VegasHockey

Thats disappointing.

I think the FV1 promotes better airflow than the Concept 3 and seems to fit a much larger range of helmet types other than Bauer. As for which is better, I think they are both about the same. I didn't like the Concept 3 as it always fogged no matter what products I used to try and prevent such. The FV1 never fogged at all, likely due to the better air circulation.

Ot taking some kids eye out!

All I can assume is they are now going to be using the ellipse in the multi radii profiles instead of basing it off circles.

No HECC certification. Again, a very simple thing that most anyone can make at home. I am most concerned that after mounting there is a significant piece in the center of the guard that sits in front of the player's nose/eyes. Doesn't really seem safe.

The sound of someone wearing them coming into the defensive zone when I was getting the puck always made me feel like they were right on top of me even though they were still at center ice. lol

Maybe for some, but I have never once had that issue with ANY one-piece skate.

I agree. Your skill level is irrelevant. In fact, most of the people here would probably be classified as intermediate or novice skaters. If you have the money you can spend it however you want.

Vapor 2X Pro has been the slimmest and lowest profile shin guard I have ever used. Second would be the Warrior Alpha DX.

On all of my girdles I have to get the shell adjusted because they fit too loose otherwise. I look like gansta some rapper out of the 90 if I don't get them slimmed down. lol

You can look at how much space there is at the front and rear of the holder to see the length difference.

In this pic the boots do not have any holders attached so its showing heel to toe in length.

Do you have the travel case?

Part of the reason for the lack of general knowledge is that most of these processes are proprietary, its basically each companies secret sauce, so they want to keep that information internal and provide retailers basic general information. You also have to consider that most staff working at stores aren't educated on custom skates since the number of custom skates sold is very minimal compared to the abundance of customers buying off the shelf retail skates. Not to mention many employees of the larger stores which offer custom skates just don't really care all that much. As someone who has owned multiple pro shops I can tell you that not a single one of my staff truly ever understood how each custom skate differs even though I provided them with literature, videos, and even spent time trying to educate them. I was the only person who could handle these questions which is ludicrous considering I am the owner of the stores. But, back to your initial question... Bauer and CCM take your measurements and basically grab the components to match the specific sizing and assemble the boot. After assembling the boot they 3D print a cast of your feet and insert that into the skates. They then apply high heat and pressure the skates to form them to your foot. How much pressure? A lot. Specifically how much, no clue, that's proprietary. How much heat? A lot. Specifically how much, no clue, that's proprietary. How does TRUE make their custom skates? Depends on who you ask. TRUE used to create a custom last based on your specifications and then build the skate around the last. This allowed them to make many adjustments to the skate as they are building it. It's a very hands-on process which requires a lot of work and truthfully the end result is only as good as the person doing the work. We did a ton of TRUE customs and yes, there were times we had issues with skates being too big or had a holder that was not properly aligned and 99% of the time TRUE fixed the problem. There is only one customer I can think of that we couldn't satisfy and he had significant foot issues. That customer also tried custom CCM and Bauer skates and those also didn't work for him as well. My suggestion, give TRUE one more try to get it right. Provide them as much feedback as possible. The more information you provide the better understanding they have of what works and what doesn't. If that pair comes back wrong still then I would look into other options.

I figured they would push to after December. It made no sense to start the season right at the holiday time period.

Eighteen members of Yale University's men's hockey team have been instructed to isolate after testing positive for coronavirus. https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/16/us/yale-ice-hockey-covid-spt-trnd/index.html

I owned multiple hockey stores until recently.... of course I double and triple checked these things. Also, this is a 7R TRUE vs a Bauer 8 Fit2 (D)

The TRUE skates in the pic are smaller, they are a size 7. The Bauer is a size 8. I don't see a full size difference between the two. Do you?

I think a size 7.0R TRUE TF9 would be considerably smaller than a size 8.0 Bauer skate. When putting both of these on they almost feel the same in size.

I don't have ridiculously wide feet but mine are slightly wide. I also have very high arches too. It's not super difficult to get the skates on/off but there absolutely was a learning curve to figuring out how to do it. I totally understand your frustration. For the first couple of months it drove me nuts.

Scottsdale Ice Den had a men's league player play who apparently knew he was sick and decided to skate anyway and infected 9 other players on his team. Moron.

Usually, I see this at busy shops where they get lazy after sharpening and don't properly hone the steel. Buy yourself a hone and also, get yourself an edge checker to make sure it's square.

Size 8.0 Fit2 Bauer Supreme 3S compared against a TRUE TF9 size 7.0R I don't know if this is the case with all sizes of TRUE TF9 vs other brands but at least in size 6.5R-7.5R, it seems they run about 3/4 of a size large.

Don't block any shots. That's the goalie's job. Problem solved 😉