Atlanta Thrashers all-star right winger Dany Heatley has reached
an agreement with Electronic Arts, the world’s leading interactive software company,
to be the cover athlete and spokesman for its EA SPORTS™ NHL®
2004 game. Heatley’s image will be featured on NHL 2004 packaging and
merchandising.

“Being named a cover athlete for an EA SPORTS game is quickly becoming
one of the biggest honors in sports today, and I’m thrilled to be working with
EA on NHL 2004,” Heatley said. “I’ve been a fan of EA SPORTS’ NHL
series for years, and couldn’t be more excited about being part of the team
behind the #1 selling pro hockey video game franchise.” . . .

Dany Heatley is one of the fastest-rising young stars in the NHL® and was
named the 2001-2002 Rookie of the Year. At 22 years old, Heatley beat Wayne
Gretzky’s record as the youngest player to score a hat trick in an All-Star
game. He finished the 2002-2003 season as Atlanta’s all-time leading scorer
with 155 points, and was named the 2003 All Star Game MVP.

NHL 2004 is the 12th installment of the best-selling EA SPORTS NHL hockey franchise,
and is being developed by EA Canada. NHL 2004 will be available on the PlayStation®2
computer entertainment system, the Xboxâ„¢ video game system from Microsoft,
the Nintendo GameCubeâ„¢ and PC in September. The official home page for
NHL 2004 is www.nhl2004.com.

Electronic Arts’ EA SPORTS is the leading interactive sports software brand
in the world. Its top-selling titles and franchises include Madden NFL football,
NBA LIVE basketball, FIFA Soccer, NHL hockey, MVP Baseball™, NCAA® Football
and NASCAR Thunderâ„¢.

About Electronic Arts
Electronic Arts (EA), headquartered in Redwood City, California, is the world’s
leading interactive entertainment software company. Founded in 1982, Electronic
Arts posted revenues of $2.5 billion for fiscal 2003. The company develops,
publishes and distributes interactive software worldwide for video game systems,
personal computers and the Internet. Electronic Arts markets its products under
three brand names: EA SPORTSâ„¢, EA GAMESâ„¢, and EA SPORTS BIGâ„¢.
EA’s homepage and online game site is www.ea.com.
More information about EA’s products and full text of press releases can be
found on the Internet at http://info.ea.com.

Electronic Arts, EA SPORTS, EA GAMES, EA SPORTS BIG, and John Madden Football
are trademarks or registered trademarks of Electronic Arts Inc. in the U.S.
and/or other countries. NHL and the National Hockey League are registered trademarks
of the National Hockey League. All NHL logos and marks and team logos and marks
depicted herein are the property of the NHL and the respective teams and may
not be reproduced without the prior written consent of NHL Enterprises, L.P.
© 2003 NHL. All Rights Reserved. National Hockey League Players’ Association
and NHLPA are trademarks of the NHLPA and are used under license by Electronic
Arts Inc. © NHLPA. NFL, NBA, FIFA, NCAA, NASCAR, and NASCAR Thunder are trademarks
of their respective owners. PlayStation is a registered trademark of Sony Computer
Entertainment Inc. Nintendo GameCube is a trademark of Nintendo. Microsoft and
Xbox are either trademarks or registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation
in the U.S. and/or other countries and are used under license from Microsoft.
All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

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