November 1, 2005

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – On Wednesday, November 2, the New York Stock Exchange will mark the 100-day countdown to the 2006 Olympic Winter Games with the ringing of the opening bell by 2005-06 U.S. Women’s Hockey Team members Tricia Dunn-Luoma, Natalie Darwitz, Kelly Stephens and Pam Dreyer.

Dunn-Luoma (Derry, N.H.) is a two-time Olympic medalist – gold in 1998 and silver in 2002. Darwitz (Eagan, Minn.), a 2002 Olympic silver medalist, was a member of the 2005 U.S. Women’s National Ice Hockey Team that won the gold medal at the International Ice Hockey Federation’s Women’s World Championship last April by defeating longtime rival and reigning champion Canada. Stephens (Seattle, Wash.) was also a member of the team that brought home the first-ever women’s World title for the USA. Dreyer (Eagle River Alaska) made her first appearance on a U.S. Women’s National Team in 2004.

The Games of the XX Olympiad will open February 10, 2006 in Torino, Italy.

For more information, please contact the USOC’s Media & Public Relations Division at (719) 866-4529.