The truth is everybody wants to drive it.” Every kid loves the Zamboni, even the big kids. “It’s something being driven on the ice, a machine on wheels, it’s just something different,” he told. Steven Galyean, who steers for the Carolina Thunderbirds of the Federal League, tried to convey the contraption’s unusual romance for spectators.
He joined Wayne Gretzky, Sidney Crosby, NASCAR’s Richard Petty and Peanuts characters Snoopy and Woodstock as instantly famous drivers. “It’s hard to believe it has been as successful as it has,” company president Richard Zamboni told the Toronto Sun in a previous interview from his office in Paramount, Calif.Īyres went from his Zamboni machine perch at the Mattamy Centre in Toronto (old Maple Leaf Gardens) to Hockey Hall Of Fame recognition in barely 28 minutes as the 43-year-old stepped in as an emergency goalie for the Carolina Hurricanes in a win over the Leafs. For nine decades, it has been the first on the ice every day and last off, still doing laps around everyone. Trailing the bulky beast with its top speed of 15.6 km/h, there’s a surprising history, a lot of water under the blade.
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(Feb.Since David Ayres has cast the humble Zamboni machine driver in a heroic light, time for a close-up of the iconic ice-grooming machine that’s melded in hockey culture. "Zamboni machines' fumes can harm skaters, study says." The Seattle Times. "Sarah Palin: 'I've always wanted a son named Zamboni.'" New York Magazine. "Olympics clear the ice with Zamboni." Yahoo! Sports. "Olympic ice machine malfunctions an issue of maintenance, not design: manufacturer." Resurfice Corp. "Every 'Peanuts' strip featuring a Zamboni." Pop Bunker. "Google Doodle celebrates Frank Zamboni's ice-resurfacing machine." Los Angeles Times. "Zamboni takes Winter Olympics ice resurfacer controversy way too seriously." Jalopnik. "21 Questions with Zamboni Paul." Fort Wayne Insider. "Obituaries: Frank Zamboni." Los Angeles Times. "My other car is a Zamboni." ESPN The Magazine.
"At 2010 Games, ice rinks will be greener." The New York Times. "Burton manufacturing company retools its image to advanced manufacturing." Michigan Live. "Burton company's Icecat could prowl an ice rink near you." Michigan Live. "As economy stumbles, Zamboni glides on." The New York Times. A man who is well-deserving of his doodle. It's rare to find an inventor, manufacturer and businessman who is successful in all ventures, and you can't help appreciating his determination to create the right machine for his own rink. Originally Published: Author's Note: How Zambonis WorkĪlthough vaguely aware that Zamboni was a person, I found myself charmed by the can-do legend of Frank J.
The doodle came in honor of what would've been Zamboni's 112th birthday, on Jan. Using the keyboard to direct the machine, you become the Zamboni driver who must resurface all the ice to a clean polish. (The Google Doodles are artistic interpretations of Google's logo seen on its web pages.) This doodle was a playable game, where hockey players come out of the graphic to scratch the ice with frantic skating. Zamboni no doubt came in 2013 when Google paid tribute to the man and his invention in a Google Doodle. He often name-checked Zambonis (or showed ice resurfacers in general) in the beloved strip featuring Charlie Brown and friends.Ī crowning achievement for Frank J. Schulz was a hockey enthusiast and owned his own rink in Santa Rosa, Calif. The Zamboni Company was quick to send out a release that made sure to note that these were not Zamboni brand machines, but it's easy to see why the company would have a love/hate relationship with being the common term for the product.īut you can't deny that there are some pretty cool references to the Zamboni brand in pop culture. (They later trucked in Zamboni-brand machines from Calgary to get the job done.) But when the Olympia machines malfunctioned (the company cited maintenance issues, not manufacturing flaws), all everyone could talk about was the failure of the. landed the contract to bring its electric resurfacers to the Vancouver Olympics in 2010, Zamboni couldn't have been too pleased to be shunned for the Canadian Resurfice's Olympia brand.
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