A mere 12 hours after Dustin Brown led the Los Angeles Kings to their first ever Stanley Cup, nearly 3,000 miles away fans were just as excited.

That's because Brown is from Ithaca, and has gone from leading the Ithaca High School Little Red to a New York State champion as an 8th grader to leading the L.A. Kings to a Stanley Cup Championship.

So I traveled to the "gorges" town where I found "The Rink" where Brown began what is blossoming into a stellar NHL career. In the "Little Red" locker room, a gold plate adorns Brown's former locker with an asterisk by the year 2000 marking the state title.

I was able to catch up with Russ Johnson, he was Brown's pee-wee level coach and as you can imagine seeing Brown hoist the Stanley Cup was a pretty incredible experience.

"I made a comment to my wife saying he has the same kind of look of childhood excitement  when he was hoisting The Cup over his head as he was when he was scoring a goal when he was 10 or 11 years old" Johnson said of the experience.

Brown has said that he will bring the cup home to Ithaca at some point this summer, certainly when that information comes into CNY Central we'll pass it along to you.