Overview
Cartoonist Rube Goldberg was famous for illustrating fabulously involved machines intended for simple tasks. Goldberg would have loved Zamboni ice resurfacers—perhaps he would have even designed one had the thought had occurred to him. Fortunately, another great man took the ice-making and resurfacing idea from the drawing board to the rink. That man was Frank J. Zamboni, and he never dreamed that his name would become part of the woof and warp of the world’s arena life.
With this book we have a magnificent chronicle of the history of Zamboni’s ice resurfacers, from the original machine and ice queen Sonja Henie’s personal model right up to the present, streamlined contraptions that reside in virtually every rink from the company’s home in Southern California to Moscow. Three cheers for the Zamboni and its history!
—Stan Fischler
MSG Network and Fox Sports New York hockey analyst
Synopsis
Cartoonist Rube Goldberg was famous for illustrating fabulously involved machines intended for simple tasks. Goldberg would have loved Zamboni ice resurfacers—perhaps he would have even designed one had the thought had occurred to him. Fortunately, another great man took the ice-making and resurfacing idea from the drawing board to the rink. That man was Frank J. Zamboni, and he never dreamed that his name would become part of the woof and warp of the world’s arena life.
With this book we have a magnificent chronicle of the history of Zamboni’s ice resurfacers, from the original machine and ice queen Sonja Henie’s personal model right up to the present, streamlined contraptions that reside in virtually every rink from the company’s home in Southern California to Moscow. Three cheers for the Zamboni and its history!
—Stan Fischler
MSG Network and Fox Sports New York hockey analyst
Editorials
From the Publisher
The Daily Yomiuri (Tokyo), Dec. 2, 2006
“Dregni brings a light touch to what is essentially a company history, adding plenty of anecdotes of rink-rat hijinks and cross-country voyages to leaven the dry statistics.”
Toronto Star, Dec. 3, 2006
“Who knew there was so much to know about the big Z, that it could actually make for a highly entertaining book loaded with photos?”
www.laobserved.com/sports, January 2007
“My favorite new book is Eric Dregni’s ‘Zamboni: The Coolest Machines on Ice,’ a richly illustrated book from Voyageur Press.”