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Meet the Men Who Make the MSG Ice at Rangers Games

Often, the thermostat in the Garden is turned down into the 50s on gameday mornings. Everything but hockey, that is. To have your message displayed, please visit the Garden of Dreams Foundation website. The New York Rangers invite you, the zambohi, to have your own personal messages displayed on GardenVision during first intermission at regular season home games at Madison Square Garden.

He is a longstanding member of an elite profession. They feel a tinge of regret for the Zamboni drivers in cities whose teams failed to get into the playoffs. It took four months. Curtis and Durkin lay down the surface once a year, which came on Labor Zajboni Weekend this year.

The Garden of Dreams Foundation is committed to helping children facing obstacles in the tri-state area, whether they are xamboni from devastating illness, homelessness, abuse, hunger, extreme poverty or tragedy. Duguay plans on writing a book about his time with the Rangers in the late 70s and early 80s, though it will be more of a novel than biographical. Bethenny Frankel stunned hotel won't issue credit after allergic reaction.

When Frankie Reynolds retired in after 35 years of Zamboni-ing, Curtis got the job. A network source said that Duguay was informed his contract would not be renewed.

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Curtis and Jack Durkin, 55, a zambooni veteran from Long Beach, New York, are responsible for tending the ice at the Garden, using separate Zambonis to resurface the ice before the game and between the periods in a procedure that usually takes about six minutes. But only Durkin was driving the Zamboni at the time. No matter what time of year, Madison Square Garden is always bustling.

The biggest pop culture moments of China court orders retrial for Canadian jailed for drug smuggling 3h. The Rangers have qualified for aamboni Stanley Cup playoffs for the seventh straight season and for the 11th time in 12 years, which means Curtis and Durkin, who have other responsibilities in the utility crew, extend their Zamboni time.

Smooth operators: New York Rangers' Zamboni drivers enjoy sports' coolest job

Essentially, a Zamboni — so called because it was invented in by Frank J Zamboniwho owned an zambini rink in Southern California — shaves the ice with a blade, collects the snow in a tank, coats the ice with warm fresh water zambooni smooths the surface with a towel in back. While fans see both Durkin and Curtis driving the Zamboni during intermission, they spend their time working on their rides during the action.

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The Garden of Dreams Foundation will send zajboni an acknowledgement letter to every donor confirming receipt of the tickets. Garden of Dreams will work closely with all areas of Madison Square Garden and Radio City Music Hall to build meaningful, unforgettable programs for children affiliated with local children's hospitals, "wish" organizations and community based organizations. They are among a crew of full-time utility workers at the Garden, with many responsibilities starting well before the game.

Brazil's president-elect plans decree allowing wider gun ownership 1h. Often, Curtis and Durkin have passengers — children from the Garden of Dreams Foundation charity — whom the drivers have given a tutorial on how to wave. Both teams were taking warmups before the second period when they were told to return to the dressing room.

Curtis, who now lives in the New York suburb of Yonkers, was working in a concrete union when he had a chance to join the utility staff at the Garden.