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| THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA |
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION |
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| INTRODUCED BY PAYNE, BAKER, BARRAR, BEAR, BENNINGHOFF, BOBACK, BOYD, BRENNAN, BRIGGS, BUXTON, CLYMER, CONKLIN, D. COSTA, P. COSTA, CREIGHTON, FAIRCHILD, GABLER, GEORGE, GERGELY, GINGRICH, GODSHALL, HARKINS, HELM, HICKERNELL, M. KELLER, KILLION, KIRKLAND, KNOWLES, KORTZ, MAJOR, MARKOSEK, MARSHALL, MARSICO, MENSCH, MILLARD, MILLER, MOUL, MUSTIO, OBERLANDER, O'NEILL, PALLONE, PARKER, PASHINSKI, QUINN, READSHAW, REICHLEY, ROEBUCK, SANTONI, SAYLOR, SCAVELLO, SEIP, SIPTROTH, SOLOBAY, SONNEY, SWANGER, TALLMAN, VULAKOVICH, WATSON AND YOUNGBLOOD, JUNE 23, 2009 |
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| INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35, JUNE 23, 2009 |
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| A RESOLUTION |
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1 | Celebrating the success of the Hershey Bears 2008-2009 hockey |
2 | team in winning the American Hockey League championship on |
3 | Friday, June 12, 2009, and bringing the Calder Cup to Hershey |
4 | for the unprecedented tenth time in American Hockey League |
5 | history. |
6 | WHEREAS, The 2008-2009 professional ice hockey season ended |
7 | on June 12, 2009, with not one, but two Pennsylvania teams |
8 | bringing home their league's highly coveted trophies; and |
9 | WHEREAS, While in Detroit, Michigan, the Pittsburgh Penguins |
10 | were dispatching the favored Detroit Red Wings 2-1 to win the |
11 | National Hockey League's Stanley Cup and the Hershey Bears were |
12 | in Winnipeg, Canada, defeating the Manitoba Moose 4-1 and |
13 | proving which American Hockey League (AHL) team deserved to win |
14 | the AHL championship Calder Cup; and |
15 | WHEREAS, If Pennsylvania did not have an advanced case of |
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1 | hockey fever before the week started, it was on fire by Friday |
2 | evening, especially when both games ended in victory for our |
3 | beloved Pennsylvania teams; and |
4 | WHEREAS, Older than the Pittsburgh Penguins by three decades, |
5 | the Hershey Bears made history by winning the 2009 Calder Cup |
6 | for the tenth time, an unprecedented number of Calder Cup |
7 | victories; and |
8 | WHEREAS, A franchise of the Washington Capitals, the Hershey |
9 | Bears are managed by Doug Yingst, who has been with the |
10 | organization for 27 years, and coached by Bob Woods, who took |
11 | the reins midseason in 2007; and |
12 | WHEREAS, Mr. Woods has the distinction of being a part of |
13 | Hershey's Calder Cup wins as a player from 1996 to 1997, as an |
14 | assistant coach from 2005 to 2006 and as head coach from 2008 to |
15 | 2009; and |
16 | WHEREAS, A record of 52 wins against 31 losses during the |
17 | regular season sealed Hershey's slot in the playoffs, which |
18 | began on April 16 and ended with a 4-0 game series over the |
19 | Philadelphia Phantoms; and |
20 | WHEREAS, The next series of games in the playoffs against the |
21 | Wilkes-Barre Scranton Penguins, a franchise of the 2009 Stanley |
22 | Cup winners, proved to be Hershey's toughest opponent, as |
23 | Hershey emerged from being down 2-3 in the series to advancing |
24 | after winning the series 4-3; and |
25 | WHEREAS, After the Penguins, the Bears dispatched the |
26 | Providence Bruins in a 4-1 series, winning the last three games |
27 | on the Bruins' home ice; and |
28 | WHEREAS, The final matchup series began on May 30 against the |
29 | Manitoba Moose and ended June 12 on Manitoba ice with the Bears |
30 | winning a 4-2 series and outscoring the Moose 4-1 in the final |
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1 | game; and |
2 | WHEREAS, Bruised, sore, tired and full of stitches, the |
3 | Hershey Bears playoff team brought home "the Cup" to cheering |
4 | fans for an unprecedented tenth time in AHL history; and |
5 | WHEREAS, The playoff roster consists of #1 Daren Machesney, |
6 | #2 Patrick McNeill, #4 John Carlson, #5 Tyler Sloan, #6 Sean |
7 | Collins, #7 Karl Alzner, #10 Andrew Gordon, #11 Keith Aucoin, |
8 | #12 Alexandre Giroux, #13 Steve Pinizzotto, #14 Jay Beagle, #15 |
9 | Stefan Della Rovere, #17 Chris Bourque, #18 Kyle Wilson, #19 |
10 | Darren Reid, #20 Bryan Helmer, #21 Graham Mink, #22 Francois |
11 | Bouchard, #23 Andrew Joudrey, #24 Mathieu Perreault, #26 Quintin |
12 | Laing, #27 Grant McNeill, #28 Staffan Kronwall, #29 Dean Arsene, |
13 | #30 Michal Neuvirth, #32 Greg Amadio, #35 Braden Holtby, #36 |
14 | Oskar Osala, #37 Sami Lepisto and #39 Kip Brennan; and |
15 | WHEREAS, While winning the 2009 Calder Cup was an outstanding |
16 | team effort through and through, the leadership of team captain |
17 | Bryan Helmer must be noted, as well as the great skills of Alex |
18 | Giroux, the AHL 2008-2009 scoring leader, 60 regular season and |
19 | 15 playoffs, and the AHL 2008-2009 season's Most Valuable |
20 | Player, and of rookie goalie and MVP of the playoffs, Michal |
21 | Neuvirth; and |
22 | WHEREAS, The town of Hershey is once again known as |
23 | "Hockeytown" to the delight of Pennsylvania ice hockey fans; |
24 | therefore be it |
25 | RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives celebrate the |
26 | success of the Hershey Bears 2008-2009 American Hockey League |
27 | team in winning the AHL championship on Friday, June 12, 2009, |
28 | and bringing the Calder Cup to Hershey for the unprecedented |
29 | tenth time in AHL history. |
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