[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 318 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. RES. 318

 Congratulating the Boston Bruins on winning the 2010-2011 Stanley Cup.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 21, 2011

     Mr. Capuano (for himself, Mr. Lynch, Mr. Markey, Mr. Frank of 
  Massachusetts, Mr. Neal, Mr. Olver, Mr. McGovern, Mr. Tierney, Ms. 
Tsongas, and Mr. Keating) submitted the following resolution; which was 
      referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform

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                               RESOLUTION


 
 Congratulating the Boston Bruins on winning the 2010-2011 Stanley Cup.

Whereas, on June 15, 2011, the Boston Bruins won the 2010-2011 Stanley Cup in a 
        7 game series with the Vancouver Canucks;
Whereas the Vancouver Canucks deserve immense credit for their historic 
        performance during the 2010-2011 hockey season and post-season, in which 
        the Canucks won the President's Trophy for best record in the National 
        Hockey League and made a remarkable post-season run;
Whereas the Boston Bruins victory was the first Stanley Cup for the Bruins in 39 
        years and the sixth title in the 87-year history of the team;
Whereas the 2010-2011 Bruins Stanley Cup team honored the careers of all former 
        Bruins greats, including Bobby Orr, team president Cam Neely, ``the 
        Chief'' Johnny Bucyk, Terry O'Reilly, Milt Schmidt, Eddie Shore, Raymond 
        Bourque, and all the players who have donned a Bruins jersey in the 
        team's rich history;
Whereas the Bruins were led to the Stanley Cup Finals this season by the 
        remarkable goaltending of Tim Thomas and Tuukka Rask, the outstanding 
        leadership of Zdeno Chara, Patrice Bergeron, and Mark Recchi, and the 
        relentless effort of Shawn Thornton, Dennis Seidenberg, David Krejci, 
        Andrew Ference, Michael Ryder, Johnny Boychuk, Thomas Kaberle, and 
        Vancouver native Milan Lucic;
Whereas Gregory Campbell, Dan Paille, Shawn Thornton, and Chris Kelly 
        contributed with points, hits, energy, faceoff wins, and penalty kills 
        to help steer the Bruins to victory;
Whereas the 2010-2011 season produced new Bruins stars, including Tyler Seguin, 
        Rich Peverley, Brad Marchand, Adam McQuaid, and Nathan Horton who, 
        despite missing the final 4 games of the historic Stanley Cup run with a 
        severe concussion, scored two heroic game 7 winning goals against 
        Montreal and Tampa Bay to put the Bruins in position to win their first 
        title in 39 years;
Whereas the Bruins, in front of playoff MVP netminder Tim Thomas who broke the 
        record for the most saves in playoff history, allowed just 8 goals over 
        the 7 game Stanley Cup Final;
Whereas Patrice Bergeron displayed incredible determination over the course of 
        four seasons, battling back from two major concussions and after 
        suffering another head injury in game 2 of the Eastern Conference 
        Finals, to score the game winning goal of game 7 in the Stanley Cup 
        Final;
Whereas Mark Recchi, who won the Stanley Cup for the third time in his career, 
        displayed tremendous leadership and set an example for the team's corps 
        of young players by contributing three points in game 6 of the Stanley 
        Cup Finals to force a decisive game 7 in Vancouver;
Whereas Bruins coach Claude Julien joins the legendary Art Ross and Tom Johnson 
        on an exclusive list of Bruins coaches to win the Stanley Cup;
Whereas Peter Chiarelli, General Manager for the Boston Bruins, built a team 
        centered on hard work, sacrifice, and physical play;
Whereas Massachusetts is the only State to have sports teams win the NFL, MLB, 
        NBA, and NHL championships in the 21st century: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the House of Representatives--
            (1) congratulates--
                    (A) the Boston Bruins for winning the 2010-2011 
                National Hockey League Stanley Cup and the players, 
                coaches, support staff, owners, and executives whose 
                ability, hard work, dedication, and spirit made this 
                season possible; and
                    (B) the Vancouver Canucks for their extraordinary 
                success during the 2010-2011 season in winning the 
                President's Trophy and the Western Conference 
                Championship; and
            (2) directs the Clerk of the House of Representatives to 
        transmit an enrolled copy of this resolution to--
                    (A) Bruins coach Claude Julien;
                    (B) Bruins general manager Peter Chiarelli;
                    (C) Bruins president Cameron Neely; and
                    (D) Bruins owner Jeremy Jacobs.
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