Andy Slater of Florida Wins $250,000 in 2004 Nextel/NHL Stanley Cup Challenge; Nextel Donates $25,000 to NHL Diversity.Sports Editors/Business Editors/High-Tech Writers TAMPA, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 28, 2004 Andy Slater, 25, of Miami, Fla. today won $250,000 by scoring a goal on Washington Capitals goaltender Olaf Kolzig, in the finals of the Nextel/NHL Stanley Cup Challenge. The shot took place on ice during the first intermission of Game 2 of the Stanley Cup Final, and was the culmination of a national, three-month competition. "This was a heck of an opportunity and a once in a lifetime chance, a dream come true," said Slater. "I have been practicing a top-shelf, short side shot. The first thing I will do is probably buy a house." Slater, 25, from Miami, FL has been around hockey for the last five years. While attending Franklin Pierce College in New Hampshire New Hampshire, one of the New England states of the NE United States. It is bordered by Massachusetts (S), Vermont, with the Connecticut R. forming the boundary (W), the Canadian province of Quebec (NW), and Maine and a short strip of the Atlantic Ocean (E). , Slater skated daily with the college's club hockey team. He's a wholesaler for a consumer electronics company based in Miami. With coaching tips from Hockey Hall of Famer Phil Esposito, Slater had just the right touch to get one by Kolzig. "I had confidence in Andy that he could get it by Olaf," said Esposito. "I'm glad to see my last minute advice worked and am thrilled that he won $250,000." Slater earned the chance to score on Kolzig today by winning the National Semifinal Shootout Shootout Venture capital jargon. Refers to two or more venture capital firms fighting for the startup. competition that took place yesterday at the Tampa Bay Lightning The Tampa Bay Lightning is a professional ice hockey team based in Tampa, Florida, USA. It is a member of the Southeast Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League (NHL). practice facility. Twelve semifinalists earned a trip to Game 2 by winning a local shootout at one of their NHL NHL Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, see there team's home games. Participating teams were: Buffalo Sabres, Colorado Avalanche, Dallas Stars, Detroit Red Wings
The Detroit Red Wings are a professional ice hockey team based in Detroit, Michigan. , Florida Panthers, Minnesota Wild, Nashville Predators, New York Rangers The New York Rangers are a professional ice hockey team based in New York, New York, U.S.A. They are members of the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League (NHL). , Phoenix Coyotes, San Jose Sharks The San Jose Sharks are a professional ice hockey team based in San Jose, California, United States. They are members of the Pacific Division of the Western Conference of the National Hockey League (NHL). , Tampa Bay Lightning and Washington Capitals. Three additional winners were selected through a national pool of entries from select NHL team arenas, Nextel Retail Store locations and NHL.com. "We want to congratulate Andy on his accomplishment and we're pleased to present him with the big prize," said Michael Robichaud, senior director of sports and entertainment marketing for Nextel. "We were very happy to sponsor this program over the last three months and want to thank the NHL for helping make this competition a success." The $250,000 shot will be broadcast on ABC ABC in full American Broadcasting Co. Major U.S. television network. It began when the expanding national radio network NBC split into the separate Red and Blue networks in 1928. during Game 4 of the NHL Stanley Cup NHL Stanley Cup (known as Super Hockey in Europe [1])is an ice hockey video game developed by Sculptured Software for the Super NES. In the game, the player chooses a hockey team and then plays against either a computer or human player on an ice rink. Final on Monday, May 31. The program also benefited NHL Diversity, a part of the NHL Foundation, the National Hockey League's charitable and community relations organization. NHL Diversity provides support and unique programming to not-for-profit youth hockey organizations across North America that are committed to offering economically disadvantaged boys and girls boys and girls mercurialisannua. of all ages opportunities to play hockey. For every goal scored during the National Semifinal Shootout, Nextel donated $500 to benefit NHL Diversity. Today, Diane Rainey, Nextel Public Affairs Manager, donated a check totaling $25,000, representing all the goals scored during the National Semifinal Shootout competition. About NHL Diversity NHL Diversity is a part of the NHL Foundation, the National Hockey League's charitable and community relations organization. Founded in 1995, NHL Diversity provides support and unique programming to not-for-profit youth hockey organizations across North America that are committed to offering economically disadvantaged boys and girls of all ages opportunities to play hockey. There are approximately 32 inner-city, volunteer organizations in various stages of development that receive support from the National Hockey League National Hockey League (NHL) Organization of professional North American ice-hockey teams. The league was formed in 1917 by five Canadian teams; the first U.S. team, the Boston Bruins, was added in 1924. It today consists of 30 teams in two conferences and six divisions. . Since its inception, NHL Diversity has exposed more than 30,000 boys and girls to unique hockey experiences, including the annual Willie O'Ree All-Star Weekend and the NHL Diversity Hockey Scholarship Program. For more information on NHL Diversity, please contact the NHL at 212-789-2000 or via e-mail at nhldiversity@nhl.com. About Nextel Nextel Communications, a FORTUNE 200 company based in Reston, Va., is a leading provider of fully integrated wireless communications services and has built the largest guaranteed all-digital wireless network in the country covering thousands of communities across the United States. Today 95 percent of FORTUNE 500(R) companies are Nextel customers. Nextel and Nextel Partners, Inc. currently serve 295 of the top 300 U.S. markets where approximately 252 million people live or work. |
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