How to Size Ice Hockey Skates for the Best Fit

It’s not ground-breaking news that hockey skates that don’t properly fit are a pain. As is well known, hockey may be a costly sport. So you don’t want to waste time or money on skates that don’t fit properly.

Hockey players of all ages perform best when their skates fit properly. The athlete may develop blisters or harm to the boot support if the skate is too small or unpleasant. They may even begin to dislike playing the game.

It’s important to consider these factors while fitting hockey skates:

• How to size hockey skates compared to shoes, 
• how tight the skates should be, 
• how to test them on, and 
• how to lace them up to make sure they fit properly. 

You could play men’s or women’s league hockey casually, be an aspiring pro, play ringette, or just like donning a pair of blades and letting loose. In any case, we’ve created a fitting guide to assist you in determining your hockey skate size and, ideally, a brand-new set of blades.

Some sizing specifics depend on the brand. To help you, check out our skate size guide below for Bauer, CCM, Botas, True, and Graf.

Bauer Ice Hockey Skates Size Guide

The Vapor, Supreme, and Nexus skate lines from Bauer hockey skates each stand for a certain skate fit category:

• Bauer Vapor – Low Volume
• Bauer Supreme – Medium Volume
• Bauer Nexus – High Volume

More significantly, they provide D and EE widths inside their skate lines. This indicates that there is less of a size difference between Low to Medium Volume (Vapor to Supreme) and Medium to High Volume (Supreme to Nexus). You, the customer, have a wide range of options to ensure you receive the finest skate fit.

Bauer Senior Hockey Skates Sizing Chart

Bauer Skate Size	Shoe Size
	U.S.	Euro	U.K.
7.0	8.5	42	7.5
7.5	9.0	42.5	8.0
8.0	9.5	43	8.5
8.5	10.0	44	9.0
9.0	10.5	44.5	9.5
9.5	11.0	45	10.0
10.0	11.5	45.5	10.5
10.5	12.0	46	11.0
11.0	12.5	47	11.5
11.5	13.0	47.5	12.0
12.0	13.5	48	12.5
12.5	14.0	48.5	13.0
13.0	14	49	13.5
14.0	15	50	14.5
15.0	16	51	15.5

Bauer Intermediate Hockey Skates Sizing Chart

Bauer Skate Size	Shoe Size
	U.S.	Euro	U.K.
4.0	5.0	37.5	4.5
4.5	5.5	38	5.0
5.0	6.0	38.5	5.5
5.5	6.5	39	6.0
6.0	7.5	40.5	6.5
6.5	8.0	41	7.0

Bauer Junior Hockey Skates Sizing Chart

Bauer Skate Size	Shoe Size
	U.S.	Euro	U.K.
1.0	2.0	33.5	1.5
1.5	2.5	34	2.0
2.0	3.0	35	2.5
2.5	3.5	35.5	3.0
3.0	4.0	36	3.5
3.5	4.5	36.5	4.0

Bauer Youth Hockey Skates Sizing Chart

Bauer Skate Size	Shoe Size
	U.S.	Euro	U.K.
6.0	7.0	23.5	6.5
7.0	8.0	25	7.5
7.5	8.5	25.5	8.0
8.0	9.0	26	8.5
8.5	9.5	26.5	9.0
9.0	10.0	27	9.5
9.5	10.5	27.5	10.0
10.0	11.0	28	10.5
10.5	11.5	28.5	11.0
11.0	12.0	29.5	11.5
11.5	12.5	30	12.0
12.0	13.0	31	12.5
12.5	13.5	31.5	13.0
13.0	1.0	32	13.5
13.5	1.5	33	1.0

CCM Ice Hockey Skates Size Guide

CCM hockey skates allow many width possibilities for each line, much as how Bauer skate lines adhere to a single skate fit category. This guarantees that you, the customer, have several alternatives to make sure you’re receiving the ideal fit for you, just like Bauer.

Just because you might profile as a Medium Volume fit doesn’t mean you can’t wear a Low Volume skate with a larger width, as we said before. A CCM RibCor with a width of EE in this instance.

