Full Text of HR1326 096th General Assembly
HR1326 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, On June 9, 2010, the Chicago Blackhawks of the | 3 |
| Western Conference won the Stanley Cup Finals, their first | 4 |
| since 1961, in dominant fashion by defeating the Philadelphia | 5 |
| Flyers in overtime in Game Six; and | 6 |
| WHEREAS, With a Western Conference record of 52-22-8, the | 7 |
| Blackhawks made the playoffs for the second consecutive season | 8 |
| and then defeated the Nashville Predators in six games in the | 9 |
| first round, before defeating the Vancouver Canucks in six | 10 |
| games in the second round; and | 11 |
| WHEREAS, The Blackhawks continued their quest for the Cup | 12 |
| by defeating the San Jose Sharks in the Western Conference | 13 |
| Finals in only four games to advance to the Stanley Cup Finals | 14 |
| against the Philadelphia Flyers; and | 15 |
| WHEREAS, Game One of the Stanley Cup Finals was a game | 16 |
| dominated by offense, with both teams scoring a combined 5 | 17 |
| goals in both the first period and again in the second period, | 18 |
| with the Flyers leading 3-2 in the first period and the | 19 |
| Blackhawks tying the game 5-5 in the second period; with the | 20 |
| home crowd loud and constantly on its feet, Blackhawk Tomas | 21 |
| Kopecky, right winger, scored what would be the game-winning | 22 |
| 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 | 2 |
| WHEREAS, Game Two was dominated by defense at the hands of | 3 |
| Blackhawks goalie Antti Niemi, who allowed only 1 goal in 33 | 4 |
| shots on goal made by the Flyers; Blackhawk goals made by | 5 |
| Marian Hossa and Ben Eager in the second period lifted the | 6 |
| Blackhawks over the Flyers 2-1 in the game and 2-0 overall in | 7 |
| the Finals; and | 8 |
| WHEREAS, The Blackhawks fell to the Flyers in games Three | 9 |
| and Four of the Stanley Cup Finals with a hard fought overtime | 10 |
| loss in Game Three and a late momentum charge in Game Four, | 11 |
| with both losses taking place in Philadelphia; and | 12 |
| WHEREAS, The Blackhawks brought back the power to Chicago | 13 |
| in Game Five in a dominant 7-4 victory over the Flyers, where | 14 |
| the Blackhawks demonstrated their coaching strength and | 15 |
| offensive skills, with 7 of the goals coming from 6 different | 16 |
| players; and | 17 |
| WHEREAS, In Game Six of the Stanley Cup Finals, held in | 18 |
| Philadelphia, both teams traded goals throughout the game to | 19 |
| end regulation play tied 3-3 and send the teams into overtime; | 20 |
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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 | 2 |
| Flyers playing to stay alive, Blackhawk right winger Patrick | 3 |
| Kane scored the game-winning and Stanley Cup clinching goal 4 | 4 |
| minutes and 6 seconds into overtime; and | 5 |
| WHEREAS, A Stanley Cup victory takes dedication from all | 6 |
| members of the active roster; and | 7 |
| WHEREAS, The men who make up the Chicago Blackhawks team | 8 |
| are to be commended for their unity and team strength, that | 9 |
| allowed them to bring the Stanley Cup to Chicago; and | 10 |
| WHEREAS, The Blackhawks forwards include Bryan Bickell, | 11 |
| Dave Bolland, Troy Brouwer, Adam Burish, Dustin Byfuglien, Jake | 12 |
| Dowell, Ben Eager, Colin Fraser, Marian Hossa, Patrick Kane, | 13 |
| Tomas Kopecky, Andrew Ladd, John Madden, Patrick Sharp, Jack | 14 |
| Skille, Jonathan Toews, and Kris Versteeg; and | 15 |
| WHEREAS, The Blackhawks defenders include Nick Boynton, | 16 |
| Brian Campbell, Jassen Cullimore, Jordan Hendry, Niklas | 17 |
| Hjalmarsson, Kim Johnsson, Duncan Keith, Brent Seabrook, and | 18 |
| Brent Sopel; and | 19 |
| WHEREAS, the Blackhawks goalies include Corey Crawford, | 20 |
| Cristobal Huet, and Antti Niemi; and
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| WHEREAS, The Blackhawks are coached by Joel Quenneville, | 2 |
| the 37th head coach in franchise history since October 16, | 3 |
| 2008; Coach Quenneville has registered a .592 regular-season | 4 |
| winning percentage in parts of 11 years as a head coach in the | 5 |
| National Hockey League, including seven seasons behind the St. | 6 |
| Louis Blues' bench (1996-2004) and three with the Colorado | 7 |
| Avalanche (2005-08); Coach Quenneville, in 2009-2010, was | 8 |
| assisted by John Torchetti, Mike Haviland, Stephane Waite, Paul | 9 |
| Goodman, Brad Aldrich, Paul Vincent, and Wade Flaherty; | 10 |
| therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 12 |
| NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 13 |
| commend and applaud the 2010 Chicago Blackhawks for their | 14 |
| accomplishments during the 2010 season, for the talent and | 15 |
| teamwork displayed on the ice, for their excellence and | 16 |
| humility off the rink, for the outstanding coaching staff | 17 |
| leading the team, and for the brilliant ownership and | 18 |
| management that crafted and built the 2010 Blackhawks, and for | 19 |
| the gift of the Stanley Cup the Blackhawks gave to the City of | 20 |
| Chicago; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | 22 |
| presented to each member of the Blackhawks executive board, to | 23 |
| each member of the coaching staff and management of the 2010 | 24 |
| Blackhawks organization, and to every player on the 2010 roster |
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| of the Chicago Blackhawks.
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