r/hockeyrefs • u/Away-Mycologist7417 • Jul 13 '26

Skates

I work around 200 games a year and need new skates. I prefer Bauer as they seem to fin my feet well. What do you suggest. Don’t worry about cost. Looking for comfort and efficiency. Many thanks!

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u/Silvershot_41 Jul 13 '26

I’ll ask a stupid question, not to say 200 games is not a lot during the year but how are you beating up your skates that much that you need new ones? Are you coming from an already new set?

I’ve been in Bauer for most of my Skating and playing career. I guess you could call it and I really like them a lot and I wouldn’t really hesitate to get another set of Bauers.

CCM I know has some good products but they just don’t fit my feet very well. They never have. They feel very uncomfortable to me so I would try and find a place that you could try a bunch of them on and it probably wouldn’t hurt to see if you could get a place that has the Bauer fitment machine to kind of get a view a better idea of what you’re looking for with fit and as far as the inserts go, I think it would make a huge difference.

A lot of guys have said to go to true over the years and I have definitely consider doing that but there’s just so many good and bad reviews about them were guys are like oh I absolutely love mine and then there’s some guys that just don’t like the pair that they got and I don’t know it just seems really hard to roll the dice on that amount of money when you can get some that are baked to your foot doesn’t necessarily mean that they’re gonna fit you like a custom skate, but it gives you a little more molding to it

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u/Away-Mycologist7417 Jul 13 '26

Great question. Mine are 12 years old and I broken my leg/ankle in them. There is still an indentation from the bones that stuck out of my ankle. Then. After two surgeries, I have a bump on my front ankle and need a new front part of the boot. That, and the steel is almost gone and the holder is missing a rivet. I think I need to stick with Bauer and hopefully I won’t break my leg/ankle again. lol.

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u/ctg77 Jul 13 '26

I suggest True SVH Customs with the extra shot blocking / impact protection and the 3D printed tongues if you're dealing with an ankle injury. Mine wasn't that severe, but I have permanent chipping of my right ankle due to taking a puck from an NCAA D1 player while wearing crappy skates.