III 

115TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. RES. 239 

Congratulating the Pittsburgh Penguins for winning the 2017 Stanley Cup 

hockey championship. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

AUGUST 1, 2017 

Mr. CASEY (for himself and Mr. TOOMEY) submitted the following resolution; 

which was considered and agreed to 

RESOLUTION 

Congratulating the Pittsburgh Penguins for winning the 

2017 Stanley Cup hockey championship. 

Whereas on June 11, 2017, the Pittsburgh Penguins won the 

2017 Stanley Cup hockey championship; 

Whereas the Penguins, in their 50th year playing in the National Hockey League (referred to in this preamble as 

‘‘NHL’’), won their fifth Stanley Cup; 

Whereas the Penguins defeated the Western Conference 

Champion Nashville Predators in the Stanley Cup Finals, 

clinching the series with 4 wins and 2 losses; 

Whereas the Penguins are the only NHL team to win backto-back Stanley Cup championships since the NHL instituted salary caps in 2005 and the first team to do so 

since 1998; 


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Whereas the Penguins endured 3 tough opponents en route 

to the championship, defeating the Columbus Blue Jackets, the Washington Capitals, and the Ottawa Senators 

to clinch the Eastern Conference title and win their sixth 

Prince of Wales Trophy; 

Whereas the city of Pittsburgh is fittingly nicknamed ‘‘The 

City of Champions’’, highlighting the success of Pittsburgh professional sports teams, which have tallied 16 

championships; 

Whereas NHL Hall of Famer Mario Lemieux and Ron 

Burkle have jointly owned the team for 18 years, saving 

the Penguins from relocation and maintaining the team 

for the city of Pittsburgh; 

Whereas longtime Penguins radio announcer Mike Lange is 

beloved by loyal fans of the team for such expressions as 

‘‘Lord Stanley, Lord Stanley, get me the brandy’’; 

Whereas Penguins Captain Sidney Crosby, who has shown 

immense leadership, commitment to the team, and unparalleled skill throughout his outstanding career, was 

awarded the Conn Smythe Trophy as the 2017 NHL 

Playoffs Most Valuable Player, his second Conn Smythe 

Trophy in 2 years; 

Whereas goaltender Matt Murray dazzled throughout the 

playoffs, becoming the first goaltender to win 2 Stanley 

Cups as a rookie, shutting out the Nashville Predators 

for the final 126 minutes, 52 seconds, and setting a rookie record with 2 shutouts in the Final series; 

Whereas goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury contributed to the 

defensive prowess of the team throughout the Stanley 

Cup Playoffs, playing in 15 games, including a memoVerDate Sep 11 2014 02:02 Aug 02, 2017 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6300 E:\BILLS\SR239.ATS SR239

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rable shutout performance in Game 7 of the Eastern 

Conference Second Round; and 

Whereas the entire Penguins roster contributed to the Stanley Cup victory, including Josh Archibald, Nick Bonino, 

Sidney Crosby, Matt Cullen, Jean-Sebastien Dea, Jake 

Guentzel, Carl Hagelin, Patric Hornqvist, Phil Kessel, 

Tom Kuhnhackl, Chris Kunitz, Evgeni Malkin, Kevin 

Porter, Carter Rowney, Bryan Rust, Tom Sestito, Conor 

Sheary, Dominik Simon, Daniel Sprong, Oskar 

Sundqvist, Garrett Wilson, Scott Wilson, Ian Cole, Frank 

Corrado, Trevor Daley, Brian Dumoulin, Cameron 

Gaunce, Ron Hainsey, Kris Letang, Olli Maatta, Derrick 

Pouliot, Chad Ruhwedel, Justin Schultz, Mark Streit, 

David Warsofsky, Marc-Andre Fleury, Tristan Jarry, 

Sean Maguire, and Matt Murray: Now, therefore, be it 

1 Resolved, That the Senate— 

2 (1) congratulates the Pittsburgh Penguins and 

3 the loyal fans of the Penguins for becoming the 

4 2017 National Hockey League Stanley Cup cham5 pions; and 

6 (2) respectfully directs the Secretary of the 

7 Senate to transmit an enrolled copy of this resolu8 tion to— 

9 (A) the co-owners of the Pittsburgh Pen10 guins, Mario Lemieux and Ron Burkle, jointly; 

11 (B) the President of the Pittsburgh Pen12 guins, David Morehouse; and 


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1 (C) the Head Coach of the Pittsburgh 

2 Penguins, Mike Sullivan. 

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