Zamboni explodes; fire destroys arena

MPLS Star & Sickle ^ | 12-20-04 | Larry Oakes

[Betis70]

Another oddity in the story--it says there were 'spectators'. I mean it's a broomball game, are you all really that starved for Wild hockey that you would watch one of these things?

;-)

[Quix]

Love it.

THX.

[Lazamataz]

Zamboni explodes; fire destroys arena

Al Qaeda meets Canada.

[inkling]

I live in Phoenix, but my parents are from Sault Ste. Marie, Mich. My dad went to Lake Superior State and they usually are among the best in collegiate hockey. Duluth reminded me a lot of the Soo – similar old industrial feel and wonderful people.

[Quix]

Welllllll,

after the first 20 minutes, Zamphir can sure become torture.

[70times7]

Ever consider what a Zamboni runs on (besides ice, that is)?

[Arthalion]

Yep, I watched a forklift detonate once after an accident left it in the middle of a burning pile of pallets. They got us all WAY back, but the blast was still pretty impressive when that baby went up...and we were OUTSIDE. I can't imagine how powerful that blast must have been in a confined indoor space.

Propane/LNG explosions are nothing to laugh at.

[70times7]

That would be the zevendies...

[70times7]

What the heck were people doing on the ice when the Zamboni was resurfacing?

From the article: "It looked like the Zamboni doors flew off onto the ice," a player told KDLH-TV in Duluth, referring to the doors of the enclosure in which the Zamboni sat while waiting to go on to the ice.

[inkling]

I have to say that "Exploding Zambonis" would be a sweet band name.

[Hatteras]

The Zamboni had finished clearing the ice and was parked off the ice behind the swinging doors to the ice rink. When the explosion occurred, it blew the swinging doors off their hinges and they flew across the ice hitting a few of the (ahem) "athletes".

[GOP_Proud]

ShaZAM!

[Betis70]

Ah ok, missed that part. Thanks.

[Hat-Trick]

What the heck were people doing on the ice when the Zamboni was resurfacing? No rink I have been to allows people to stay on the ice (probably for liability reasons), and they certainly don't resurface in the middle of a game. I guess they do thing different up in Bulldog country.

Great question, and kinda surprising policy from a rink located in the State of Hockey. A couple of years ago during intermission at a game of our local NCAA D1 team, they have this celebrity/mascot broom-ball melee with probably 30 different mascots against the people from that night's game sponsor - literally over 40 people on the ice with 4-5 different balls on the ice as well. It starts to run late, and the Zamboni's come on the ice and start resurfacing while the idiots are still playing broom-ball. It's pretty much chaos. One of the sponsors slips on the ice, cracks his melon and is unconscious, and Nobody sees him until the crowd starts hollering for help.

It was pretty eerie watching a red pool of blood grow under this guy's head. Don't know how it turned out other than he didn't die of the injury, but after that, the local arena came out with a policy of no one on the ice while the Zamboni is out there.

[xJones]

Goes all the way back to the Zon of Zam murders in the 1970's.

Zamn you for reminding me!:)

[Luddite Patent Counsel]

Zorry.

[Hi Heels]

Zowie!.... ZING.

[dfwgator]

As if hockey didn't already have enough problems.

[Hat-Trick]

Another band with a great hockey name:

"5 For Fighting"

[Red Badger]

I've never been elimated before!......