IV 
112TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 318 
Congratulating the Boston Bruins on winning the 2010–2011 Stanley Cup. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 21, 2011 
Mr. CAPUANO (for himself, Mr. LYNCH, Mr. MARKEY, Mr. FRANK of Massa-
chusetts, Mr. NEAL, Mr. OLVER, Mr. MCGOVERN, Mr. TIERNEY, Ms. 
TSONGAS, and Mr. KEATING) submitted the following resolution; which 
was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform 
RESOLUTION 
Congratulating the Boston Bruins on winning the 2010– 
2011 Stanley Cup. 
Whereas, on June 15, 2011, the Boston Bruins won the 
2010–2011 Stanley Cup in a 7 game series with the Van-
couver Canucks; 
Whereas the Vancouver Canucks deserve immense credit for 
their historic performance during the 2010–2011 hockey 
season and post-season, in which the Canucks won the 
President’s Trophy for best record in the National Hock-
ey League and made a remarkable post-season run; 
Whereas the Boston Bruins victory was the first Stanley Cup 
for the Bruins in 39 years and the sixth title in the 87- 
year history of the team; 
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Whereas the 2010–2011 Bruins Stanley Cup team honored 
the careers of all former Bruins greats, including Bobby 
Orr, team president Cam Neely, ‘‘the Chief’’ Johnny 
Bucyk, Terry O’Reilly, Milt Schmidt, Eddie Shore, Ray-
mond Bourque, and all the players who have donned a 
Bruins jersey in the team’s rich history; 
Whereas the Bruins were led to the Stanley Cup Finals this 
season by the remarkable goaltending of Tim Thomas 
and Tuukka Rask, the outstanding leadership of Zdeno 
Chara, Patrice Bergeron, and Mark Recchi, and the re-
lentless effort of Shawn Thornton, Dennis Seidenberg, 
David Krejci, Andrew Ference, Michael Ryder, Johnny 
Boychuk, Thomas Kaberle, and Vancouver native Milan 
Lucic; 
Whereas Gregory Campbell, Dan Paille, Shawn Thornton, 
and Chris Kelly contributed with points, hits, energy, 
faceoff wins, and penalty kills to help steer the Bruins to 
victory; 
Whereas the 2010–2011 season produced new Bruins stars, 
including Tyler Seguin, Rich Peverley, Brad Marchand, 
Adam McQuaid, and Nathan Horton who, despite miss-
ing the final 4 games of the historic Stanley Cup run 
with a severe concussion, scored two heroic game 7 win-
ning goals against Montreal and Tampa Bay to put the 
Bruins in position to win their first title in 39 years; 
Whereas the Bruins, in front of playoff MVP netminder Tim 
Thomas who broke the record for the most saves in play-
off history, allowed just 8 goals over the 7 game Stanley 
Cup Final; 
Whereas Patrice Bergeron displayed incredible determination 
over the course of four seasons, battling back from two 
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major concussions and after suffering another head in-
jury in game 2 of the Eastern Conference Finals, to 
score the game winning goal of game 7 in the Stanley 
Cup Final; 
Whereas Mark Recchi, who won the Stanley Cup for the third 
time in his career, displayed tremendous leadership and 
set an example for the team’s corps of young players by 
contributing three points in game 6 of the Stanley Cup 
Finals to force a decisive game 7 in Vancouver; 
Whereas Bruins coach Claude Julien joins the legendary Art 
Ross and Tom Johnson on an exclusive list of Bruins 
coaches to win the Stanley Cup; 
Whereas Peter Chiarelli, General Manager for the Boston 
Bruins, built a team centered on hard work, sacrifice, 
and physical play; 
Whereas Massachusetts is the only State to have sports 
teams win the NFL, MLB, NBA, and NHL champion-
ships in the 21st century: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) congratulates— 
(A) the Boston Bruins for winning the 
2010–2011 National Hockey League Stanley 
Cup and the players, coaches, support staff, 
owners, and executives whose ability, hard 
work, dedication, and spirit made this season 
possible; and 
(B) the Vancouver Canucks for their ex-
traordinary success during the 2010–2011 sea-
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son in winning the President’s Trophy and the 
Western Conference Championship; and 
(2) directs the Clerk of the House of Represent-
atives to transmit an enrolled copy of this resolution 
to— 
(A) Bruins coach Claude Julien; 
(B) 
Bruins 
general 
manager 
Peter 
Chiarelli; 
(C) Bruins president Cameron Neely; and 
(D) Bruins owner Jeremy Jacobs. 
Æ 
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