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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, On June 9, 2010, the Chicago Blackhawks of the |
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| Western Conference won the Stanley Cup Finals, their first |
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| since 1961, in dominant fashion by defeating the Philadelphia |
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| Flyers in overtime in Game Six; and
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| WHEREAS, With a Western Conference record of 52-22-8, the |
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| Blackhawks made the playoffs for the second consecutive season |
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| and then defeated the Nashville Predators in six games in the |
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| first round, before defeating the Vancouver Canucks in six |
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| games in the second round; and
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| WHEREAS, The Blackhawks continued their quest for the Cup |
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| by defeating the San Jose Sharks in the Western Conference |
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| Finals in only four games to advance to the Stanley Cup Finals |
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| against the Philadelphia Flyers; and
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| WHEREAS, Game One of the Stanley Cup Finals was a game |
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| dominated by offense, with both teams scoring a combined 5 |
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| goals in both the first period and again in the second period, |
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| with the Flyers leading 3-2 in the first period and the |
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| Blackhawks tying the game 5-5 in the second period; with the |
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| home crowd loud and constantly on its feet, Blackhawk Tomas |
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| Kopecky, right winger, scored what would be the game-winning |
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| goal in the third period to win 6-5 and put the Blackhawks up |
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| 1-0 overall in the Finals; and
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| WHEREAS, Game Two was dominated by defense at the hands of |
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| Blackhawks goalie Antti Niemi, who allowed only 1 goal in 33 |
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| shots on goal made by the Flyers; Blackhawk goals made by |
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| Marian Hossa and Ben Eager in the second period lifted the |
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| Blackhawks over the Flyers 2-1 in the game and 2-0 overall in |
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| the Finals; and
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| WHEREAS, The Blackhawks fell to the Flyers in games Three |
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| and Four of the Stanley Cup Finals with a hard fought overtime |
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| loss in Game Three and a late momentum charge in Game Four, |
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| with both losses taking place in Philadelphia; and
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| WHEREAS, The Blackhawks brought back the power to Chicago |
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| in Game Five in a dominant 7-4 victory over the Flyers, where |
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| the Blackhawks demonstrated their coaching strength and |
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| offensive skills, with 7 of the goals coming from 6 different |
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| players; and
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| WHEREAS, In Game Six of the Stanley Cup Finals, held in |
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| Philadelphia, both teams traded goals throughout the game to |
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| end regulation play tied 3-3 and send the teams into overtime; |
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| and
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| WHEREAS, During the sudden-death fourth period of Game Six, |
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| with the Blackhawks playing for the Championship, and the |
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| Flyers playing to stay alive, Blackhawk right winger Patrick |
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| Kane scored the game-winning and Stanley Cup clinching goal 4 |
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| minutes and 6 seconds into overtime; and
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| WHEREAS, A Stanley Cup victory takes dedication from all |
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| members of the active roster; and
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| WHEREAS, The men who make up the Chicago Blackhawks team |
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| are to be commended for their unity and team strength, that |
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| allowed them to bring the Stanley Cup to Chicago; and
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| WHEREAS, The Blackhawks forwards include Bryan Bickell, |
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| Dave Bolland, Troy Brouwer, Adam Burish, Dustin Byfuglien, Jake |
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| Dowell, Ben Eager, Colin Fraser, Marian Hossa, Patrick Kane, |
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| Tomas Kopecky, Andrew Ladd, John Madden, Patrick Sharp, Jack |
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| Skille, Jonathan Toews, and Kris Versteeg; and
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| WHEREAS, The Blackhawks defenders include Nick Boynton, |
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| Brian Campbell, Jassen Cullimore, Jordan Hendry, Niklas |
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| Hjalmarsson, Kim Johnsson, Duncan Keith, Brent Seabrook, and |
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| Brent Sopel; and
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| WHEREAS, the Blackhawks goalies include Corey Crawford, |
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| Cristobal Huet, and Antti Niemi; and
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| WHEREAS, The Blackhawks are coached by Joel Quenneville, |
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| the 37th head coach in franchise history since October 16, |
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| 2008; Coach Quenneville has registered a .592 regular-season |
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| winning percentage in parts of 11 years as a head coach in the |
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| National Hockey League, including seven seasons behind the St. |
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| Louis Blues' bench (1996-2004) and three with the Colorado |
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| Avalanche (2005-08); Coach Quenneville, in 2009-2010, was |
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| assisted by John Torchetti, Mike Haviland, Stephane Waite, Paul |
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| Goodman, Brad Aldrich, Paul Vincent, and Wade Flaherty; |
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| therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE |
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| NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we |
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| commend and applaud the 2010 Chicago Blackhawks for their |
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| accomplishments during the 2010 season, for the talent and |
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| teamwork displayed on the ice, for their excellence and |
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| humility off the rink, for the outstanding coaching staff |
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| leading the team, and for the brilliant ownership and |
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| management that crafted and built the 2010 Blackhawks, and for |
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| the gift of the Stanley Cup the Blackhawks gave to the City of |
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| Chicago; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be |
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| presented to each member of the Blackhawks executive board, to |
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| each member of the coaching staff and management of the 2010 |
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| Blackhawks organization, and to every player on the 2010 roster |