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The Detroit Red Wings fired longtime Zamboni driver Al Sobotka, known to generations of Red Wings fans as the man who swung an octopus over his head to rev fans up.

It's one of those jobs that just fascinates me. Maybe, you too? Driving a Zamboni at a hockey game would be a dream job for me, right up there with cutting people's hair. It has always fascinated me, ever since I was a kid, even at park district rinks; to be able to hop up on one, and to clean the ice between periods, sign me up.

This is the kind of question that never even gets asked until we're all stuck in the middle of a historically bizarre winter.