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116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. RES. 266 

Congratulating the St. Louis Blues for winning the 2019 Stanley Cup Final. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JUNE 26, 2019 

Mr. HAWLEY (for himself and Mr. BLUNT) submitted the following resolution; 

which was considered and agreed to 

RESOLUTION 

Congratulating the St. Louis Blues for winning the 2019 

Stanley Cup Final. 

Whereas, on June 12, 2019, the St. Louis Blues won the 

2019 Stanley Cup Final; 

Whereas the Blues, in their 52nd year playing in the National Hockey League (referred to in this preamble as the 

‘‘NHL’’), made their fourth Stanley Cup Final appearance, and their first since the 1969–70 season; 

Whereas the Blues defeated the 2019 Eastern Conference 

champions, the Boston Bruins, in the Stanley Cup Final 

to win their first Stanley Cup, clinching the series with 

4 wins and 3 losses; 

Whereas the Blues defeated the Winnipeg Jets, the Dallas 

Stars, and the San Jose Sharks to earn the Western 


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Conference title and win the franchise’s third Clarence S. 

Campbell Bowl; 

Whereas the Blues showed incredible determination and perseverance by fighting their way back from last place in 

the NHL on January 3, 2019, to finish the regular season in third place in the Western Conference Central Division, and to eventually defeat the Boston Bruins to become Stanley Cup Champions; 

Whereas the City of St. Louis was named by the Wall Street 

Journal as the best sports city in the United States in 

2015, highlighting the success of St. Louis professional 

sports teams; 

Whereas more than 10,000 fans filled the Enterprise Center, 

more than 20,000 fans filled Busch Stadium in the pouring rain, and more than 18,000 fans flooded downtown 

St. Louis to cheer the Blues on to the franchise’s first 

Stanley Cup; 

Whereas the Blues and the City of St. Louis embraced Laura 

Branigan’s 1982 hit song, ‘‘Gloria’’, uniting fans across 

the country; 

Whereas Laila Anderson, age 11, while fighting a rare immune disease known as hemophagocytic 

lymphohistiocytosis or ‘‘HLH’’, helped motivate the 

2018–2019 Blues to victory, journeying to Boston to 

cheer on her Blues in game 7, and kissing Lord Stanley’s 

Cup, a champion’s tradition; 

Whereas Patrick Maroon, a St. Louis native, scored a heroic 

game–winning goal in overtime of game 7 of the second 

round to advance his team to the Western Conference 

Finals; 


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Whereas Ryan O’Reilly, who scored 5 times during a 4-game 

goal streak in games 4 through 7 of the Stanley Cup 

Final, was the first player to score in 4 straight Stanley 

Cup Final games since Wayne Gretzky in 1985, was 

awarded the Conn Smythe Trophy as the 2019 NHL 

Playoffs Most Valuable Player, all while playing with a 

cracked rib sustained in the Western Conference First 

Round; 

Whereas Jordan Binnington boasted a .914 save percentage 

during the playoffs and broke the NHL record for most 

wins in a playoff year by a rookie goaltender, while also 

becoming the fourth rookie goalie to win game 7 of a 

Stanley Cup Final; and 

Whereas the entire Blues roster contributed to the Stanley 

Cup victory, including Jake Allen, Ivan Barbashev, Jordan Binnington, Sammy Blais, Robert Bortuzzo, Jay 

Bouwmeester, Tyler Bozak, Chris Butler, Michael Del 

Zotto, Vince Dunn, Joel Edmundson, Robby Fabbri, Carl 

Gunnarsson, Ville Husso, Jordan Kyrou, Mackenzie 

MacEachern, Pat Maroon, Jordan Nolan, Ryan O’Reilly, 

Colton Parayko, David Perron, Alex Pietrangelo, Zach 

Sanford, Brayden Schenn, Jaden Schwartz, Alexander 

Steen, Oskar Sundqvist, Vladimir Tarasenko, Robert 

Thomas, and Chris Thorburn: Now, therefore, be it 

1 Resolved, That the Senate— 

2 (1) congratulates the St. Louis Blues and the 

3 loyal fans of the Blues for becoming the 2019 Na4 tional Hockey League Stanley Cup champions; and 


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1 (2) respectfully directs the Secretary of the 

2 Senate to transmit an enrolled copy of this resolu3 tion to— 

4 (A) the chairman and governor of the St. 

5 Louis Blues, Tom Stillman; 

6 (B) the general manager of the St. Louis 

7 Blues, Doug Armstrong; and 

8 (C) the interim head coach of the St. Louis 

9 Blues, Craig Berube. 

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