Posted: May 06, 2021 7:00 AM NT | Last Updated: May 6
Tony Fowlow does what he loves best — driving the Zamboni and clearing the ice at the Glacier in Mount Pearl. He was sidelined by a stroke in December.(City of Mount Pearl/YouTube)
From "Phonse" to "Mr. Mount Pearl" to "the Earl of the Pearl," Tony Fowlow has a lot of nicknames. But he's best known for being the man behind the Zamboni at the Glacier Arena and a beloved member of the province's hockey and figure skating community for more than four decades.
"He's a true legend in Mount Pearl," said Kim Pelley, the president of the Mount Pearl Minor Hockey Association. She says Fowlow has been there since the beginning, from the construction of the Smallwood arena in the '70s to getting hired there and later moving over to the Glacier.