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108TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 171

Commending the University of Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs for winning the 

NCAA 2003 National Collegiate Women’s Ice Hockey Championship. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

APRIL 2, 2003

Mr. OBERSTAR (for himself, Mr. SABO, Mr. RAMSTAD, Mr. PETERSON of Minnesota, Mr. GUTKNECHT, Ms. MCCOLLUM, Mr. KENNEDY of Minnesota, 

and Mr. KLINE) submitted the following resolution; which was referred 

to the Committee on Education and the Workforce 

RESOLUTION

Commending the University of Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs 

for winning the NCAA 2003 National Collegiate Women’s Ice Hockey Championship.

Whereas on Sunday, March 23, 2003, the two-time defending 

NCAA National Collegiate Women’s Ice Hockey champion, the University of Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs, won 

the National Championship for the third straight year; 

Whereas Minnesota Duluth defeated Harvard University in 

double overtime of the championship game by the score 

of 4–3, having defeated Dartmouth College 5–2 in the 

semifinal; 
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Whereas sophomore Nora Tallus scored the game-winning 

goal in the second overtime, assisted by Erika Holst and 

Joanne Eustace; 

Whereas during the 2002–2003 season, the Bulldogs won an 

impressive 31 games, while losing only 3 and tying 2; 

Whereas forwards Jenny Potter, Hanne Sikio, and Caroline 

Ouellette were selected to the 2003 All-Tournament team 

and Caroline Ouellette was named the tournament’s Most 

Outstanding Player; 

Whereas the Bulldogs are the only team in the country to 

earn a berth in the women’s national championship tournament in each year of its existence; 

Whereas junior forward Jenny Potter was one of three finalists for the Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award, given annually to the most outstanding player in women’s collegiate 

varsity ice hockey and was named to the Jofa Women’s 

University Division Ice Hockey All-American First Team; 

Whereas senior forward Maria Rooth, for the fourth time, 

was one of ten finalists for the Patty Kazmaier Memorial 

Award, and was named to the Jofa Women’s University 

Division Ice Hockey All-American Second Team; 

Whereas Minnesota Duluth Head Coach Shannon Miller, 

after winning the National Championship in three consecutive years, has been named a finalist for the American Hockey Coaches Association 2002–2003 University 

Division Women’s Ice Hockey Coach of the Year Award; 

and 

Whereas all of the team’s players showed tremendous dedication throughout the season toward the goal of winning 

the National Championship: Now, therefore, be it

1 Resolved, That the House of Representatives—
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1 (1) commends the University of Minnesota Du2 luth women’s hockey team for winning the NCAA 

3 2003 National Collegiate Women’s Ice Hockey 

4 Championship; 

5 (2) recognizes the achievements of all the 

6 team’s players, coaches, and support staff and in7 vites them to the United States Capitol Building to 

8 be honored; 

9 (3) requests that the President recognize the 

10 achievements of the University of Minnesota Duluth 

11 women’s hockey team and invite them to the White 

12 House for an appropriate ceremony honoring a na13 tional championship team; and 

14 (4) directs the Clerk of the House of Represent15 atives to make available enrolled copies of this reso16 lution to the University of Minnesota Duluth for ap17 propriate display and to transmit an enrolled copy of 

18 this resolution to each coach and member of the 

19 NCAA 2003 National Collegiate Women’s Ice Hock20 ey Championship team.

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