A proclamation congratulating the Denver Outlaws for winning the 2016 Major League Lacrosse (MLL) Championship.
Excellent. Councilman Herndon, will you please read Proclamation 805? Yes, Mr. President, I am excited to read Proclamation 805 congratulating our Denver Outlaws for winning the 2016 Major League MLB, the cross shaped championship. Whereas The Denver Outlaws kicked off their inaugural season on May 22, 2006, and are an organization committed to not only winning Major League lacrosse championships, but to growing new lacrosse fans and to making a positive impact on Denver communities. And. Whereas, since their inaugural season, no team has appeared in more Major League lacrosse championship games than our Outlaws. And. WHEREAS, on August 21st, 2016, the Denver Outlaws rallied to defeat the Ohio Machine 1918 after trailing by seven goals at halftime to earn the franchise's second Major League lacrosse championship and return the Steinfeld trophy to Denver. And. WHEREAS, Denver, Denver native Eric Law was named MVP of the championship game after scoring the game winning goal with just 13 seconds left. And. WHEREAS, Head coach BJ O'Hara acknowledges that fan support has had a meaningful impact on the team, helping carry them through a challenging season and ultimately to the team's second championship in three years. Now, therefore, be it proclaimed by the Council of the City and County of Denver, Section one, that the Denver City Council congratulates. Mr. Pat Bowlen, owner of the Denver Outlaws. Head Coach B.J. O'Hara, President Mac Freeman, Director of Sales and Marketing, Ted Sing and the entire Denver Outlaws team and staff for winning the 2016 Major League Lacrosse Championship and bringing the Stanford Cup back to Denver. Section two that the clerk of the city and county of Denver will attest and affix the seal of the city and county of Denver to this proclamation and then a copy be transmitted to the Denver Outlaws franchise. Thank you, Councilman Herndon. Your motion to adopt. I move that proclamation 805 be adopted. It has been moved in second to comments by members of council councilman herndon. Thank you, Mr. President. And I said this a couple of council meetings ago. Name the last team to win a major championship in Denver and everybody scream Broncos. I was like, You're wrong. And I'm so excited about our Denver Outlaws because if you're familiar with Major League, the Cross, every team, with the exception of our outlaws, are on the East Coast because there is this perception mentality that lacrosse is an East Coast sport. Since 2006, when the Denver Outlaws joined the Major League Lacrosse League. Only one year had we not had the highest attendance for a single season game more championships appearances than any other team. This is a team that is committed to winning. We have a fan base that still supports their teams and is exciting to know that they are back bringing the Steinfeld trophy back to the mountain west to the mountain time zone. And I was we have the photo of their pitcher, which is just remarkable after they won. And so it's great to have our MVP, a Denver native here as well. So kudos to the team. Congratulations, Iowa. We did this two years ago. I got to hold the Steinfeld trophy. It is heavy and I'm excited about taking a photo after this proclamation holding and again can kudos to our team. Kudos to the franchise and really excited and I look forward to doing this proclamation every time. I wish I could give you a parade, but the very least I could bring for the proclamation. Thank you, Mr. President. Thank you. Thank you, Madam Secretary. Roll call. Herndon, I. Oh, sorry, Mr. Herndon. I. Can. I can eat. I knew Ortega Sussman, Black Eye Clark Espinosa. Flynn, I. Gilmore, I. Mr. President. I. Please close the voting, announce results. 12 Eyes. 12 eyes. Proclamation 805 has been adopted. Councilman Herndon, is there someone that you would like to call up? Yes, Mr. President, I'd like to invite Ted Singh, director in sales and marketing for the Denver Outlaws, as well as our championship game MVP, Erick La. Thank you guys for having us. Wow. That is a big trophy. Just want to say thank you, Councilman, for all the kind words. It's pretty cool to be a Denver homegrown boy and being able to stand up here and be named Most Valuable Player, the championship game, something that you never would've thought ever happen in your life. And to bring another championship back home to Denver that thrives on championships and winning. And and I think any of this would be done without our owner, Pat Boone, and and all the things that he's done, not only for us as the Denver outlaws, but he was a major contributor and helping Major League lacrosse grow and kind of helping our vision of bringing across the main stage and and like you said, bringing the cross that's been conceived to such an East Coast sport and bring it out west and be one of the local guys that that can say that that we're the champions and we're the best team in the world is nothing but an honor. So thank you all. Thank you. I just wanted to add a few things kind of for those who kind of haven't followed our season this year. This team started like, like every year we, we start with. The aspirations to win a championship. Two years ago, we certainly were excited to win our first championship this year. Started off not so well for us. We. We got off to a two and six start and there were no thoughts of, you know. This trophy coming back to Denver at that point. But it's the. Testament of. The team, the coaches and the players. They believed in. Themselves and they kept. Fighting and they kept winning game after game. After game until it became a reality of us winning eight. Straight. Games and then certainly winning another championship and bringing it back to Denver. So we're extremely excited for. Where we're at with them with another championship and hopefully. More to come and being back here next. Year again for another proclamation. So thank you guys so much for having us. Congratulations. Ten trophies is impressive, I'm telling you. Okay. Last proclamation of the evening council. Martell, will you please read Proclamation 806?