"Zamboni", also known as "I Wanna Drive the Zamboni", is a song written by

Martin Zellar Martin Zellar (born June 14, 1963) is a Minnesota-based musician and songwriter. Martin Zellar is the brother of writer Brad Zellar. Early career Zellar grew up in Austin, Minnesota. While still in high school, Zellar formed his first band, ...

and recorded by his band

Gear Daddies The Gear Daddies are a rock band originally from Austin, Minnesota. Randy Broughten (electric and steel guitar), Nick Ciola ( bass), Billy Dankert (drums and vocals), and Martin Zellar (guitar, harmonica and vocals) played their first shows to ...

. The song tells the story of a man's desire to drive an

ice resurfacer An ice resurfacer is a vehicle or hand-pushed device used to clean and smooth the surface of a sheet of ice, usually in an ice rink. The first ice resurfacer was developed by American inventor and engineer Frank Zamboni in 1949 in the city of Pa ...

, popularly known by the brand name "Zamboni", and his request to drive the Zamboni for his local

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team. Since its release, it has sometimes been played between periods at hockey games while the Zamboni cleans the ice. It originally appeared as a

hidden track In the field of recorded music, a hidden track (sometimes called a ghost track, secret track or unlisted track) is a song or a piece of audio that has been placed on a CD, audio cassette, LP record, or other recorded medium, in such a way as t ...

on the band's 1990 CD, '' Billy's Live Bait''. The song also appeared on the

soundtrack A soundtrack is recorded music accompanying and synchronised to the images of a motion picture, drama, book, television program, radio program, or video game; a commercially released soundtrack album of music as featured in the soundtrack o ...

s of three

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movies: * '' D2: The Mighty Ducks'' (1994) * '' D3: The Mighty Ducks'' (1997) * ''

Mystery, Alaska ''Mystery, Alaska'' is a 1999 American sports comedy-drama film, directed by Jay Roach, about an amateur ice hockey team from the fictional small town of Mystery that plays an exhibition game against the National Hockey League (NHL)'s New York Ran ...

'' (1999) IMDB sound track listed 4th as "(I Wanna Drive the) Zambon
Soundtracks for Mystery, Alaska (1999)
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