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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2014

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S E N A T E   R E S O L U T I O N

CONGRATULATING THE CRANSTON HIGH SCHOOL WEST BOYS' HOCKEY TEAM

ON WINNING THE 2013-2014 RHODE ISLAND BOYS' HOCKEY DIVISION I

CHAMPIONSHIP

     Introduced By: Senator Frank S.Lombardi

     Date Introduced: June 16, 2014

     Referred To: Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar

     WHEREAS, The Cranston High School West Boys' Hockey Team rode a late season hot

streak to win their first State Championship since 2009, when they won the Division I-A Title;

and

     WHEREAS, After winning their last two regular season games and sweeping Coventry in

the playoff semi-finals, Cranston West faced Burrillville for the Championship in a hard-fought

three game series; and

     WHEREAS, After winning game one convincingly by the score of 6-3, and dropping

game two 5-4, the Cranston West Falcons, with everything on the line, arguably played their best

game of the season, and defeated Burrillville 3-0 in the deciding game of the series at Brown

University's Meehan Auditorium to win the Division I State Title; and

     WHEREAS, In the deciding game, Junior goaltender Anthony Lancellotti, along with

defensemen Rudy Branca, Ryan Beliveau, Matt Botelho and Adam Turenne, shut the door on

Burrillville's attackers, not allowing a single goal. Sophomore forward Austin Alzate scored two

clutch goals and Ryan Beliveau scored an empty net goal to clinch the game and the State

Championship for Cranston West; and

     WHEREAS, Winning a State Title in any team sport requires that everyone on the team

be completely committed towards the proposition that personal goals come secondary to what is

best for the team, and the Cranston West Boys' Hockey Team were filled with young men such as

Patrick J. Bowry, Patrick Bowry, Alfred D. Colby, David M. Cushman, Jared J. DiFusco,

Zachary C. French, Matthew J. Fryer, Nathan F. Magner, Joseph Mee, Robert J. Russell, Hunter

A. Sampson, Ryan J. Santosuosso, Matthew J. Sepe, Chad W. Silvia, Anthony Lancellotti,

Captain Rudolph Branca, Zachary N. Torres, Brian Limoges, Nicholas W. Kopsick, Austin A.

Alzate, Ryan J. Beliveau, Ryan Perry, Captain Adam Turenne, Captain Anthony Simeone,

Mitchell D. Smith, Captain John Zito, Jacob R. Pagnozzi, Samuel G. Dulieu, Travis Collins,

Christopher Vicario, Matthew Botelho, William Santosuosso, Kyle B. Poland, and Andrew T.

Phillips, who gave everything they had in support of team goals; and

     WHEREAS, Winning a State Title in a team sport is also dependent upon having a

coaching staff that has the ability to motivate its team to get the most out of each player's

potential, as well as being skilled in game strategies and incorporating innovative training

techniques to keep each player sharp and prepared for every game. Cranston West Head Coach

Michael Boyajian and Assistant Coach Matthew Brannon were both quite skilled in their

coaching abilities and proved to be superb leaders and teachers of these young men; now,

therefore be it

     RESOLVED, That this Senate of the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations

hereby congratulates the Cranston West Boys' Hockey Team on winning the 2013-2014 Rhode

Island Boys' Hockey Division I Championship; and be it further

     RESOLVED, That the Secretary of State be and hereby is authorized and directed to

transmit a duly certified copy of this resolution to Cranston West Boys' Hockey Head Coach

Michael Boyajian.

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