III 112th CONGRESS 2d Session S. RES. 497 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES June 19, 2012 Mrs. Feinstein (for herself and Mrs. Boxer) submitted the following resolution; which was considered and agreed to RESOLUTION Congratulating the Los Angeles Kings on winning the 2012 Stanley Cup Championship.

Whereas, on June 11, 2012, the Los Angeles Kings were crowned National Hockey League champions after defeating the New Jersey Devils by a score of 6-1 in Game 6 of the 2012 Stanley Cup Finals; Whereas this is the first Stanley Cup title that the Los Angeles Kings have won since the team entered the National Hockey League in 1967; Whereas the Los Angeles Kings are the first 8th seeded playoff team to win the Stanley Cup; Whereas the Los Angeles Kings never allowed an opposing team with a higher seed or home-ice advantage to intimidate them; Whereas, en route to their first Stanley Cup appearance since 1993, the Los Angeles Kings quickly dispatched the defending Western Conference Champions, the Vancouver Canucks, dominated the upstart St. Louis Blues, and defeated the Phoenix Coyotes, who were the Pacific Division Champions; Whereas Los Angeles Kings forward Dustin Brown is the first American team captain of a Stanley Cup champion since 1999; Whereas Los Angeles Kings goalie Jonathan Quick performed admirably in each playoff game, totaling 125 saves and maintaining a .946 save percentage during the Stanley Cup Finals, and winning the Conn Smythe Trophy, which is awarded to the player considered most valuable to his team during the Stanley Cup Playoffs; Whereas each of the 26 players on the Los Angeles Kings playoff roster should receive recognition, including Most Valuable Player of the Stanley Cup Playoffs Jonathan Quick, team captain Dustin Brown, Jonathan Bernier, Jeff Carter, Kyle Clifford, Drew Doughty, David Drewiske, Colin Fraser, Simon Gagne, Matt Greene, Dwight King, Anze Kopitar, Trevor Lewis, Andrei Loktionov, Alec Martinez, Willie Mitchell, Jordan Nolan, Scott Parse, Dustin Penner, Mike Richards, Brad Richardson, Rob Scuderi, Jarret Stoll, Slava Voynov, Kevin Westgarth, and Justin Williams; and Whereas team owners Philip Anschutz and Edward Roski, General Manager Dean Lombardi, and head coach Darryl Sutter admirably assembled the team that comprised the 2012 Los Angeles Kings and led them through one dominant performance after another in the 2012 Stanley Cup Playoffs: Now, therefore, be it

That the Senate— (1)congratulates the Los Angeles Kings on winning the 2012 Stanley Cup Championship; and (2)commends the Los Angeles Kings fans in California and across the Nation for showing the team support throughout its 45-year history.