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Originally Posted by Burninator
They also use to shovel the ice around the benches and net, now the Fire and Ice girls do that.
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Are you sure about that? My recollection was that the shovelling of the ice during TV timeouts started around 10 years ago with the Frank Sisson Casino Ice Crew. The benefits of the better ice conditions became noticed, and the league mandated that it be done. Then the first year that Frank Sisson was no longer a sponsor, the Flames brought in their own ice crew. I know the guys did the stuff between periods, but not during the TV timeouts.
The other thing I like about the Ice Crew is that because of the requirement to be able to skate well, we aren't getting many women applying who are of the supermodel thin body type. My guess is a lot of them have played competitive hockey or ringette. I think it's great that impressionable girls are seeing that you don't have to be super skinny to be considered attractive.