III 

115TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. RES. 542 

Congratulating the Washington Capitals for winning the 2018 Stanley Cup 

hockey championship. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JUNE 12, 2018 

Mr. VAN HOLLEN (for himself, Mr. CARDIN, Mr. KAINE, and Mr. WARNER) 

submitted the following resolution; which was considered and agreed to 

RESOLUTION 

Congratulating the Washington Capitals for winning the 

2018 Stanley Cup hockey championship. 

Whereas, on June 7, 2018, the Washington Capitals won the 

2018 Stanley Cup hockey championship; 

Whereas the Capitals, in their 44th year playing in the National Hockey League, won their first Stanley Cup; 

Whereas the Capitals defeated the Vegas Golden Knights in 

the Stanley Cup Final in 5 games, clinching the series 

with 4 wins and 1 loss, including 4 wins in a row to close 

out the series; 

Whereas the Capitals overcame 3 series deficits to 3 opponents en route to the Stanley Cup Final, defeating the 

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ference title and win their second Prince of Wales Trophy; 

Whereas the Capitals became the first team from Washington, DC, in the 4 major professional sports leagues in 

the United States to win a championship since 1992; 

Whereas the Capitals overcame years of heartbreak to advance past the second round of the Stanley Cup playoffs 

for the first time since 1998; 

Whereas tens of thousands of Capitals fans watched Game 5 

of the Stanley Cup Final outside of Capital One Arena 

in Washington, DC; 

Whereas Ted Leonsis, chief executive officer of Monumental 

Sports and owner of the Washington Capitals since 1999, 

has built a culture of success and contributed greatly to 

the Washington, DC, community through philanthropy; 

Whereas John Walton, radio announcer for the Capitals, is 

beloved by Capitals fans and prophetically asserted this 

playoffs, ‘‘It’s OK to believe.’’; 

Whereas Alexander Ovechkin, captain of the Washington 

Capitals since 2010 and the first overall pick in the 2004 

National Hockey League draft, exhibited extraordinary 

leadership and delivered superstar-caliber play, leading all 

scorers in the Stanley Cup playoffs with 15 goals and receiving the Conn Smythe Trophy as the most valuable 

player for the 2018 Stanley Cup playoffs; 

Whereas during the 2018 Stanley Cup playoffs, Braden 

Holtby recorded a remarkable 0.922 save percentage and 

2 shutouts; 

Whereas during the 2018 Stanley Cup playoffs, Evgeny 

Kuznetsov recorded 32 points, including 12 goals and 20 

assists, the second most points scored in a Stanley Cup 


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playoff year since 1997, and was only the fifth player to 

record 30 or more points in a single Stanley Cup playoff 

year since 1997; 

Whereas Barry Trotz, head coach of the Capitals, and the entire coaching staff kept the Capitals composed and organized, despite facing obstacles and adversity throughout 

the regular season and Stanley Cup playoffs; and 

Whereas the entire Capitals roster banded together as one 

family to contribute to the Stanley Cup victory, including 

Nicklas Backstrom, Jay Beagle, Travis Boyd, Madison 

Bowey, Andre Burakovsky, John Carlson, Alex Chiasson, 

Brett Connolly, Pheonix Copley, Christian Djoos, Lars 

Eller, Shane Gersich, Philipp Grubauer, Braden Holtby, 

Jakub Jerabek, Michal Kempny, Evgeny Kuznetsov, Matt 

Niskanen, Dmitry Orlov, Brooks Orpik, T.J. Oshie, Alex 

Ovechkin, Devante Smith-Pelly, Chandler Stephenson, 

Jakub Vrana, Nathan Walker, and Tom Wilson: Now, 

therefore, be it 

1 Resolved, That the Senate— 

2 (1) congratulates the Washington Capitals and 

3 their dedicated fans for becoming the 2018 National 

4 Hockey League Stanley Cup champions; and 

5 (2) respectfully directs the Secretary of the 

6 Senate to transmit an enrolled copy of this resolu7 tion to— 

8 (A) the founder, chairman, majority owner, 

9 and chief executive officer of Monumental 

10 Sports and owner of the Washington Capitals, 

11 Ted Leonsis; 


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1 (B) the senior vice president and general 

2 manager of the Washington Capitals, Brian 

3 MacLellan; and 

4 (C) the head coach of the Washington 

5 Capitals, Barry Trotz. 

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