom Hanks…favorite action hero isSuperman…favorite band is Dave MatthewsBand…favorite video game is World ofWarcraft…favorite NHL city other than LA isChicago…favorite road arena is AmericanAirlines Center in Dallas…likes to playlacrosse…favorite sport to watch is football…favorite professional athlete is Alfonso Soriano…best hockey moment was beingdrafted…favorite vacation spot is Mexico…favorite TV show is Lost…favoriterestaurant is Houston’s…favorite food is steak…typical pre-game meal is pastaand chicken…favorite cereal is Special K…favorite type of car is a Lexus…favorite holiday is Christmas…biggest pet peeve is backseat drivers…wears number23 because it was the last option on his high school team…childhood idolwas Wayne Gretzky.BR0WN –vs– NHLGP G A PTS PIMGP G A PTS PIMANA 9 2 1 3 10ATL 1 1 0 1 0BOS 2 1 1 2 2BUF 2 0 1 1 2CGY 6 0 1 1 2CAR 2 0 0 0 0CHI 7 0 1 1 0COL 7 1 2 3 0CBJ 4 1 1 2 17DAL 9 2 2 4 15DET 5 1 1 2 2EDM 4 1 0 1 0FLA 2 0 1 1 0LA - - - - -MIN 4 0 0 0 0MTL 2 0 0 0 0NSH 5 1 1 2 4NJ 1 0 0 0 0NYI - - - - -NYR - - - - -OTT 2 0 0 0 2PHI 1 0 0 0 2PHX 9 0 1 1 6PIT 1 0 0 0 0SJ 9 1 3 4 18STL 5 0 1 1 8TB 2 1 0 1 0TOR 2 2 0 2 2VAN 5 0 0 0 4WSH 2 0 0 0 0CAREER RECORDCAREERHIGHLIGHTSMOST POINTS, Game: 2(5 times)Last: February 8, 2006 atColumbus (1-1=2)MOST GOALS, Game: 2December 6, 2005 at TorontoMOST ASSISTS, Game: 1 (18 times)Last: March 13, 2006 at San JoseCAREER PENALTY SHOTS:NoneCAREER OVERTIME GOALS:NoneREGULAR SEASONPLAYOFFSSEASON CLUB LEAGUE GP G A PTS PIM GP G A PTS PIM2000-01 Guelph Storm OHL 53 23 22 45 50 4 0 0 0 102001-02 Guelph Storm OHL 63 41 32 73 56 9 8 5 13 142002-03 Guelph Storm OHL 58 34 42 76 89 11 7 8 15 62003-04 Los Angeles Kings NHL 31 1 4 5 16 – – – – –2004-05 Manchester Monarchs AHL 79 29 45 74 96 6 5 2 7 102005-06 Los Angeles Kings NHL 79 14 14 28 80 – – – – –NHL Totals 110 15 18 33 96 – – – – –KINGS Totals 110 15 18 33 96 – – – – –THE PLAYERS3637