[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 110 (Friday, July 1, 2022)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E687-E688]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




       TRIBUTE TO THE 2022 STANLEY CUP WINNERS COLORADO AVALANCHE

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                           HON. DIANA DeGETTE

                              of colorado

                    in the house of representatives

                          Friday, July 1, 2022

  Ms. DeGETTE. Madam Speaker, I rise today, along with my colleagues: 
Congressman Ed Perlmutter, Congressman Ken Buck, Congressman Joe 
Neguse, Congressman Jason Crow, and Congresswoman Lauren Boebert, to 
recognize the best team in U.S. hockey, the Colorado Avalanche. We make 
this tribute after the Avalanche clinched the 2022 Stanley Cup with 
their Game 6 victory over the Tampa Bay Lightning on Sunday, June 26, 
2022.
  For fans of the Colorado Avalanche, who have patiently waited for 
more than 20 years to see our favorite team triumphantly raise the 
Stanley Cup again, the journey to Sunday night's victory has been long 
but worth the wait. We have watched this team battle through setbacks 
and injuries with admirable grit and determination, culminating this 
year in a 16-4 post-season record and a well-deserved trophy.
  To secure their spot in the Stanley Cup Finals, the Avalanche 
overcame formidable teams, including their Western Conference 
challengers the Edmonton Oilers, who they swept in four games to 
advance to the Finals. There, they defeated the two-time defending

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champions, the Lightning, in an exciting six-game series. The Avalanche 
took an early 2-0 lead in the series after notching wins in Games 1 and 
2. Then, after suffering a loss in Game 3, a nail-biting overtime win 
in Game 4, and another loss in Game 5, the Avalanche emerged as victors 
in a well-played and hard-fought Game 6.
  Truly, the credit for this team's incredible victory goes to the 
combined talent, drive, and sacrifice made by each player and member of 
the coaching staff and management. The immense skill and leadership 
demonstrated by this special group of players and coaches, both on and 
off the ice, is extraordinary.
  On behalf of Avalanche fans everywhere, especially those in our home 
state of Colorado, we are incredibly proud to celebrate this team's 
tremendous victory; to have the Stanley Cup back in Colorado--exactly 
where it belongs; and to cheer on the nation's best hockey team to even 
more victories in the future: Go Avs Go.

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