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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