Tales of Olympic Hockey from Manhattan’s Kings
Forward Dustin Brown of Team USA eludes Drew Doughty, his road roommate on the Los Angeles Kings, as he prepares to shoot on Canada goaltender Roberto Luongo in the men's gold medal match during the Vancouver Winter Olympics. Photo by Luis Acosta/AFP/Getty Images Certain labels given to elite athletes last a lifetime and beyond. Hall of Famer, Most Valuable Player and Olympic medalist are among the descriptions that will forever accompany the names of those deserving such honors. Just don’t use the latter for Los Angeles Kings players Dustin Brown, Jack Johnson and Jonathan Quick – at least for the time being. The three Manhattan Beach residents were members of the silver-medal winning USA men’s Olympic hockey team that fell to Canada 3-2 in overtime of the gold-medal game after dramatically tying the score with 24.4 seconds left in regulation. The disappointment of not watching Old Glory rise to the top during the medal ceremony continues to leave a bad taste in the mouths of the Americans. “Being regarding as an Olympic medalist is not one of those things many people can say,” Brown said. “Right now, the silver medal is a consolation prize. But a few years from now, or even…
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