Roller Hockey Equipment & Ice Hockey Equipment

Ice Hockey Skate Size, Which model? Please help me.?

Hello,

Well I am getting into hockey. After learning how to skate pretty good I am looking for a good pair of ice skates.

I have got my foot sized. In Bauer, CCM & Easton when I stand up and my heel all the way back I am at 11 or 11 1/2.

I have narrowed it down to two brands. Bauer & CMM.

Here are the Bauer one55 I am looking at.
http://www.hockeymonkey.com/nbh-hockey-skate-supremeone55-sr.html

Here are the CMM I am looking at.
http://www.hockeymonkey.com/ccm-hockey-skates-v05-sr.html
or
http://www.hockeymonkey.com/ccm-hockey-skates-v04-sr-09.html

Now my biggest problem is if my heel is 11 1/2 and I get a 11 1/2 skate then I will not have any toe room. So shouldn’t I just get a 12 so I have a little but of toe movement.

My last question is should I get D ( Standard ) or E ( Quarter of a inch wider )

I would just go to the pro shop but they don’t have many skates.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

I don’t know a lot about skate sizing, however I have owned both CCM and BAUER skates in the past, so I can tell you about my experiences with both. I had a pair of Bauer Vapors a few years ago and i managed to bend the blade/dislodge it after about a season or two on them, playing bantam house league.
I had CCM tacks before those and now have CCM vectors and they were both amazing, i loved the tacks and am currently loving the Vectors, CCM makes better quality equipment i think.

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