Thoughts on prostock skates

[stryjak11 0]

Thoughts on buying prostock skates?

[Chadd 916]

If they actually fit your foot, they're fine. More often than not, people try to use skates that don't actually fit their foot.

[xtrema2 0]

My first post on here, but aren't pro stock skates custom molded or is it just the insoles that are molded??

[Cavs019 710]

They are generally built completely from the ground up off a particular skate last for a particular player. ie) a retail 7D likely wont fit close to a pro stock 7D.

[Hooah4 12]

Depends,

I had a pair of pro-stock supreme 7000's that were stock off the rack skates...just made for the guy that wanted off the shelf, nothing different.

to expand on what Chadd said some pairs are made off a pro's foot size, specifics, and preferences(i.e. 1.4 sizes, differences in foot size L foot 9, R foot 8 3/4; aa, a, b, or c heel; c, d, or e, ee width; Instep size, extra padding in ankles, old school tongue like they had in juniors etc....

[scorer75 9]

I picked up a pair of new Pro Stocks on Ebay some years back. The description just made them sound so perfect for me. I didn't know it at the time but I actually purchased them from another MSH member. The final price with delivery was $125, I had to take a shot. The skates were delivered and I put them on, AMAZING!!! The only issue I had was I had to have them punched on the outside of the boot, but every pair of skates I have had I have done the same thing to.

These things fit SO well, I looked up the player they were made for. Turns out they were made for Kevin Smyth, the brother of Ryan Smyth. Kevin played for Hartford and their affiliates in the late 90's. We are an inch apart in height, less than 10 lb. in weight, and we were born 5 days apart from each other. Weird, huh? So, I guess you could say these skates were made for me :)

These skates are heavy, as were all skates of that era, but they are still in great shape, and as stiff if not stiffer than most new retail skates. Any time I take them to a new place for sharpening, the guy behind the counter picks them up, looks at them, and asks me what the deal with these are. I still use these as my backup pair :)

So, pro stock can be great, if u find out what ur buying and are willing to take some risk.

[JR Boucicaut 3804]

These things fit SO well, I looked up the player they were made for. Turns out they were made for Kevin Smyth, the brother of Ryan Smyth. Kevin played for Hartford and their affiliates in the late 90's. We are an inch apart in height, less than 10 lb. in weight, and we were born 5 days apart from each other. Weird, huh? So, I guess you could say these skates were made for me :)

Another difference is that you have full sight while Kevin doesn't. He took a puck in the eye while playing here in Orlando with the Solar Bears back in 1996 and went completely blind in his right eye.

He did come back and played a few more seasons of pro hockey.

[scorer75 9]

Yea, didn't really wanna add that to the thread, but since you brought it up, he's almost certainly a better hockey player with one eye than I am with two....

[Monty22 833]

I picked up a pair of new Pro Stocks on Ebay some years back. The description just made them sound so perfect for me. I didn't know it at the time but I actually purchased them from another MSH member. The final price with delivery was $125, I had to take a shot. The skates were delivered and I put them on, AMAZING!!! The only issue I had was I had to have them punched on the outside of the boot, but every pair of skates I have had I have done the same thing to.

These things fit SO well, I looked up the player they were made for. Turns out they were made for Kevin Smyth, the brother of Ryan Smyth. Kevin played for Hartford and their affiliates in the late 90's. We are an inch apart in height, less than 10 lb. in weight, and we were born 5 days apart from each other. Weird, huh? So, I guess you could say these skates were made for me :)

These skates are heavy, as were all skates of that era, but they are still in great shape, and as stiff if not stiffer than most new retail skates. Any time I take them to a new place for sharpening, the guy behind the counter picks them up, looks at them, and asks me what the deal with these are. I still use these as my backup pair :)

So, pro stock can be great, if u find out what ur buying and are willing to take some risk.

Lol, that was me. I was feeling nostalgic for the old CCM Tacks boots- recently bought a new pair of 752's....The pair I sold you was the last of 3 pairs I had for personal use. That one seemed to fit smaller length wise than the others and was just too small for me. Glad to hear they are still kicking.

[Davetronz 109]

Another thing to consider is any of the modifications to the skate made by the trainer that was left in and sold as-is. I've seen pro-stock skates with lifts to compensate for a significant leg length difference, large shims, or holders mounted far inside or outside. Things that a normal hockey dad might not realize when he's buying a pair of pro stock skates for his kid at a pro gear sale. If the player doesn't need any of these modifications it will likely just cause more problems and the skates will either end up for sale online again, or the poor player will just have to "live with it".