February 12, 2001

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

RinkChat, NH - The RinkAwards nominations will be announced live in Mountain Stream, RinkChat, on Feb. 20, at 9 p.m. EST, the day after the first round of voting closes. After the live announcement, the nominations will be posted on the web on the RinkAwards site, located at http://www.rinkworks.com/oldrinkchat/awards/.

On Feb. 22, the second and final round of voting will commence, in which voters will pick a winner from the pool of nominated entrants in each category. The final round of voting will end on March 26, and the RinkAwards ceremony will take place that weekend, the exact time and date to be decided.

The impending nominations announcement will be an exciting time for the RinkAwards. Voters, some of whom cast their ballots four weeks ago, will finally learn if their favorites made the cut. Thereafter, office pools and other RinkAwards prediction games will begin all across the globe.

Voters have just one week left to cast their ballots for the nominations.