Believe me, every one of them is out of the blue. I've written him some notes and he's written me back. He's a very nice person. The hockey-mad student body at Michigan Tech University in Houghton once created a Zamboni Fan Club. After the game, a Zamboni may take on additional purposes by clearing a parking lot for short-tempered spectators stranded in a driving blizzard.
Zamboni advertising accounts for thousand of dollars of revenue for professional hockey clubs.
Today's Zamboni, like the one that can be seen at the Dallas Stars games has enjoyed an almost celebrity status.