Zamboni Creates Magic At Hockey Games To The Disappointment Of
By Johnny McKenzie, Thu Dec 8th

Frank Zamboni created the world’s first ice resurfacing machinein the 1940’s and today Zamboni is the official ice resurfacingmachine of the NHL as well as a magic saga.

For some reason the Zamboni often are more interesting to youngkids than the actual NHL they are watching.

Many are the parents who have bought expensive tickets to lettheir kids experience a NHL game just to find out that the kidsfind it more interesting to watch the Zamboni out on the iceduring the intermissions.

This must be very frustrating for a hockey loving dad who wantsto get a cup of coffee between periods to stand and watch theZamboni instead.

I actually remember one of the very first ice hockey games mydad brought me too. He met some old friends he hadn’t seen inquite a while and they agreed to have a chat during the firstintermission.

My dad never got to talk ice hockey with his old friends thatnight because I didn’t leave my seat during the first break. Ijust sat there and watched the Zamboni refresh the ice as if themachine was the greatest hero in the world.

When the second break came I agreed to leave real short for somepopcorn and dad was all happy to see his pals. His excitementsoon disappeared when we couldn’t find them and we returned toour seats for the third period.

Now I am a hockey loving dad myself and maybe one day I willhave the same trouble with my kid as dad had with me.

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