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Zamboni Driver: Divisional Manager

Hockey Rink Dept: Today, Marufu, a divisional manager for an agriculture-based biotech company, treasures his part-time gig at Rutherford Rink where he makes and grooms ice for University of Saskatchewan hockey teams and other groups, according to Montreal Gazette. "It's even hard, now, to describe it to people back home in Zambia how cold it gets and what snow is," said the 40-year-old Marufu, who came to Saskatoon to study horticulture at the University of Saskatchewan. "It's hard, really, to fathom what it is until you see it yourself. The first time I saw it rink ice , my first question was: 'How do they make this?' Gift Marufu -a Zamboni driver from Zambia -had never even seen a hockey rink before moving to Saskatoon from Africa a little more than nine years ago. He saw his first sheet of ice in 2002. As reported in the news.
@t university of saskatchewan, montreal gazette