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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | |
IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY | |
JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2025 | |
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H O U S E R E S O L U T I O N | |
CONGRATULATING THE EAST GREENWICH/TOLL GATE CO-OP BOYS ICE HOCKEY | |
TEAM ON WINNING THE 2024-2025 DIVISION II ICE HOCKEY CHAMPIONSHIP | |
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Introduced By: Representatives Shanley, Bennett, Shekarchi, Blazejewski, Caldwell, | |
Date Introduced: May 29, 2025 | |
Referred To: House read and passed | |
1 | WHEREAS, Only in its second year as a combined team, the East Greenwich/Toll Gate |
2 | Boys Ice Hockey team put together a season that will be long remembered in the history of Rhode |
3 | Island interscholastic athletics, as they compiled an outstanding 22-2 overall record on their way |
4 | to winning the State Championship; and |
5 | WHEREAS, The East Greenwich/Toll Gate Boys Ice Hockey Team entered the 2024- |
6 | 2025 Rhode Island Interscholastic League Division II Boys Ice Hockey Tournament as the |
7 | number one seed after a dominating performance during the regular season where they set |
8 | themselves apart as the best team in the league all season. In the first round of the playoffs, East |
9 | Greenwich/Toll Gate easily dispatched North Kingstown in a twogame sweep, by the scores of |
10 | 4-1 and 5-3 to advance to the semi-finals where they faced Cumberland. In a hard-fought game, |
11 | East Greenwich/Toll Gate shut out Cumberland by the score of 2-0 to advance to the |
12 | Championship game; and |
13 | WHEREAS, In a thrilling back and forth title game against archrival Portsmouth, East |
14 | Greenwich/Toll Gate secured the victory and State Title in overtime thanks to a clutch goal |
15 | scored by the Most Valuable Player of the Tournament, Jack Kiernan, 35 seconds into overtime. |
16 | East Greenwich/Toll Gate also prevailed in large part thanks to outstanding goaltending provided |
17 | by Wyatt Gelzhiser, who made 33 saves; and |
18 | WHEREAS, Winning a State Championship is an immense achievement that can only be |
19 | accomplished if every player on the team gives their all and puts team needs ahead of personal |
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1 | aspirations. The championship East Greenwich/Toll Gate Boys Ice Hockey Team had those |
2 | qualities in abundance as they were led all season by the outstanding play provided by Frank |
3 | Cronin, Garrett Carney, Austen Dufresne, Nick Woods, Cam Rennick, Zach Lapierre, Brady |
4 | Parks, Joey Andreozzi, Jack Kiernan, John Proulx, Caleb Carpenter, Brady Amaral, Brendan |
5 | Darcey, Cam Smith, Markus Rowe, Brady Slinn, Anthony Mazzeo, Timmy Madden, Cael |
6 | Shanley, Wyatt Gelzhiser, Jeremy Nava, Leo Zielinski, Joey Bierwirth, Brady O'Brien, Matthew |
7 | Lourenco, Trevor DeRobbio, Gianni Petrarca, and Zach Pacheco. The East Greenwich/Toll Gate |
8 | Co-Op Boys Ice Hockey Team also benefitted this season as a result of the inspiring leadership |
9 | and outstanding coaching provided by Head Coach, Jeff Giusti, and Assistant Coach, Max |
10 | Hagenburg; now, therefore be it |
11 | RESOLVED, That this House of Representatives of the State of Rhode Island hereby |
12 | heartily congratulates the East Greenwich/Toll Gate Co-Op Boys Ice Hockey team on winning |
13 | the 2024-2025 Division II Ice Hockey Championship; and be it further |
14 | RESOLVED, That the Secretary of State be and hereby is authorized and directed to |
15 | transmit a duly certified copy of this resolution to East Greenwich/Toll Gate Co-Op Boys Ice |
16 | Hockey Head Coach, Jeff Giusti. |
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