"Zamboni" is a song written by Martin Zellar and recorded by his band Gear Daddies

Gear Daddies

The Gear Daddies are a band from Austin, Minnesota that enjoyed moderate success in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Its members were Randy Broughten , Nick Ciola , Billy Dankert , and Martin Zellar...

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

Ice resurfacer

An ice resurfacer is a truck-like vehicle or smaller device used to clean and smooth the surface of an ice rink. The first ice resurfacer was developed by Frank J. Zamboni in 1949 in the city of Paramount, California...

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

Ice hockey

Ice hockey, often referred to as hockey, is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use wooden or composite sticks to shoot a hard rubber puck into their opponent's net. The game is played between two teams of six players each. Five members of each team skate up and down the ice trying to take...

 team. Since its release, it has sometimes been played between periods at hockey games while the Zamboni

Ice resurfacer

An ice resurfacer is a truck-like vehicle or smaller device used to clean and smooth the surface of an ice rink. The first ice resurfacer was developed by Frank J. Zamboni in 1949 in the city of Paramount, California...

 cleans the ice.

It originally appeared as a hidden track

Hidden track

In the field of recorded music, a hidden track is a piece of music that has been placed on a CD, audio cassette, vinyl record or other recorded medium in such a way as to avoid detection by the casual listener...

 on the band's 1990 CD, Billy's Live Bait

Billy's Live Bait

Billy's Live Bait was the second album recorded by Austin, Minnesota band the Gear Daddies. It was their first release for a major label.-Track listing:#"Stupid Boy"#"Sonic Boom"#"Wear Your Crown"#"Don't Look at Me"#"Time Heals"#"Gonna Change"...

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The song also appeared on the soundtrack

Soundtrack

A soundtrack can be recorded music accompanying and synchronized to the images of a motion picture, book, television program or video game; a commercially released soundtrack album of music as featured in the soundtrack of a film or TV show; or the physical area of a film that contains the...

s for the following Disney

The Walt Disney Company

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 movies:

• D2: The Mighty Ducks
  D2: The Mighty Ducks
  D2: The Mighty Ducks is the second film in The Mighty Ducks trilogy and the first theatrical sequel to The Mighty Ducks. It was produced by Avnet–Kerner Productions and distributed by Walt Disney Pictures, and it was originally released on March 25, 1994...
  
  (1994)
• D3: The Mighty Ducks
  D3: The Mighty Ducks
  D3: The Mighty Ducks is the third film in The Mighty Ducks trilogy. It was produced by Avnet–Kerner Productions and Walt Disney Pictures, distributed by Buena Vista Distribution, and originally released to movie theaters on October 4, 1996.-Plot:The film opens with team captain Charlie Conway and...
  
  (1997)
• Mystery, Alaska
  Mystery, Alaska
  Mystery, Alaska is a 1999 drama directed by Jay Roach about a fictional small-town ice hockey team that plays a game against the New York Rangers of the National Hockey League. It was shot in Banff National Park and Canmore, Alberta.-Plot:...
  
  (1999)