Wednesday, December 07, 2005

Kings Dustin Brown beats Toronto



Jeremy Roenick always enjoys scoring goals in Toronto. He didn't add to his total this time, but he let his young teammate know just how special it is.

Dustin Brown, pointless in the previous 11 games, scored twice and the Los Angeles Kings ended a four-game losing streak with a 2-1 victory over the Toronto Maple Leafs on Tuesday night.

"J.R. always says it's the best place to score goals, so to get two is a pretty fun experience," the 21-year-old Brown said.

Mathieu Garon made 36 saves for the Kings, who salvaged the last game of a four-game Eastern road trip.

"This is a hard building to win hockey games in, but we stuck though it and killed off a lot of penalties," said Roenick, who has 41 career goals against Toronto -- his most against any team. "This is a big plus for us. Hopefully, this gets us off our little skid."

Darcy Tucker scored for the Maple Leafs, who went just 1-for-9 on the power play. Fans booed the Leafs at the final buzzer.

Tucker said Garon was solid.

"He was good controlling his rebounds, that's for sure," Tucker said.

Los Angeles forward Alexander Frolov looked more like teammate Sean Avery, receiving eight minutes in penalties. Frolov entered the game with only 12 this season.

Avery, famous for some controversial remarks, was booed every he touched the puck. He has 108 penalty minutes this season, but didn't get any against Toronto.

Garon called it an important win.

"When you are on losing streak like that you don't want to go home with five losses in a row. We just wanted to win," Garon said.

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