RANGELEY, Maine (AP) - It’s clear this is not the National Hockey League when the time comes to smooth over the scratched-up ice.
The Zamboni machine is a homemade contraption featuring a water tank and welded metal that’s pulled behind a tractor. Then again, it wouldn’t be safe to bring a heavy Zamboni onto the frozen Hayley Pond in Rangeley, Maine.
All told, there were 21 teams with a half-dozen matches being played simultaneously at any given time Saturday at the Pond Hockey Festival.
Linda Sikes, event organizer, said skaters came from as far away as Georgia and California to enjoy a Norman Rockwell scene.
She said pond hockey brings skaters back to the days before hockey rinks when they first learned to glide on frozen ponds.
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