SJR26,1,43 Whereas, the University of Wisconsin–Eau Claire Blugold men's hockey team
4won the 2012–13 NCAA Division III men's hockey national championship; and

SJR26,1,75 Whereas, the Blugold men's hockey team's season record of 24–5–2 was the best
6season record in program history, earning the team the WAC conference
7championship title; and

SJR26,1,108 Whereas, the Blugolds earned a spot in the NCAA tournament ranked fourth
9in the nation, and after defeating St. John's and St. Norbert's, the Blugolds entered
10their first NCAA Frozen Four; and

SJR26,1,1211 Whereas, in the Frozen Four the Blugolds defeated Utica College and went on
12to face the Oswego State Lakers in the national championship game; and

SJR26,1,1513 Whereas, on March 16, 2013, at the Herb Brooks Memorial Arena in Lake
14Placid, New York, the Blugold men's hockey team beat the Lakers with a score of 5–3
15to win the NCAA Division III men's hockey national championship; and

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1Whereas, this was the first national championship for the UW–Eau Claire
2men's hockey team as members of the NCAA and the second national championship
3in program history; and

SJR26,2,54 Whereas, head coach Matt Loen was voted the USCHO Division III Coach of the
5Year; and

SJR26,2,76 Whereas, three Blugold players were named to the CCM Division III
7All-American First Team and to the All-USCHO team; and

SJR26,2,118 Whereas, the UW–Eau Claire men's hockey team, through its extraordinary
9performance and record-setting season, exemplifies the university's motto of
10"excellence," and has made its university and community very proud; now, therefore,
11be it