“I purchased the SSM-2 because i have three boys skating at different levels of hockey and I occasionally play in the men’s leagues. The SSM-2 has been a great investment because it saves time and money. With such a hectic schedule the convenience of having our own machine has really paid off. It is easy to use, small enough to take to tournaments and built solid. Great product!”
Lew Pickering – Warwick, Rhode Island
” Always a pleasure speaking with you and finally getting the chance to meet you when you were in St. Paul last year for the Minnesota state high school hockey tournament and the Lets Play Hockey expo. When you asked if I would be willing to write a testimonial about the SSM skate sharpener I was more than willing. As you know I have a 30 plus year old machine that works as perfect as the day it was purchased. I was shopping for a skate sharpener as I had 2 boys in youth hockey and was also coaching myself. I wanted a machine for the convenience and to save money. Both were easily covered and once the word was out that I had a sharpener, I started doing most of the team. Now days my coaching is over as the boys are now on the High School team but my nights of sharpening the teams skates are still going. I love using the machine as it is so simple to use and almost impossible to do a poor job that I keep getting more people wanting me to do their kids skates. It is the perfect machine for the dad who wants to save time and money and can easily be brought with for out of town tournaments as I did. Looking forward to another 30 years of service.”
Bryan Hed, (20 years youth hockey coach, player, parent and fan)
“” Always a pleasure speaking with you and finally getting the chance to meet you when you were in St. Paul last year for the Minnesota state high school hockey tournament and the Lets Play Hockey expo. When you asked if I would be willing to write a testimonial about the SSM skate sharpener I was more than willing. As you know I have a 30 plus year old machine that works as perfect as the day it was purchased. I was shopping for a skate sharpener as I had 2 boys in youth hockey and was also coaching myself. I wanted a machine for the convenience and to save money. Both were easily covered and once the word was out that I had a sharpener, I started doing most of the team. Now days my coaching is over as the boys are now on the High School team but my nights of sharpening the teams skates are still going. I love using the machine as it is so simple to use and almost impossible to do a poor job that I keep getting more people wanting me to do their kids skates. It is the perfect machine for the dad who wants to save time and money and can easily be brought with for out of town tournaments as I did. Looking forward to another 30 years of service.””I have been around SSM product and company for over twenty years and the more i learn about the technology and the passion that goes into selling and supporting this product the more impressed I am with SSM.
SSM Machines are of the highest quality, easy to use and of tremendous value for Families, Teams and Pro Shops alike.
Supporting this amazing product is a manufacturing team in Sweden devoloping these products since the 1960’s.
Together with the manufacturer in Sweden the distributer’s in the United States are extremely supportive and passionate about skate sharpening and helping families, teams and players improve there performance.”
SSM Superior, Simple and Masterful
“This machine is simply amazing, the engineering is brilliant. There is no complex procedure, set it once and it is good for many years. The size has been perfect for our travel team. With two sons and myself, the machine paid for itself in a short period of time, not to mention the convenience. 26 years and it is still going strong. It is the best hockey investment I have ever made.”
T.J. Scammon, (Coach, Parent, Player, Experienced Skate Sharpener for over 27 years)
“Have not spoke since the arrival of the SSM machine, it was unveiled at a family dinner with all ages of hockey players present. It was more exciting than any Christmas I have experienced, it was like pulling a Ferrari out of the garage but it was in the middle of the living room. We have practiced on the dozens of old skates but the boys have equated it to “Jumping off a cliff to learn how to hang glide” when it comes to their own skates. We will get there. It feels like a piece of medical equipment with its percision and quality. I will send pictures of the boys and I after we get brave enough to do our own skates. Thanks for everything… Very cool”
Two weeks later:
“All is well at Skate Sharpening Central… the entire team is officially on SSM sharpened blades…”
“Scott, please send along some flyers and some business cards, I talk about the SSM-2 pretty well every day, it is great dressing room chat as well as fellow Hockey Dads watching the games. I am taking it to a Tournament in St. John, New Brunswick next week with my son Harry and his Atom AA Team.
SSM Superior, Simple and Masterful
From Pro Shops
“The SSM machine is a perfect fit for our professional sharpening business. By adding skate sharpening to the knife, scissors and garden tool sharpening that we’ve been doing for years, we have increased foot traffic. It’s small size and easy portability also enables us to set up at a local pond and do on -the- spot sharpening.”
Kenneth Maffei – Owner – Hub Grinding Service
“Thanks so much for turning Caster’s onto SSM. The machine does everything a sharpener needs to do in a very compact and efficient package. Simple to use and simple to teach others. Pity the guys that struggle to fine space for the behemoth sharpening benches. Best of all I can take this on the road to skating events and increase my exposure”
Reed Caster, Owner, Caster’s Bicycles
From Teams
Head equipment manager for Team Sweden, national icehockey team “Tre Kronor” is C. He uses the latest version of SSM-2 when he sharpens skates for Team Sweden to include during their games and tournaments.
During his 27 years as equipment manager he has always used our SSM-2 skate sharpening machines.
As an equipment manager Anders has contributed to Team Sweden winning e.q. two olympic gold medals and six world championships. All Swedish national teams in icehockey and bandy use the SSM-2 skate sharpening machines. The same can be said for several other national hockey teams throughout the world.
Anders Weiderstal – Team Sweden
SSM is also proud to announce that:
Currently, all teams from the Finnish Ice Hockey Association (Suomen Jääkiekkoliitto) and and all teams from the Norwegian Ice Hockey Association (Norges Ishockeyforbund) are using SSM machines.
SSM is being used all over Russia, from Vladivostok to Kaliningrad. Nearly every team in KHL, VHL and MHL are using our machines. KHL winners; Akbars Kazan (2008-2010), Salavat Yulaev UFA (2010-2011), and Dynamo Moscow (2011-2012) uses SSM.
Currently, all teams from the Latvian Ice Hockey Federation (Latvijas Hokeja federācija) are using SSM machines and the Danish national ice hockey team are using SSM machines.
Almost every team from Ice Hockey UK uses SSM.
The youth teams from the Austrian Ice Hockey Association (Österreichischer Eishockeyverband) are using SSM machines and also teams from the Belarusian Ice Hockey Association (Федэрацыя хакея Рэспублікі Беларусь) are using SSM machines.
Nearly every team in the highest hockey Finish league, the FM liga uses SSM machines. This can be said about the minor hockey leagues as well.
In Norway many teams in Elitserien and Division 1 are using SSM machines. (Stjernen Hockey, Lillehammer IK, Rosenborg Elite and Stavanger Oilers to name a few).
