“I Wanna Drive the Zamboni” is such a quintessential Canadian concept that it has been immortalized in song .

The North Vancouver Recreation and Culture Commission isn’t about to let any old kid take the wheel of their ice resurfacing machines, but they do have another interesting offer on the table: how would you like to name the Zamboni?

There are two new electric Zambonis on the way to North Vancouver, and NVRC is holding a contest for kids to come up with names for the iconic arena machines. One of the Zambonis will hit the ice at Karen Magnussen Community Recreation Centre, while the other will keep the sheet clean at the new Harry Jerome rec centre when it opens next year.

NVRC is hoping to get cool name suggestions befitting the innovative new ice scrapers.

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