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Originally Posted by Hemi-Cuda
like using with a flashy new electric zamboni that had problems in training instead of using a trusted maching you know will work properly the first time.
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Electric ice resurfacing machines are not flashy new toys, they've already proven themselves in Europe and even parts of Canada. Also, I haven't heard any complaints about the ones being used at the Pacific Coliseum.
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Originally Posted by Canada.com
They'll replace their $90,000 propane ice-cleaning machines with $170,000 battery-powered electric models with zero emissions -- a common sight on European ice surfaces but relatively new to North American rinks.
"In Scandinavia, you can't even sell a natural-gas or propane machine to an indoor facility because no one wants them," said Resurfice Corp. owner Andy Schlupp, whose Ontario-based company makes the electric machines. "I think in the next few years, you won't see any more propane or natural gas machines built."
Zamboni model electric ice-cleaning machines were used exclusively during the 2006 Winter Olympics in Torino and the Montreal Canadiens now use one to resurface their ice at the Bell Centre.
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