IV 
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 Min-
nesota, 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 Wom-
en’s Ice Hockey Championship.
Whereas on Sunday, March 23, 2003, the two-time defending 
NCAA National Collegiate Women’s Ice Hockey cham-
pion, 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 tour-
nament in each year of its existence; 
Whereas junior forward Jenny Potter was one of three final-
ists for the Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award, given annu-
ally 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 con-
secutive years, has been named a finalist for the Amer-
ican 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 dedica-
tion throughout the season toward the goal of winning 
the National Championship: Now, therefore, be it
Resolved, That the House of Representatives—
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(1) commends the University of Minnesota Du-
luth women’s hockey team for winning the NCAA 
2003 National Collegiate Women’s Ice Hockey 
Championship; 
(2) recognizes the achievements of all the 
team’s players, coaches, and support staff and in-
vites them to the United States Capitol Building to 
be honored; 
(3) requests that the President recognize the 
achievements of the University of Minnesota Duluth 
women’s hockey team and invite them to the White 
House for an appropriate ceremony honoring a na-
tional championship team; and 
(4) directs the Clerk of the House of Represent-
atives to make available enrolled copies of this reso-
lution to the University of Minnesota Duluth for ap-
propriate display and to transmit an enrolled copy of 
this resolution to each coach and member of the 
NCAA 2003 National Collegiate Women’s Ice Hock-
ey Championship team.
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