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.

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