Editor's note: This story has been updated with new details. After one hour of deliberations, a jury ruled against fired Detroit Red Wings Zamboni driver Al Sobotka, concluding the longtime beloved ...

A view of the Red Wings' center ice logo at Little Caesars Arena in 2019. Gregory Shamus / Getty DETROIT — For decades, part of the experience of going to Detroit Red Wings games included the man who ...

"What I did is really not that bad," says the man who spent 50 seasons as the Detroit Red Wings' Zamboni driver and arena manager—and he's now arguing that point in a Wayne County courtroom. Al ...

Sobotka claims he's a victim of age discrimination. He also said he has a prostate condition that makes bladder control difficult. Longtime Zamboni driver Al Sobotka wiped away tears as he described ...

A jury has decided against former Detroit Red Wings Zamboni driver Al Sobotka in his lawsuit claiming wrongful termination. Sobotka, fired in 2022 for urinating where the Zamboni ice is dumped, argued ...

A longtime Zamboni driver for the Detroit Red Wings is fighting back in court with a wrongful termination suit against his former employer, Olympia Entertainment. Al Sobotka, who was 68 at the time, ...

A jury ruled against former Red Wings Zamboni driver Al Sobotka in his age discrimination lawsuit. Sobotka was fired at age 69 for urinating in an ice drain, which he attributed to a prostate issue.

A Wayne County jury has found that longtime Detroit Red Wings Zamboni driver Al Sobotka was not discriminated against because of his age and disability when he was fired for peeing in a drain in the ...