Bill Text: IL HR0976 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Congratulates the Marmion Academy hockey team, the Cadets, on winning the Varsity White division for the 2018 Illinois State High School Hockey Championship.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: (Passed) 2018-04-11 - Resolution Adopted [HR0976 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2017-HR0976-Introduced.html
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| 1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | ||||||
| 3 | Representatives wish to congratulate the Marmion Academy | ||||||
| 4 | hockey team, the Cadets, on winning the Varsity White division | ||||||
| 5 | for the 2018 Illinois State High School Hockey Championship; | ||||||
| 6 | and
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| 7 | WHEREAS, The Cadets defeated the New Trier Gray in overtime | ||||||
| 8 | March
16, 2018; and
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| 9 | WHEREAS, The Marmion Academy hockey program was born out of | ||||||
| 10 | a chance encounter between the program's
founder, Dan Heckle, | ||||||
| 11 | and a young man at an ice rink in 2013-14 wearing a Marmion | ||||||
| 12 | shirt, when Dan learned
that Marmion did not have their own | ||||||
| 13 | hockey team at that time; and
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| 14 | WHEREAS, A couple of years later, when Dan Heckle began | ||||||
| 15 | working at Marmion Academy, he learned that dozens of highly | ||||||
| 16 | talented
hockey players have graduated or attended Marmion | ||||||
| 17 | through the years; he garnered support from the
Head of School, | ||||||
| 18 | Mr. Tinerella, and worked with alumni from the Chicago Catholic | ||||||
| 19 | Hockey League; he received an outpouring of support from | ||||||
| 20 | leaders of the Chicago area hockey community; and
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| 21 | WHEREAS, With the support of the monks and the | ||||||
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| 1 | administration at Marmion Academy, Dan Heckle and his team | ||||||
| 2 | obtained a charter for Marmion
through the Amateur Hockey | ||||||
| 3 | Association of Illinois; along with then-coach Chris Imes, a | ||||||
| 4 | 1994 U.S.
Olympian, and two hockey players and Marmion alumni, | ||||||
| 5 | Nick and Jake Leon, the Cadets had a staff to
lead the way, | ||||||
| 6 | with Imes coaching for two seasons; and
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| 7 | WHEREAS, For the 2016 season, the program joined the CCHL | ||||||
| 8 | (Chicago Catholic Hockey League) and today play
against some of | ||||||
| 9 | the state's toughest competition; and
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| 10 | WHEREAS, Two words summarize how Marmion Academy's hockey | ||||||
| 11 | program has ascended to heights not seemingly possible
to those | ||||||
| 12 | on the outside - "The Brotherhood"; and
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| 13 | WHEREAS, While four teammates are actual siblings, wearing | ||||||
| 14 | the Cadets name on the back of their hockey sweaters
bolstered | ||||||
| 15 | school pride to another level for all of the young men; and
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| 16 | WHEREAS, Under first year coach Michael Perillo, the team | ||||||
| 17 | finished as state champions with a final record of
26 wins, 3 | ||||||
| 18 | losses, and one tie; and
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| 19 | WHEREAS, The Cadets chemistry, trust, and ability to remain | ||||||
| 20 | level-headed was undeniably a factor in their 1 to 1
overtime | ||||||
| 21 | state championship game against New Trier, ultimately winning 2 | ||||||
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| 1 | to 1 over one of the state's
strongest hockey programs; and
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| 2 | WHEREAS, The Cadets are Mark Picchietti, Andrew Galle, | ||||||
| 3 | Sammy Greco, Matthew Sitar, Logan
Gayton, Cole Hostasa, | ||||||
| 4 | Nicholas Greco, Dylan Foster, Gino Viscomi, Aaron Munson, Sean | ||||||
| 5 | Gillian, Jacob
Carlson, Collin Ayres, Sean Galle, Henry Walton, | ||||||
| 6 | Tom Nowicki, Zachary Dietz, and Andrew Madej; the assistant | ||||||
| 7 | coaches are Greg Sauers, Jared Weaver, and Graham Mosey; the | ||||||
| 8 | strength coach is Joe Koup; therefore, be it
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| 9 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | ||||||
| 10 | HUNDREDTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | ||||||
| 11 | congratulate the Marmion Academy hockey team, the Cadets, on | ||||||
| 12 | winning the Varsity White division for the 2018 Illinois State | ||||||
| 13 | High School Hockey Championship, and we recognize Cadets, both | ||||||
| 14 | past and present, for their outstanding achievements; and be it | ||||||
| 15 | further
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| 16 | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | ||||||
| 17 | presented to the Cadets and their coaches as a symbol of our | ||||||
| 18 | respect and esteem.
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