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Jeff and Lori sat in the stands of the Maverik Center, cheering on the Grizzlies. Jeff was at best a casual fan of the sport, so sitting with a real die-hard like Lori enhanced his experience. They'd had tickets for this game for a while, but at the time they bought them they had no idea this particular game would wind up being a momentous and somber occasion.

It was the first Grizz home game since a tragic Zamboni accident had claimed the life of the driver, Tim Figgins. At the first intermission, the Grizzlies planned to have a moment of silence for Figgins, and then to debut a brand-new ice smoothing method that promised to make Zambonis obsolete, thereby preventing future accidents.

The horn sounded, marking the end of the first 20 minutes of action. The public address announcer was reading a tribute to the late ice smoother, but stopped mid-sentence, as all eyes became transfixed on the tunnel.

The Zamboni was emerging, as it had at this point in the game for many years, and sitting atop it was none other than Tim Figgins.

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