SJR22,1,63 Whereas, the 2008-09 University of Wisconsin women's hockey team won the
4NCAA Division I Women's Ice Hockey National Championship with a 5-0 victory
5over Mercyhurst on March 22, 2009, their third national championship in four years;
6and

SJR22,1,87 Whereas, the UW Women's hockey team is the only team to reach the NCAA
8title game in four straight seasons; and

SJR22,1,119 Whereas, the UW women's hockey team finished its championship season with
10a remarkable 33-2-5 record and ending the season with a nine-game winning streak
11and a twelve-game unbeaten streak; and

SJR22,1,1412 Whereas, the Badger women's hockey team finished just its tenth season as a
13varsity program with a winning record every season, including eight 20-win
14seasons, three 30-win seasons, and three NCAA championships; and

SJR22,2,5

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1Whereas, Badger senior Jessie Vetter was named the 2009 Patty Kazmaier
2Memorial Award winner and was tapped as the Frozen Four Most Outstanding
3Player for the second time. In the championship game, Vetter made 37 saves, the
4most stops in a shutout in UW history, and finished her collegiate career with an
5NCAA best 39 career shutouts and 91 victories; and

SJR22,2,96 Whereas, UW Head Coach Mark Johnson, the son of former Badger men's coach
7Bob Johnson and a gold medalist on the 1980 Olympic hockey team, now has seven
8Frozen Four wins, the second-most all time by a head coach and is only the second
9coach ever to win three NCAA championships; now, therefore, be it