At last weekend's Governor's Cup tourney at the
Knickerbacker^WPepsi^WTimes Union Arena in Albany, they used two
machines to resurface the ice. RPI has been doing this at the Field
House for a number of years.
In addition to doubling the available advertising space, this
(combined with the 15-minute halftime) increases the entertainment value:
- Will the two resurfacing machines crash?
- Puck shoots, tricycle races, figure skating demos...
So this brings up several questions:
- How many arenas use two resurfacers?
- Have two resurfacers ever crashed?
- When will figure skating introduce body checking?
Partial answer to the first item: "The NHL requires that two machines
resurface the ice between periods."
(http://entertainment.howstuffworks.com/ice-rink6.htm)
Zamboni is a trade name; for the sake of correctness, I've avoided
using it in this post as a noun. How many brands of ice resurfacing
machines are in active use?
Brands:
- Zamboni: http://www.zamboni.com/welcome.html
- Olympia: http://www.resurfice.com/
- Mulser: http://www.wm-mulser.com/sites/english/frameset.htm <- I'd
never heard of this one before doing a web search. One of their
units has an enclosed cab.
- Others?
Joe
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