A five-year-old boy from Sainte-Marie-de-Kent, N.B., has been picked up by the big leagues. A video of Nicholas Allain riding a mini-Zamboni on his backyard rink has been shared by the NHL on its Instagram page. In the video, Nicholas is driving a battery-operated John Deere tractor made for kids that was modified to clean the backyard rink his dad, Marty, built for him. "It was pretty cool," Marty said, adding that the NHL Instagram account contacted him in advance to ask permission to share his video. Marty said Nicholas would rather skate on the rink than clean it, even with his Zamboni.

Source: CBC News January 23, 2021 22:07 UTC