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HOUSE RESOLUTION

  
 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of 
3Representatives wish to congratulate the members of the U.S. 
4Women's Olympic Hockey Team on winning the  silver medal at the 
52022 Winter Olympics on February 16th in Beijing; and
  
 
6    WHEREAS, Before advancing to the gold medal match against 
7Canada, the U.S. Women's Team defeated Finland, the Russian 
8Olympic Committee, Switzerland, and the Czech Republic; and
  
 
9    WHEREAS, The U.S. Women's Hockey Team has competed against 
10Canada for the Olympic gold medal in every Olympic tournament 
11since the inception of Women's Hockey as an Olympic sport in 
121998, with the most recent USA Gold coming in 2018 during the 
13Pyeongyang games; and
  
 
14    WHEREAS, The 2022 Olympic gold medal game was a close one, 
15with the U.S. team coming within one goal of tying the 
16Canadians late in the third period; the resulting outcome was 
17simply due to a lack of time as opposed to a lack of 
18determination; and
  
 
19    WHEREAS, Five women from the great state of Illinois are 
20members of the U.S. Women's Olympic Hockey Team, including 
21Megan Bozek of Buffalo Grove, Savannah Harmon of Downers 
 
 
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1Grove, Jesse Compher of Northbrook, Kendall Coyne Schofield of 
2Palos Heights, and Abbey Murphy of Evergreen Park; therefore, 
3be it
  
 
4    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE 
5HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that 
6with great pride, we congratulate the U.S. Women's Olympic 
7Hockey Team, especially these great athletes from Illinois, 
8for bringing home the silver medal; and be it further
  
 
9    RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be 
10presented to Megan Bozek, Savannah Harmon, Jesse Compher, 
11Kendall Coyne Schofield, and Abbey Murphy as a symbol of our 
12esteem and respect.