[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 11]
[House]
[Page 15547]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




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        CONGRATULATING JOHNSTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA, HOCKEYVILLE, USA

  (Mr. ROTHFUS asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. ROTHFUS. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to congratulate Johnstown, 
Pennsylvania, for hosting the first-ever Kraft Hockeyville USA game 
this week and the Pittsburgh Penguins for their 4-2 victory over the 
Tampa Bay Lightning in the game.
  The Kraft competition to choose America's Hockeyville was conducted 
in partnership with the National Hockey League Players' Association and 
the National Hockey League. Towns across the country submitted stories 
showing their passion for hockey, and more than 20 million votes were 
cast. But as the contest results revealed, few places in America love 
hockey like Johnstown does, and Johnstown rightly deserves the title, 
``Hockeyville, USA.''
  Johnstown was the home of the fictional hockey team the Charleston 
Chiefs in the 1977 movie, ``Slap Shot.'' Scenes from the movie were 
filmed at Cambria County War Memorial Arena. We also can't forget the 
Johnstown Jets, who played here from 1950 to 1977 and won five Eastern 
Hockey League championships from 1951 to 1962.
  As Penguins coach Mike Johnston said after the Penguins' victory: 
``It's a great arena. The excitement in the building, the excitement in 
town, I just think it's special.''

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