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111TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. RES. 549 

Congratulating the Chicago Blackhawks on winning the 2010 Stanley Cup. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JUNE 10, 2010 

Mr. DURBIN (for himself and Mr. BURRIS) submitted the following resolution; 

which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 

RESOLUTION 

Congratulating the Chicago Blackhawks on winning the 2010 

Stanley Cup. 

Whereas, on June 9, 2010, the Chicago Blackhawks hockey 

team won the Stanley Cup; 

Whereas the 2010 Stanley Cup win is the first Stanley Cup 

win for the Blackhawks since 1961, when John F. Kennedy was president and the Peace Corps was first established; 

Whereas the Blackhawks joined the National Hockey League 

in 1926 and have a rich history in the League; 

Whereas the Blackhawks were 1 of the original 6 teams in 

the National Hockey League; 

Whereas, during a very difficult period for the National 

Hockey League, the Blackhawks remained a strong and 


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competitive team, winning the Stanley Cup in 1934, 

1938, and 1961; 

Whereas the Stanley Cup championship appearance in 2010 

is the first for the Blackhawks since 1992; 

Whereas the Blackhawks posted a regular season record of 

52–22–8, and the team dominated opponents during the 

playoffs, with 12 wins and only 4 losses, including a 

sweep of the number 1-seeded San Jose Sharks to win 

the Western Conference championship and advance to the 

Stanley Cup finals; 

Whereas General Manager Stan Bowman, Head Coach Joel 

Quenneville, President John F. McDonough, and owner 

Rocky Wirtz have put together and led a great organization; 

Whereas several Blackhawks players competed in the Olympic 

games and faithfully returned to the Blackhawks to help 

secure a championship, including— 

(1) Patrick Kane, who played for the United States; 

(2) Jonathan Toews, Brent Seabrook, and Duncan 

Keith, who played for Canada; and 

(3) Tomas Kopecky and Marian Hossa, who played 

for Slovakia; 

Whereas all 34 active players, whose shared goal was to end 

the 49-year championship drought, collectively contributed to a victorious season, including Kyle Beach, Bryan 

Bickell, Dave Bolland, Nick Boynton, Troy Brouwer, 

Adam Burish, Dustin Byfuglien, Brian Campbell, Brian 

Connelly, Corey Crawford, Jassen Cullimore, Jake 

Dowell, Ben Eager, Colin Fraser, Jordan Hendry, Niklas 

Hjalmarsson, Marian Hossa, Cristobal Huet, Kim 

Johnsson, Patrick Kane, Duncan Keith, Tomas Kopecky, 


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Andrew Ladd, Shawn Lalonde, John Madden, Antti 

Niemi, Danny Richmond, Brent Seabrook, Patrick 

Sharp, Jack Skille, Brent Sopel, Jonathan Toews, Hannu 

Toivonen, and Kris Versteeg; 

Whereas the 2010 Blackhawks players follow in the giant 

footsteps of the great players in Blackhawk history who 

have had their numbers retired, including Glenn Hall 

(#1), Keith Magnuson (#3), Pierre Pilote (#3), Bobby 

Hull (#9), Denis Savard (#18), Stan Mikita (#21), and 

Tony Esposito (#35); 

Whereas the city of Chicago welcomes the first championship 

in the city in 5 years with open arms; 

Whereas a new generation of young fans in Chicago and 

around the State of Illinois are discovering the joy of 

championship hockey; and 

Whereas the Nashville Predators, Vancouver Canucks, San 

Jose Sharks, and the Philadelphia Flyers proved to be 

worthy and honorable adversaries and also deserve recognition: Now, therefore, be it 

1 Resolved, That the Senate— 

2 (1) congratulates the Chicago Blackhawks on 

3 winning the 2010 Stanley Cup; 

4 (2) commends the fans, players, and manage5 ment of the Philadelphia Flyers for allowing the Chi6 cago Blackhawks and the many supporters of the 

7 Chicago Blackhawks to celebrate the first Stanley 

8 Cup win for the team in 49 years at the Wachovia 

9 Center, the arena of the Philadelphia Flyers; and 


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1 (3) respectfully directs the Enrolling Clerk of 

2 the Senate to transmit an enrolled copy of this reso3 lution to— 

4 (A) the 2010 Chicago Blackhawks hockey 

5 organization; and 

6 (B) the Blackhawks owner Rocky Wirtz. 

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