,,iii #aaeth ,,congress #ast ,session ,s4 ,,res4 #bci ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of ,,the ,,united ,,states ,august #a1 #bjag ,mr4 ,casey 7for himself and ,mr4 ,toomey7 submitted the following resolution2 which was considered and agreed to ,,resolution ,congratulating the ,pittsburgh ,penguins for winning the #bjag ,stanley ,cup hockey championship4 ,whereas on ,june #aa1 #bjag1 the ,pittsburgh ,penguins won the #bjag ,stanley ,cup hockey championship2 ,whereas the ,penguins1 in their #ejth year playing in the ,national ,hockey ,league 7referred to in this preamble as ,,nhl71 won their fifth ,stanley ,cup2 ,whereas the ,penguins defeated the ,western ,conference ,champion ,nashville ,predators in the ,stanley ,cup ,finals1 clinching the series with #d wins and #b losses2 ,whereas the ,penguins are the only ,,nhl team to win back-to-back ,stanley ,cup championships since the ,,nhl instituted salary caps in #bjje and the first team to do so since #aiih2 ,whereas the ,penguins endured #c tough opponents en route to the championship1 defeating the ,columbus ,blue ,jackets1 the ,washington ,capitals1 and the ,ottawa ,senators to clinch the ,eastern ,conference title and win their sixth ,prince of ,wales ,trophy2 ,whereas the city of ,pittsburgh is fittingly nicknamed ,the ,city of ,champions1 highlighting the success of ,pittsburgh professional sports teams1 which have tallied #af championships2 ,whereas ,,nhl ,hall of ,famer ,mario ,lemieux and ,ron ,burkle have jointly owned the team for #ah years1 saving the ,penguins from relocation and maintaining the team for the city of ,pittsburgh2 ,whereas longtime ,penguins radio announcer ,mike ,lange is beloved by loyal fans of the team for such expressions as ,lord ,stanley1 ,lord ,stanley1 get me the brandy2 ,whereas ,penguins ,captain ,sidney ,crosby1 who has shown immense leadership1 commitment to the team1 and unparalleled skill throughout his outstanding career1 was awarded the ,conn ,smythe ,trophy as the #bjag ,,nhl ,playoffs ,most ,valuable ,player1 his second ,conn ,smythe ,trophy in #b years2 ,whereas goaltender ,matt ,murray dazzled throughout the playoffs1 becoming the first goaltender to win #b ,stanley ,cups as a rookie1 shutting out the ,nashville ,predators for the final #abf minutes1 #eb seconds1 and setting a rookie record with #b shutouts in the ,final series2 ,whereas goaltender ,marc-,andre ,fleury contributed to the defensive prowess of the team throughout the ,stanley ,cup ,playoffs1 playing in #ae games1 including a memorable shutout performance in ,game #g of the ,eastern ,conference ,second ,round2 and ,whereas the entire ,penguins roster contributed to the ,stanley ,cup victory1 including ,josh ,archibald1 ,nick ,bonino1 ,sidney ,crosby1 ,matt ,cullen1 ,jean-,sebastien ,dea1 ,jake ,guentzel1 ,carl ,hagelin1 ,patric ,hornqvist1 ,phil ,kessel1 ,tom ,kuhnhackl1 ,chris ,kunitz1 ,evgeni ,malkin1 ,kevin ,porter1 ,carter ,rowney1 ,bryan ,rust1 ,tom ,sestito1 ,conor ,sheary1 ,dominik ,simon1 ,daniel ,sprong1 ,oskar ,sundqvist1 ,garrett ,wilson1 ,scott ,wilson1 ,ian ,cole1 ,frank ,corrado1 ,trevor ,daley1 ,brian ,dumoulin1 ,cameron ,gaunce1 ,ron ,hainsey1 ,kris ,letang1 ,olli ,maatta1 ,derrick ,pouliot1 ,chad ,ruhwedel1 ,justin ,schultz1 ,mark ,streit1 ,david ,warsofsky1 ,marc-,andre ,fleury1 ,tristan ,jarry1 ,sean ,maguire1 and ,matt ,murray3 ,now1 therefore1 be it ,that the ,senate-- 7#a7 congratulates the ,pittsburgh ,penguins and the loyal fans of the ,penguins for becoming the #bjag ,national ,hockey ,league ,stanley ,cup champions2 and 7#b7 respectfully directs the ,secretary of the ,senate to transmit an enrolled copy of this resolution to-- 7,a7 the co-owners of the ,pittsburgh ,penguins1 ,mario ,lemieux and ,ron ,burkle1 jointly2 7,b7 the ,president of the ,pittsburgh ,penguins1 ,david ,morehouse2 and 7,c7 the ,head ,coach of the ,pittsburgh ,penguins1 ,mike ,sullivan4