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No, don't worry: A Pittsburgh Penguin did not get crushed on the ice. It's just what happens when a Zamboni's transmission fails, as reported by reader War Penguin, who was on the scene in Pittsburgh in its game against the San Jose Sharks. More action photos after the jump.
As you can see, it got to center ice and started spitting out giant gobs of transmission fluid. It was able to back up under its own power (making a giant red streak all the way), but they had to delay the game for 15 minutes, and make do with one Zamboni for the rest of the game. They didn't do any of the usual promos during the intermissions, presumably because it took twice as long to clean the ice with only one Zamboni.
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Dad will be crushed!
Tiananmen was less of a clean-up than this.
In 1999 at Yost, the Zamboni's engine blew out and we had a 45 minute delay. It was sitting right in front of us the whole time, and it just looked so helpless. Nothing this dramatic or visceral though.
Drinking and driving the zamboni don't mix.
Aren't those the police photos from the scene of Eddie LeBec's death?
Zambonis can be such bitches at that time of the month.
Are we sure that's not what's left of Vince Coleman?
Bertuzzi?
Uta Pippig in the Boston Marathon left less of a mess
I knew Jean-Claude Van Damme couldn't skate for shit.
So the game featured an unscheduled period?
Najeh Davenport attended a Pens game!
That's what Kevin Stevens gets for sleeping in the Zamboni.
Tonight, on "Bloopers From The Columbia Outerwear Commercial"...
The important thing is that the blimp is still intact.
This is why polar bears and penguins live at opposite poles.
IVE ABANDONED MY 'BONI!!!!!!
I can also attest that a 1988 Buick Park Avenue can do the same thing.
/stupid high school car
During which period did the zamboni get its....period?
Yet another reason the Penguins should be moved.
@Gourmet Spud: +1.
/ Nick
If only Benjamin would have sent Sandy short musical clues as to his whereabouts, he couldve used a defibrilator to save the zamboni (and it could have gone on to become a U.S. citizen)
Obviously, Hans Gruber had Karl shoot the glass before the zamboni made its run.
Looks like the 500 or 600 fans that were there were pretty upset about this.
@Paul Zuvella: +1
Where's Dani Heatley?
Another senseless tragedy that can evidently be blamed on a zeppelin! When will we ban this airborne menace?!?
Time to change the arena's receipt roll.
Were all the players riding the Frozen Crimson Wave for the rest of the game?
Usually the spewing of fluids happens after the game.
For the rest of the season, the Pens will only use one zamboni. It's getting the job done at a lower cost and it fits in well with the rest of the ice crew. Perhaps they'll go back to two zambonis next year.
@Carlton_Whitfield:
"A ZEPPELIN!"
/Ralphie's little brother
I'm a big fan of riding the Zamboni during a transmission fluid emission, if ya catchs my drifts.
"I knew I shouldn't have had the arena chili."-zamboni driver
The Pens killed the shit out of that penalty.
@Gourmet Spud: Awed golf-clap for you.
Detroit's NHL team was playing elsewhere, but the Red Wings were in the building.
Shoulda been you Bettman.
what you can't see is danny glover examining all the bodies that are hanging upside down from the rafters
It's time to teach the Zamboni how to wipe.
I don't think this is the right tactic to make inroads with the female audience.
This intermission will require more patience than Mercy Hospital.
Be careful with the Zamboni headlights this week, they tend to be more sensitive.
@The Fan's Attic: it sure as hell beats a fashion show at the intermission [islanders.nhl.com]
@Paul Zuvella: +1
Time to change the arena's receipt roll
That one took me a second. I applaud you for keeping it G rated.
Baretta did that shit...
That's one toon that's not messing with anyone anymore.
This was awesome to see
the first time it was posted on this site
Yesterday.
@Silky John-STON!: everyone knows Will doesn't read the site on the weekends (see also: [deadspin.com])
@Sir Hotbod Handsomeface: everyone knows that a byline that reads "by: Rick" means Will didn't write it
@Sir Hotbod Handsomeface: *sigh* I know, I can't wait for the book tour to be over either.
Carl Monday was on hand to check into this "nocturnal transmission fluid."
@Tuffy: Nicely done.
I've also been meaning to send props your way for the avatar. The last 10 minutes of that movie scared the living shit out of me when I first saw it on cable as a young lad.
Guarenteed someone yakked in the bathroom after the Zednick accident.
The Zamboni driver apparently jumped off, ran to Tony Stewart's Zamboni and punched him in the face during the caution- I mean intermission.
sigh. they sent a female zamboni to do a man's work. everyone knows that zamboni needed to be in the factory, making more male zambonis.
The cutbacks to afford Sidney Crosby begin. Also, the pipes in that building are old and rusty.
My favourite memory of attending a hockey game in Pittsburgh involved waiting in line to use the urinal in their absolute hellhole of an arena. Some of the other urinals are non-functioning and covered with garbage bags. Some guy just decides he's done with waiting, rips the garbage off and goes to work. Classy.
i ran over a dog the other day. do you think it was appropriate to say 'yo, dog...why you all up in my grill?'
/morgan murphy
This is why I always try to be there for the pre-game skate. You never know when something weird will happen.
If you move the scoreboard a little to the left in the first picture, you can see me, sitting in C-28 and calling my dad to tell him to watch the pre-game show.
Notice that thin red line at the far edge of the Zamboni's pre-spill cut? I saw that and said, "Is that leaking something?" Not one second later, the Zamboni reached the spot where you see the worst of the spill, and started spinning its wheels.
The ice was little bad for the first period. (Or, more accurately, a little worse than the usual rutted mess that Mellon Arena has been inflicting on the Pens all season.) The Zamboni needed two passes in the first intermission, making a dry cut the first time. That delayed the second period because the second cut was so late, a linesman had to squeegee some standing water from the goalie traps at both ends.
@Paul Zuvella: +1 my friend, +1.
Isn't this how the movie Sudden Death ended?
I see the Newfie's started seal hunting season early this year. Thank god someone finally took out Heather Mills.
The real story is some poor soul jumped in front of the Zamboni, once again delaying the itinerary for the book tour.
shoulda been you, 94 plymouth
The image of Jackie O trying to grab a chunk of the brain off the Zambo will be forever burned into our collective conscious.
back and to the left...back and to the left...
Richard Zednik is not impressed.