[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 34 (Wednesday, March 23, 1994)]
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                  MOUNT ST. CHARLES ACADEMY WINS AGAIN

  Mr. PELL. Mr. President, I rise today to bring to the attention of my 
colleagues the achievements of the Mount St. Charles Academy ice hockey 
team, in Woonsocket, RI, who on March 19, won their 17th consecutive 
State championship.
  I understand that no other team in the Nation has ever won 17 
consecutive championships in interscholastic ice hockey.
  As of just a few days ago the Mount St. Charles Mounties shared the 
record of 16 consecutive State championships with Notre Dame High 
School in Berlin, NH. That school, which no longer exists, had a 
winning streak that lasted from 1947 until 1962.
  Although winning is something that Rhode Islanders have come to 
expect from the Mount St. Charles hockey program, it should not be 
taken for granted. It takes long hours of practice, a drive to succeed, 
talented athletes, and most of all skilled and dedicated coaching.
  The head coach of the Mounties, Bill Belisle, and his son, Dave, the 
assistant coach, embody that kind of dedication and skill.
  I congratulate the Mounties' players and coaches for their victories. 
I salute their achievements, and wish them continued success.
  I ask unanimous consent that an article from the Sunday, March 20, 
1994, edition of the Woonsocket Call, entitled ``Mount Skaters Win 
Record 17th Straight Title'', be inserted in the Record as if read.
  There being no objection, the article was ordered to be printed in 
the Record, as follows:

              Mount Skaters Win Record 17th Straight Title

                            (By Scott Cole)

       Providence.--Mount St. Charles Academy stands alone atop 
     the summit of high school hockey achievement.
       The Mounties established a national record last night at 
     Meehan Auditorium by winning their 17th consecutive state 
     hockey title with an 8-4 victory over Bishop Hendricken High 
     of Warwick. No other team in the history of American high 
     school hockey has ever won that many state titles in a row.
       Mount had shared the national record for the past year with 
     now-defunct Notre Dame High of Berlin, N.H. Notre Dame High 
     won 16 consecutive titles from 1947 to 1962.
       ``It's special,'' said Mount's 19-year head coach Bill 
     Belisle, architect of the Logee Street dynasty. ``When we won 
     four or five or six in a row, you'd never think about 
     something like this. But when we won 13 or 14 in a row, I 
     started thinking about it. I'd be a hypocrite if I said I 
     didn't.''
       MSC already owned the national record for total state 
     hockey titles. In now has 29--and counting.
       Mount St. Charles began its streak of consecutive titles in 
     1978 and has been celebrating championships every March ever 
     since.
       ``This is something for everybody to share, all the kids on 
     all the teams going back to 1978,'' said Belisle. ``What a 
     team that was (in '78). We scored 304 goals and only gave up 
     51.''
       Mount sophomore forward Brian Glaude was one-year-old when 
     the title streak began. Sixteen years later, he etched his 
     name into Mount's rich hockey tradition with a pair of goals 
     in last night's rout. ``I just can't explain what this 
     means,'' said a beaming Glaude. ``It's following a 
     tradition.''
       The Mounties have poured it on in recent years. They have 
     won their last three state titles with two-game sweeps in the 
     championship series and are unbeaten in their last 64 games 
     against Rhode Island competition.
       The last Rhode Island school to beat Mount was La Salle 
     Academy, which edged the Mounties in game one of the 1991 
     state title series. Mount went on to win that series in three 
     thrilling games, the last time it has been challenged in a 
     state championship series.

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