Being a refrigeration engineer is hard.

Cairns, Leddy, Stowe, Waterbury, Barre, Highgate, St Albans, Gutterson, Jay Peak, Rutland Mall, Middlebury x2 , Lyndon, Manchester. Morrisville and Milton's ice rinks folded. Where else are there indoor sheets?

Woodstock, Hartford, Vermont Academy, that I know of.

They really are underappreciated. I know of a couple. They get paid very little and have to go and fix messed up situations at the drop of a hat.

"Due to the job's typically low pay and irregular hours, it's a perennial hiring problem"

It's always been a problem, they don't pay enough and it's not a stable job. They didn't even mention what the pay was in the article unless I missed it.

Aww I forgot Woodstock. I skated there too. Nice rink!

The job is best for retired hockey player. It’s really a great job to have, people leave you alone, you just drive the Zamboni for 20 hrs a week, clean up locker rooms, take out the trash. Much better than being a grocery store clerk if you are just in supplement your pension or SS.

Essex

Rutland (non-mall) and Highgate

Most rink jobs I’ve seen are unpaid and volunteer. Find it hard to believe with the price of ice time that they can’t afford to pay better. Always said growing up it would be an awesome part time thing to give back to the hockey community, but I gotta pay bills.

Is this true? Spartan arena (rutland mall) is owned and mostly operated by castleton so I find that hard to believe.

The one that's in Canada but some high school uses it like Newport

Forgot about them too! Good one!

It is the Spartan Arena now yes you are correct. I grew up in Rutland and was there when they built Mandigo on the fairgrounds in 70s. Previously we used the cow barn.

Which now makes me think I forgot Pine Hill Park in Rutland too.

Misread the original comment, thought they were saying spartan folded.. phew. Miss playing at Mandingo. Was awesome until the roof leaked at center ice. Brought back a lot of memories of collecting pucks for free Swedish fish, and ripping pucks in the far right corner of the rink.

That's an awesome memory about the Swedish fish! I missed the leaky roof. Great memories there though. I remember doing a 24 hour skate a thon!

24 hour skate a thon? Sounds awesome. Wish I was around for that. When did they do that?

I graduated in 78 so it had to be 1976? I have a photo somewhere that was in the Herald. Don't hold be to exact date. I'm old now haha

That’s awesome. Wish they still did that. Would be a great fundraiser to raise money for rink operations/ paying Zamboni drivers.

That's a great idea! I remember getting 10 minute breaks and they set up sleeping cots in the changing rooms. You got a small window to rest and there were prizes. It was packed. Now I gotta find that picture!

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Raised $8,000 in 1976. I was one of the 21 finishers.

Damn. As a non-hockey player and father of a young hockey player, I was thinking how cool it would be to drive the Zamboni.

Someone should talk with georgetti/ the city

I drove a zamboni last winter season here in VT at one of the rinks listed. It's fun but also not easy.

I drove a Zamboni.

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I tried to leave the Zamboni life, but the Zamboni life won't leave me.

I didn’t grow up in VT but definitely remember 18 yo rink attendants driving the Zamboni when I was a kid, couldn’t be that hard to learn

Except for when something goes wrong and you have to fix something quickly or the changeover season that takes lots of long hours

Waterbury.