caveman27 208 Report post Posted April 23, 2019 (edited) I bought a pair of CCM HPUCLP player pants from pro stock hockey. Wasn't sure whether to get HP35CX-EXTRA, HP45CX-EXTRA, HP45X, HP35X, HP35CX, HP70, HP70X, HP520SP, or HPUCLX. Anyway, I haven't played in them yet and don't have enough info to provide a full review. First impressions. Coming from Warrior Bonafide pants, the CCM HPUCLP pants are bit shorter. The length to my knees is the same, it's the length going up to my ribs that's shorter. Maybe an inch shorter. The fit around the waist and hips is much tighter with the HPUCLP. I have size medium. The Warrior pants were loose such that tightening the lacing didn't make a difference, I had to cinch down on the nylon belt. When I tighten the laces on the CCM pants, it tightens around my waist without needing to cinch down on the nylon belt. There's a little button on the CCM waist belt to release the grip. It's also tighter around the hips. I have to push these off to get out of them. The Warrior pants would just drop down to my ankles. Both are flexible as I move my legs up and down. The elastic area on the inner leg provide a lot of flex. Protection-wise, the CCM have thicker padding at the thighs, hips, tailbone, beltline, ribs and spine. The Warrior has a bit thicker padding on the belly pad, inner thigh protection pieces, the back of the thigh protection pieces. The Warrior took on hard shots off the thigh pads easily. I like that the CCM has more padding all down the lumbar area to the tailbone. There's three segmented pieces with hard shell material with thick foam pieces, very beefy. The Warrior pants had one tailbone piece with thin padding that equaled about 1/2 the protection coverage of the CCM's. The CCM spine piece is this gray looking shell so it looks "cool" if you are the type who tucks your jersey into your pants. I just play beer league hockey so these are more than sufficient enough for protection, but there are the occasional games where there is someone with a hard slap shot or someone who likes to check you even though it is a non-checking league. Weight-wise, the CCM's are much lighter. I guess that's due to the use of U foam crazy light pieces. I didn't mind the weight of the Warrior pants as I knew it was providing a good level of protection from hits, falls, slashes and shots. Other stuff-wise. The CCM HPUCLP have these suspender buttons which hold the the two-pieces of the pants together. The Warrior were one-piece. There are inside leg zippers and a velcro tab on both pants. Didn't unzip them for the Warrior pants since there was plenty of leg room. Not sure if I'll need to adjust the CCM ones when playing.If you are overweight and have a gut (like me right now), you may not like the fit of the CCM HPUCLP. I'm more used to classic fit pants (because I'm from an older era of hockey) than tapered fit, but I'm more concerned about loose-fit hockey pants now that I've had back surgery. The embroidery on the legs are nice. Looks and feel pro-level, not silk screened. I don't buy new equipment often. The pants I had before the Warrior Bonafides were these Nike Bauer pants from the 2000s. Eric Lindros was still playing at the time, for time-space-equilibrium-alternate-universe reference. Edited April 23, 2019 by caveman27 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
