A resolution commending and congratulating the Quinnipiac University men's hockey team for winning the 2023 National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I Men's Hockey National Championship.

Subjects: Sports and Recreation, Congressional tributes, Connecticut, School athletics


<html><body><pre>[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 189 Agreed to Senate (ATS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
S. RES. 189

 Commending and congratulating the Quinnipiac University men's hockey 
  team for winning the 2023 National Collegiate Athletic Association 
             Division I Men's Hockey National Championship.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 2, 2023

  Mr. Blumenthal (for himself and Mr. Murphy) submitted the following 
             resolution; which was considered and agreed to

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                               RESOLUTION


 
 Commending and congratulating the Quinnipiac University men's hockey 
  team for winning the 2023 National Collegiate Athletic Association 
             Division I Men's Hockey National Championship.

Whereas, on Saturday, April 8, 2023, the Quinnipiac University men's hockey team 
        (referred to in this preamble as the ``Quinnipiac Bobcats'') won the 
        2023 National Collegiate Athletic Association (referred to in this 
        preamble as ``NCAA'') Men's Hockey Championship with a 3-2 win over the 
        Minnesota Golden Gophers, at Amalie Arena in Tampa, Florida;
Whereas the 2023 national championship is the first national championship for 
        the Quinnipiac Bobcats;
Whereas the Quinnipiac Bobcats have demonstrated remarkably consistent success 
        in the past decade, and have made the NCAA Championship tournament in 8 
        of the last 10 seasons;
Whereas Jacob Quillan was named the Most Outstanding Player of the 2023 NCAA 
        Championship tournament, finishing the NCAA Championship tournament with 
        5 goals and setting a new Quinnipiac University record for most goals 
        scored in a single tournament;
Whereas Rand Pecknold, the head coach of the Quinnipiac Bobcats, has led the 
        team for 29 years and transformed the Quinnipiac Bobcats from a Division 
        II program to a National Division I powerhouse; and
Whereas the National Championship was played in front of 20,000 people in Tampa, 
        Florida, and was the most watched ``Frozen Four Final'' game in more 
        than 10 years: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the Senate--
            (1) commends the Quinnipiac University men's hockey team 
        for winning the 2023 National Collegiate Athletic Association 
        Division I Men's Hockey Championship;
            (2) congratulates the fans, students, and faculty of 
        Quinnipiac University; and
            (3) respectfully requests that the Secretary of the Senate 
        transmits an enrolled copy of this resolution to--
                    (A) the President of Quinnipiac University, Dr. 
                Judy Olian; and
                    (B) the head coach of the Quinnipiac University 
                men's hockey team, Rand Pecknold.
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