Ask anyone who's sharpened skates professionally, and they will tell you that it's an art form. I worked in a hockey store for most of my teenage years, and even after all that time, I was constantly ...

That’s why Joe Lemay has continued his late father’s legacy of sharpening ice skates out of his basement. Lemay’s Sharpening ...

Leading Skate Sharpening Brand Expands Longstanding Partnership With The Pond Hockey Classic ...

WOONSOCKET – Twenty minutes before game time, in a crowded ice rink locker room, the Mount St. Charles Academy hockey player discovered one of his skate blades badly dulled. He reached for his ...

ACTON, Mass. , Jan. 14, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Sparx Hockey, the leader in automated skate sharpening equipment, today announced it has been awarded a 2025 GOOD DESIGN ® Award for the Sparx BEAM™, the ...

John Bevan never was a figure skater. But he found himself bringing his son Johnnie to Eagles Ice-A-Rena years and years ago, and the ice has been a part of his life since. “My son’s babysitter had a ...

We'd love to see your photos from the skating championships. Upload them here. Larry Muxlow is one of two skate sharpeners on hand at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships. My title is skate sharpener ...

Almost four years ago I was explaining skate sharpening, hollows and rockers to a few people, and felt the need to write a blog explaining it all so I didn’t have to keep rehashing the info – it comes ...

"You see people struggling so much," Beyer says, "and you can tell, just by watching them skate when they do a good jump and they should have landed this, and they fell, through no fault of their own.

Mike Montecalvo visited Lemay’s Sharpening in Woonsocket to meet its owner, Joe, who's continuing in the family business of ...