Behind the Hartmeyer Ice Arena and beyond, a shopping plaza on Commercial and Sherman avenues that holds Suter’s Gold Medal Sports. It’s both a piece of history and an institution that continues to sell ice skates and hockey equipment. Just after winning Olympic Gold as part of the 1980 USA ice hockey team, East High and UW-Madison legend Bob Suter established the shop. While the store has moved a few doors down, 43 years later it still provides for generations of skaters. For the last 23 years the shop has been managed and run by Bob Suter’s second wife, Mary. She moved to Madison for work, and her boys found a community through hockey. That community led to interacting with his three sons and then Bob Suter himself. Sadly, Bob Suter died of a heart attack nearly a decade ago while at Capitol Ice Arena in Middleton, which he operated and managed.Stepping into Suter’s Gold Medal Sports is a bit like stepping into a general store or a friend’s well-stocked home. Customers are greeted at the door by Mary Suter’s lovable Australian sheep dog Ollie, and Mary Suter is typically in conversation while sharpening skates ($7 a pair) behind the large grinding machine that sits like an espresso machine at a coffee bar. While she’s sharpening, a small TV drones on in the background, a young person may be sitting having skates molded to his or her feet and another is sizing up a stick.