Whicker: Torrey Mitchell’s hard-rock plays help Dustin Brown enjoy milestone for Kings

LOS ANGELES — If you took a friend to Staples Center on Thursday night for an introduction to hockey, and if you had to basically chain him (or her) to the seat after the first two excruciating periods, you both learned something about patience.
Maybe not 1,000 games worth of patience, but those who stayed were rewarded.
Dustin Brown watched Martin Gaborik receive jewelry, a ride on a fighter jet, a collage of his accomplishments and two tickets on Delta Airlines in a pregame ceremony. All