[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 156 (2010), Part 8]
[House]
[Page 11789]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




         CONGRATULATING STANLEY CUP CHAMPION CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS

  (Mrs. BIGGERT asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Mrs. BIGGERT. Mr. Speaker, I rise to congratulate the 2010 Stanley 
Cup Champions, the Chicago Blackhawks.
  Founded in 1926, the Blackhawks are one of the National Hockey 
League's organizational six teams. The team has had a remarkable 
history, but this past season was very, very special.
  On April 6, the Hawks won their 50th game of the season setting a new 
franchise record for wins in a season. During a game the very next 
night, they scored their 109th point of the season, setting yet another 
franchise record.
  The Hawks made the playoffs for the second season in a row this year 
with a record of 52-22-8. They went on to defeat the Nashville 
Predators in the first round of the Stanley Cup, then the Vancouver 
Canucks, and the San Jose Sharks before facing the Philadelphia Flyers 
in the final round. In a tense game 6, the Hawks defeated the Flyers 
when Patrick Kane scored the game-winning Cup-clinching goal in sudden 
death overtime, marking the team's fourth Stanley Cup Championship--
their first since 1961.
  As the world saw during the Chicago parade in their honor, the city's 
sports fans moved past their long-time baseball rivalries and came 
together in support of the Blackhawks.
  Mr. Speaker, I would like to congratulate the Blackhawks for their 
title and thank them on behalf of sports fans all over the metropolitan 
Chicago area for their contribution in making Chicago the dynamic 
sports city that it is.

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