Detroit Hockey Fans Have Spoken: We Want the Gladiators WHA Team to Be Known as Detroit Gladiators PONTIAC, Mich., June 30 /PRNewswire/ -- Detroit's newest hockey team, the Detroit franchise of the World Hockey Association, under the ownership of Senticore, Inc. (OTC:SNIO) (BULLETIN BOARD: SNIO) , will be called the Detroit Gladiators. The team announced its name following a week of online voting by fans. (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20040630/DEW024LOGO ) Fans were urged to vote online at http://www.senticore.com/ to cast a vote from among five finalists. The Gladiators was the fan favorite, leading the way with 32 percent of the vote. Other finalists were Detroit Cougars (28%), Detroit Demons (19%), Detroit Speed (13%) and Detroit Dynamos (8%). The Detroit Gladiators will take the ice this October in a newly-installed ice arena at the Pontiac Silverdome, where it will play its 38 home games in this inaugural season of the World Hockey Association. In conjunction with its name, the Detroit Gladiators also unveiled the team logo, which can be viewed at http://www.senticore.com/ . The logo, featuring a gladiator poised aggressively with hockey stick and shield in hand, will be featured prominently on the team's black and silver uniforms. The online team name voting poll also included a random drawing for a pair of season tickets. The winner of that first set of season tickets is Corey Haynes of Jackson, Mich. "We'd like to thank all the hockey fans of Detroit for helping us name the team," said Jay Patel, CEO, Senticore. "When the Gladiators storm the arena this fall, we'll have a team worthy of its name." Earlier this month, Moe Mantha was named head coach of the Gladiators. "With Moe at the helm and the draft coming up, the team is taking shape very quickly," said Patel. Season tickets are expected to go on sale following the July 10 WHA free agent and entry level draft. For more information, visit http://www.senticore.com/ or the league web site at http://www.worldhockeyassociation.net/ . http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20040630/DEW024LOGO http://photoarchive.ap.org/ DATASOURCE: Detroit Gladiators CONTACT: Kelly Smallegan-Maas, +1-616-235-9581, , or Lee Ann Welsh, +1-248-471-2809, , both for Detroit Gladiators Web site: http://www.senticore.com/ http://www.worldhockeyassociation.net/

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