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When does icing happen in hockey?

Icing is an infraction that occurs when a player shoots the puck from his or her side of the centre redline across the opponent’s goal line. This infraction is whistled down when the non-offending team touches the puck after it has crossed the goal line. If a defender can reasonably play the puck and chooses not to, or if the shooter’s team is shorthanded, icing isn’t called. When icing is indicated, the puck is faced-off in the offending team’s defensive zone and play resumes.

When was the first Zamboni used in an NHL arena?

The Zamboni is a tractorlike machine employed to resurface the ice in a rink. The Zamboni scrapes off a thin layer of ice and then applies a thin coat of hot water, which melts small imperfections in the ice before freezing to form a smooth surface. The Zamboni was invented in the 1940s by Frank J. Zamboni, who owned one of the first skating rinks in Southern California. It was first used in an NHL game at the Montreal Forum on March 10, 1955. Prior to the invention of the Zamboni, NHL arenas were cleaned and flooded between periods by workers using shovels and barrels of water.