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.

Bill: 118-sres-189
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT]
Introduced: 2023-05-02
Policy area: Sports and Recreation
Subjects: Congressional tributes

Connecticut

School athletics
Latest action: action_date: 2023-05-02
text: Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S1467; text: CR S1466-1467)

Summaries:
action_date: 2023-05-02
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p>This resolution commends the Quinnipiac University men's hockey team for winning the 2023 National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I Men's Hockey National Championship.</p>

action_date: 2023-05-02
action_desc: Passed Senate
text: <p>This resolution commends the Quinnipiac University men's hockey team for winning the 2023 National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I Men's Hockey National Championship.</p>

tv_txt: III 118th CONGRESS 1st Session S. RES. 189 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 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

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.