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| 10 | 10 | | F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S |
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| 12 | 12 | | House Resolution 1 |
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| 13 | 13 | | A resolution commending the Tampa Bay Lightning for 2 |
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| 14 | 14 | | their outstanding performance in the 2020 -2021 3 |
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| 15 | 15 | | National Hockey League season and winning the Stanley 4 |
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| 16 | 16 | | Cup. 5 |
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| 18 | 18 | | WHEREAS, in Game 5 of the 2021 Stanley Cup Finals, the 7 |
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| 19 | 19 | | Tampa Bay Lightning defeated the Montreal Canadiens by a score 8 |
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| 20 | 20 | | of 1-0 at Amalie Arena in Tampa, and 9 |
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| 21 | 21 | | WHEREAS, over its 29 seasons, the Tampa Bay Lightning has 10 |
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| 22 | 22 | | made the Stanley Cup playoffs 13 times and advanced to the 11 |
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| 23 | 23 | | Stanley Cup Finals four times, where it has won three 12 |
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| 24 | 24 | | championships, and 13 |
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| 25 | 25 | | WHEREAS, the Tampa Bay Lightning won back -to-back titles in 14 |
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| 26 | 26 | | 2020 and 2021, making it the first team to do so since the 15 |
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| 27 | 27 | | Pittsburgh Penguins in 2016 and 2017 and inclu ding it in an 16 |
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| 28 | 28 | | elite group of fewer than 10 other franchises to accomplish such 17 |
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| 29 | 29 | | a feat, and 18 |
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| 30 | 30 | | WHEREAS, at a private team event on October 21, 2021, each 19 |
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| 31 | 31 | | member of the Tampa Bay Lightning was honored with the 20 |
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| 32 | 32 | | presentation of a spectacular championship ring in recognition 21 |
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| 33 | 33 | | of these two consecutive victories, boldly commemorating the 22 |
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| 34 | 34 | | team's place in Stanley Cup history, and 23 |
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| 43 | 43 | | F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S |
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| 45 | 45 | | WHEREAS, since the start of the 2014 -2015 season, no other 24 |
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| 46 | 46 | | National Hockey League team has won more regular season or 25 |
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| 47 | 47 | | playoff games than the Tampa Bay Lightning, and 26 |
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| 48 | 48 | | WHEREAS, the Tampa Bay Lightning's 2021 Stanley Cup victory 27 |
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| 49 | 49 | | brings to Tampa Bay and the State of Florida the oldest 28 |
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| 50 | 50 | | professional sports trophy in North America, which was named 29 |
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| 51 | 51 | | after Lord Stanley of Preston and is among the most famous 30 |
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| 52 | 52 | | trophies in the sporting world, NOW, THEREFORE, 31 |
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| 54 | 54 | | Be It Resolved by the House of Representatives of the State of 33 |
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| 55 | 55 | | Florida: 34 |
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| 57 | 57 | | That the Tampa Bay Lightning players, coaches, managers, 36 |
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| 58 | 58 | | and owners are recognized and congratulated for winning the 2021 37 |
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| 59 | 59 | | Stanley Cup, making Tampa Bay, for the third time, the home of 38 |
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| 60 | 60 | | the best professional ice hockey team in North America. 39 |
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| 61 | 61 | | BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this resolution be 40 |
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| 62 | 62 | | presented to the Tampa Bay Lightning as a tangible token of the 41 |
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| 63 | 63 | | sentiments expressed herein. 42 |
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