[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 104 (Thursday, July 12, 2012)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1244]
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   CONGRATULATING THE LOS ANGELES KINGS ON THEIR STANLEY CUP VICTORY

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                       HON. LUCILLE ROYBAL-ALLARD

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, July 12, 2012

  Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to celebrate an historic 
occasion in the history of Los Angeles sports teams. On June 11 the Los 
Angeles Kings of the National Hockey League won their first national 
championship. Today the Stanley Cup calls LA ``home'', and the nation 
joins us in calling the Kings, ``champions''.
  The Kings' championship was 45 years in the making. They began the 
playoffs as the number eight seed. They quickly dispatched the 
Vancouver Canucks, the number one seed team, four games to one. Next 
they took on the Saint Louis Blues and swept this number two seed team 
in four games. They then took on the third seed team the Phoenix 
Coyotes and earned the title of Western Conference champions for only 
the second time in Kings' history. This was the first time in NHL 
history that an eighth seed team beat the first and second seed teams. 
But our champion Kings went even further by also beating the third seed 
team as well.
  The championship series against the New Jersey Devils was a thriller 
and the Kings quickly took a commanding three game lead. After a couple 
of Devil victories, in game six of the series, the Kings regained their 
momentum and put New Jersey away with a 6-1 victory to clinch the 
Stanley Cup.
  The Kings are only the second number eight seed team in NHL history 
to advance to the championship series and the first number eight seed 
team to win the Stanley Cup. Their game six victory on their home ice 
at the Staples Center was cause for celebration by thousands of Kings 
fans in Los Angeles and throughout Southern California.
  In winning the NHL championship, the Kings join the prestigious ranks 
of Los Angeles sports teams who have brought championship titles to the 
City of the Angels, including the Lakers, the Dodgers, the Galaxy, UCLA 
Bruin and USC Trojan teams, the Strings of the World Team Tennis 
League, and yes, the former-Los Angeles Raiders.
  Congratulations to the Kings team: Jeff Carter, Kyle Clifford, Colin 
Fraser, Simon Gagne, Dwight King, Anze Kopitar, Trevor Lewis, Andrei 
Loktionov, Jordan Nolan, Scott Parse, Dustin Penner, Mike Richards, 
Brad Richardson, Jarret Stoll, Kevin Westgarth, Justin Williams, Drew 
Doughty, Davis Drewiske, Matt Greene, Alec Martinez, Willie Mitchell, 
Rob Scuderi, Slava Voynov, Jonathan Bernier and Jonathan Quick.
  Special congratulations to Coach Darryl Sutter, General Manager Dean 
Lombardi and team captain Dustin Brown for leading the team to victory, 
and to AEG and the entire staff of the Kings organization whose work 
supports, trains and promotes the team. Thank you all for giving the 
city of Los Angeles our first Stanley Cup win!
  Mr. Speaker, the Los Angeles Kings are the kings of hockey! Let's all 
celebrate their historic victory!

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