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Size calculators, gear guides and what the pros use, built on real prices from 160 stores.
- Hockey size calculator
Free hockey size calculator: enter height, weight and shoe size to get glove, pants, shoulder, elbow, shin guard and skate sizes from Bauer's charts.
- Hockey stick flex calculator
Find your hockey stick flex from your weight with Bauer's and Warrior's rule, and see how many sticks are in stock at that flex.
- Hockey skate size chart and shoe size converter
Convert your shoe size to a hockey skate size with Bauer's chart (men's, women's and kids'), with foot length and EU sizes.
- Hockey gear sizes by age
Hockey glove, pants, shoulder pad, elbow pad and shin guard sizes by age from 3 to 14, from Bauer's size charts.
- Youth hockey equipment list with prices
The full list of youth hockey equipment, what each piece is for, and the typical price for youth and junior sizes across 160 stores.
- How much does hockey gear cost? Real prices by level
What a full hockey setup costs for youth, junior, intermediate and senior players, from the real prices of thousands of items across 160 stores.
- Hockey stick curve chart
Bauer, CCM, Warrior and True stick curves side by side (P92, P28, P29, W03, TC2...), the shape each brand publishes, and how many are in stock.
- Hockey stick length and lie
Where a hockey stick should reach in shoes and on skates, stick lengths by level, what cutting does to flex, and what lie means and how to check it.
- Hockey skates for wide feet
Which hockey skates fit wide feet: each brand's fit system (Bauer Fit 1/2/3, CCM, True), width codes, and every wide-fit skate in stock.
- How should hockey skates fit? Signs your skates are the wrong size
How hockey skates should fit and the checks that show they're too big, too small or too narrow, from the brands' fitting guides.
- Hockey skate sharpening chart
Skate sharpening hollows from 1/4" to 1-1/4" explained: bite vs glide, starting points by weight (and where sources disagree), flat bottom V, and how often to sharpen.
- When to replace hockey gear
How long hockey helmets, skates, sticks, gloves and pads last, the helmet certification expiry rule, and the signs each piece needs replacing.
- Used vs new hockey gear
Which hockey gear is safe and smart to buy used, which to always buy new (helmets), and what used and pro-stock gear costs right now.
- Pro stock hockey sticks
What pro-stock hockey sticks are, how to read the specs on the shaft, the pros and cons against retail, how to spot fakes, and what they cost right now.
- Goalie pad size calculator and chart
Goalie pad size calculator: enter your floor-to-knee measurement and see the pad size in each brand's own chart, plus thigh rise, fit checks and stick paddle sizing.
- Bauer vs CCM
Bauer vs CCM compared: matching product lines, how their skates, sticks and helmets differ, and real senior prices across stores.
- Hockey skates for beginners and beer league
What matters in a first pair of hockey skates (fit first), and the in-stock adult and kids' models most stores carry, grouped by price.
- Hockey sticks for beginners
How to choose a first hockey stick (flex, curve, length) and the in-stock adult and kids' sticks most stores carry, grouped by price.
- NHL gear today
Which brands current NHL players use for every piece of gear.
- Player gear
Search any NHL player and see the gear they use, with years and sources.
- Rink Timeline
How hockey gear changed from 1917 to now, season by season.
- Brand Faceoff
Bauer, CCM, Warrior, True and the rest, compared across NHL history.
- About Rink Buddy
Where the data comes from and how the site works.
- Sizing guides
Brand size charts for every piece of gear, with what is in stock.