If the name Al Sobotka rings a bell, you might remember him as the long-time, octopus twirling, Zamboni driver for the Detroit Red Wings for the past several decades. He was fired from the staff in ...

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 ...

Former Red Wings Zamboni driver Al Sobotka sued for age discrimination after being fired for urinating in an ice drain. Sobotka's lawyer argued the firing was an excuse to replace him with a younger ...

More than three years after getting fired for urinating in a drain at work, ex-Detroit Red Wings Zamboni driver Al Sobotka heads to trial this week in Wayne County Circuit Court, where he hopes to ...