Yeah, I guess I did get a bit generated, didn’t I?

But it was for good reason….that surface, SUCKED!. We noticed early on in the 1st that the puck seemed to be jumping sticks and bouncing more than usual. After the OLYMPIA (note, not Zamboni) resurfacer finished between the 1st and 2nd, and they dimmed the overhead lights, we were able to see how bad it really was. I’m talking, after resurfacing, deep gouges and standing water puddles.

I’ve done quite a bit of searching on the web and can’t find a whole lot about OLYMPIA resurfacers, other than they claim to be the second most used. Well, duh. Not such a big claim when you figure that 99 percent of the surfaces in North America use a Zamboni. What really surprised me was that I couldn’t find any critical reviews about the Olympia’s performance.

I don’t know why something isn’t said about that surface. Really, it was just abysmal. I bitched about it so much that the guy in front of us with the headphone child left between the 2nd and 3rd, after giving Conico a lecture on the finer points of ice resurfacing and why the Olympia was such a superior machine. Then again, perhaps it was the score and not just me. I was tending to personal matters and missed the lecture. Good thing for the guy, ‘cause I’d have asked him to explain the gouges and puddles on the “superior surface.”