[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 146 (2000), Part 8]
[House]
[Page 10496]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



               NEW JERSEY DEVILS ARE NEW JERSEY'S ANGELS

  (Mr. ROTHMAN asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. ROTHMAN. Mr. Speaker, it is my great pleasure to rise today to 
honor the New Jersey Devils as the 2000 Stanley Cup champions.
  The Devils play a brand of hockey that typifies New Jersey. They are 
tough competitors led by their captain and playoff MVP, Scott Stevens, 
whose hard-nosed play shut down the best offensive players in the game. 
In the finals, they were the underdogs against the defending champs, 
and we in New Jersey love an underdog.
  With a stone wall for a goal tender in Martin Brodeur, the offensive 
firepower of Jason Arnott, Patrick Elias and Peter Sykora, and a 
quartet of rookies, including the first Hispanic American player 
drafted in the first round, Scott Gomez, the Devils fought late into 
the night in sudden death double overtime on Saturday. In the end, it 
was the sweet passing from Stevens to Elias to Arnott for the game-
winning goal that brought the Cup back to East Rutherford, New Jersey.
  Mr. Speaker, the New Jersey Devils are the Stanley Cup champions once 
again. In the hearts of New Jerseyans, in bringing this Stanley Cup 
back to New Jersey, these Devils are our angels.

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