Keeping up the family tradition, Lauren Russell, a fourth-year photojournalism major, is a student Zamboni driver. Her two older brothers, Brian Russell ’10 (mechanical engineering) and Colin Russell ’13 (criminal justice), were drivers at the Frank Ritter Ice Arena.

Ice World in Abingdon sees participants from Calif. to Maine

From first dates to ward activities and family outings to club hockey, it seems like someone is always on the ice at the Seven Peaks Ice Arena.

But while local patrons glide playfully around the rink, a man works hard behind the scenes to maintain the quality of the ice.

He is a burly, lumberjack looking fellow with a thick, fire-red beard and a rainbow-colored ski hat who knows the ice better than anyone else in the building.

Team Mini’s miniature Zamboni is operated by students on the Campus Center Ice Rink to help electrify the crowds and launch T-shirts at them. (Seamus Lyman | The Oswegonian)

Fargo police were called to a high school girls' hockey game on Friday night. No, it wasn't rowdy teens or overly-invested hockey parents causing a scene—it was a Zamboni driver, suspected of DUI after performing some erratic ice resurfacing. 

The fame of Canary Wharf’s amphibious resident has grown to new heights as the winter attraction in Canada Square Park is influenced by her