Zamboni

“Let’s say we get damage of $10,000,” Gatto said as we stood near a small replica of a Zamboni ice resurfacing machine, invented in the city of Paramount by Italian American Frank Zamboni.

It was wet weather, so Super Bowl groundskeeper George Toma used a Zamboni to vacuum the water off the turf.

And, of course, the doyen, a Congolese chemist who first made a name for himself driving a Zamboni at hockey games.

Allen even fashioned a homemade Zamboni out of a PVC pipe and towel.

Her only misstep occurred when, overwhelmed by the occasion, she tried to exit the ice through the Zamboni door instead of the skaters’ door.