[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 97 (Tuesday, June 12, 2018)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E828-E829]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                                ALL CAPS

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                             HON. TED POE-

                                of texas

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, June 12, 2018

  Mr. POE of Texas. Mr. Speaker, they finally did it. For the first 
time in franchise history, the WASHINGTON CAPITALS are Stanley Cup 
champions.
  When time expired in Game 5 of the Stanley Cup Finals, throngs of 
red-clad fans inside the arena in Las Vegas and on the streets of 
Washington threw up their arms in jubilation, celebrating a victory 
that was a long time coming.
  Year after year in recent times, the CAPS posted impressive records 
during the regular season only to falter in the playoffs. Even this 
year, the CAPS found themselves with their backs against the wall 
throughout the playoffs, going down 0-2 in the series against Columbus 
and dropping three straight games against Tampa Bay. But the team never 
gave up and battled through adversity on their way to winning hockey's 
ultimate crown.
  The CAPS are loaded with some of hockey's top talent, from T.J. 
Oshie, whose dazzling shootout moves in a Team USA jersey captivated 
the world at the 2014 Winter Olympics, to Alexander Ovechkin, one of 
the NHL's most prolific goal scorers and long-time CAPS captain. And of 
course one cannot forget Braden Holtby, their goaltender, their masked 
crusader whose desperation save in Game 2 against Las Vegas embodied 
the CAPS' stern resolve in achieving their goal.
  Included in this formidable array of players is center Lars Eller, 
the first Danish player to hoist the Stanley Cup. Eller proved to be 
vital to the CAPS in their Cup run. He scored the game-winning goal in 
double-overtime against Columbus to prevent the CAPS from going 0-3 
down in the series, and last week he put the puck into the Vegas goal 
with just minutes to go, breaking the game's deadlock and launching his 
team into the history books. Eller's family and friends were watching 
in a movie theater back in his hometown of Rodovre, Denmark, where the 
clock read 2:22am at puck drop and past 5am when Eller scored his 
fateful goal. He has since been hailed as a hero in his native country, 
with accounts of his Cup-clinching goal dominating the national media 
on Friday morning.
  Mr. Speaker, the CAPITALS' Stanley Cup triumph shows us why sports 
are so important to our society. They bring people together and inspire 
us to dream. So congratulations to Lars Eller, the rest of the CAPITALS 
organization, and the city of Washington on a historic victory.

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  Today, we are ALL CAPS.
  And that is just the way it is.

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