Zamboni leaking carbon monoxide likely to have caused hockey players’ illness: mayor

WAKAW, Sask. — A Saskatchewan town has temporarily closed its hockey arena after carbon monoxide likely from a Zamboni left players sick.

The rink in Wakaw, northeast of Saskatoon, was hosting an under-15 hockey tournament last weekend when players began to get ill. 

Mayor Mike Markowski says at first people thought it was food poisoning or maybe a flu going around, but eventually they started to connect the dots.

The town called SaskEnergy and the Saskatchewan Health Authority to get answers.