Need Buying Help: Hockey Pants

[robertderloewe 0]

Hi guys,

I´d like to buy some new low price pants for rec hockey. Currently I´m between the FERLAND HP6000 and the COMBAT Cal52.

What would you suggest? Which pants can protect me better?

Infos to me: I´m playing rec hockey 3 times a week. The teams are mixed up in levels, so there can be some guys hitting/shooting at you hard. I play kind of an grinder style.

Thank you for your opinions.

[IPv6Freely 2100]

I've never heard of Ferland. Odd choices of pants you have there.

For rec hockey, I'd go Bauer Nexus 600 personally.

[Hills 717]

Ferland was the company/person that made MF2 equipment (ie the Combat 52 Cal gloves were made by him). Jagr wore the gloves for a while and they are really nice.

I don't think you can go wrong with the MF2s, they are cheap on Hockey Monkey right now as well. I haven't seen or heard of the Ferland pants and don't know how old those would be since the companies he had were Ferland -> MF2 -> Combat.

[MThockeydad 469]

Body size/shape?

Waist and hips proportionate? Big hips/skinny waist? Small waist/big thighs? Beer belly?

Short legs, average, long legs?

[tattoosbyjay 30]

id go with pro stock they have the best protection look on total hockeys website the prices are a lot less than you would think

[chippa13 1844]

My suggestion would be to try them on and go with the best fit. All things being equal the better fitting pant will put the pads in the proper place to protect the best. Level of league shouldn't be a consideration of the level of protection. Players at all levels fall and collide and such.

[Amiroo39 121]

id go with pro stock they have the best protection look on total hockeys website the prices are a lot less than you would think

pro stock for rec hockey? hmm.

[tattoosbyjay 30]

Amiroo39 sure why not, the ones i picked up were less than stock reebok 16k , and have way better protection especially in the tail bone area , why should it matter rec hockey league club etc most of us have to work the next day and id rather have the best protection i can get , if he is talking ice, a collision or a pretty knarly fall is almost inevitable at some point, and the guy says he plays kind of a grinder style so im sure he will be trying to block shots etc. i have seen more injuries in rec hockey than anything else , i don't see why people seem to harp so much on the level of play when it comes to gear, i just started playing again after some long years off and most of the stuff i bought at first has already been replaced with better protecting gear , shins pants shoulders , i would have saved money by buying the better stuff right off the bat , and there was very little price difference ,

[robertderloewe 0]

Thank you for your opinions, guys.

Additional info to me: I'm 1,85m tall, weigh 97kg and my waist is 92cm, I'm pretty sportive with strong upper legs.

So, I should buy the Combat pants?

Would the Warrior Hitman pants be better in protection?

Thank you.

[IslandRyhno 0]

Those Combat pants are very nice

[IPv6Freely 2100]

I don't think the combat pants look all that great, compared to what else is out there. The Hitman pants you mentioned definitely look better to me.

Do you have something against the bigger vendors? Bauer/CCM/Easton/Reebok? I have never heard of or seen anyone wearing Combat hockey pants, which is why the suggestion seems way out of left field for me.

[IslandRyhno 0]

It sounds like he's not from Canada or the US, may be all he has access to. I meant the quality of the pants, not really the looks.

[Hills 717]

Just because they aren't a big name doesn't mean it isn't a quality piece of equipment.

My Combat gloves are great and I've only heard good things about MF2 goalie pants. I've also seen local junior teams wear MF2 player pants for a high level of play. I don't think you'll go wrong grabbing the Combat pants.

[ChrisMolnar 14]

The MF2 are really nice pants. Mt brothers been wearing the same pair from his old junior team for the past probably 4 years

[IPv6Freely 2100]

It sounds like he's not from Canada or the US, may be all he has access to. I meant the quality of the pants, not really the looks.

I wasn't talking about the looks.

[robertderloewe 0]

Thank you all for your suggestions.

You were right IslandRyhno, I´m not from the US or Canada, I´m from Germany.

I just ordered the Combat pants. Talked also to that guy selling it (pants are new, he plays German 2nd League and has to wear Warrior pants this season).

Now I´m really curious about the pants.

Robert

[robertderloewe 0]

I actually got the Combat pants last weekend.

They´re solid with enough protection. I´m impressed.

Just one question: What is this inner belt for? Just for holding up the pants? Why is there plastic in this belt?

Robert