CCM Senior Hockey Skate Sizing Chart

CCM Skate Size	Shoe Size
	U.S.	Euro	U.K.
7.0	8.5	42	7.5
7.5	9.0	42.5	8.0
8.0	9.5	43	8.5
8.5	10.0	44	9.0
9.0	10.5	44.5	9.5
9.5	11.0	45	10.0
10.0	11.5	45.5	10.5
10.5	12.0	46	11.0
11.0	12.5	47	11.5
11.5	13.0	47.5	12.0
12.0	13.5	48	12.5
12.5	14.0	48.5	13.0
13.0	14	49	13.5
14.0	15	50	14.5
15.0	16	51	15.5

CCM Intermediate Hockey Skate Sizing Chart

CCM Skate Size	Shoe Size
	U.S.	Euro	U.K.
4.0	5.0	37.5	4.5
4.5	5.5	38	5.0
5.0	6.0	38.5	5.5
5.5	6.5	39	6.0
6.0	7.5	40.5	6.5
6.5	8.0	41	7.0

CCM Junior Hockey Skate Sizing Chart

CCM Skate Size	Shoe Size
	U.S.	Euro	U.K.
1.0	2.0	33.5	1.5
1.5	2.5	34	2.0
2.0	3.0	35	2.5
2.5	3.5	35.5	3.0
3.0	4.0	36	3.5
3.5	4.5	36.5	4.0

CCM Youth Hockey Skate Sizing Chart

CCM Skate Size	Shoe Size
	U.S.	Euro	U.K.
6.0	7.0	23.5	6.5
7.0	8.0	25	7.5
7.5	8.5	25.5	8.0
8.0	9.0	26	8.5
8.5	9.5	26.5	9.0
9.0	10.0	27	9.5
9.5	10.5	27.5	10.0
10.0	11.0	28	10.5
10.5	11.5	28.5	11.0
11.0	12.0	29.5	11.5
11.5	12.5	30	12.0
12.0	13.0	31	12.5
12.5	13.5	31.5	13.0
13.0	1.0	32	13.5
13.5	1.5	33	1.0

True Ice Hockey Skates Size Guide

True Hockey offers a money-back guarantee if you’re unsatisfied with your skates. To ensure you are entirely delighted with how they fit and feel, go play and practice in them! The size charts below should help you get the right True Ice Hockey Skates.

TRUE Junior hockey Skate Sizing Chart

True Size	Length in CM	US Men’s Shoe Size	US Women’s Shoe Size
3.0	22.6	4.0	5.5
3.5	23.1	4.5	6.0
4.0	23.5	5.0	6.5
4.5	23.9	5.5	7.0
5.0	24.3	6.0	7.5
5.5	24.7	6.5	8.0

TRUE Senior hockey Skate Sizing Chart

True Size	Length in CM	US Men’s Shoe Size	US Women’s Shoe Size
6.0	25.1	7.5	9.0
6.5	25.5	8.0	9.5
7.0	26.0	8.5	10.0
7.5	26.4	9.0	10.5
8.0	26.8	9.5	11.0
8.5	27.2	10.0	11.5
9.0	27.7	10.5	12.0
9.5	28.1	11.0	12.5
10.0	28.5	11.5	13.0
10.5	28.9	12.0	13.5
11.0	29.4	12.5	14.0
11.5	29.8	13.0	14.5
12.0	30.2	13.5	15.0

Graf Ice Hockey Skates Size Guide

Graf classifies the width of their skates using a somewhat different approach regarding width. The graph below shows how Graf widths function.

Graf Skate Width	Skate Fit
N	Narrow
R	Standard
W	Wide
W+	Widest

GRAF Senior Hockey Skate Sizing Chart

Graf Skate Size	Shoe Size
	US (Men)	US (Women)	EU	UK
6.0	7.5	9.0	40.5	6.5
6.5	8.0	9.5	41	7
7.0	8.5	10.0	42	7.5
7.5	9.0	10.5	42.5	8
8.0	9.5	11.0	43	8.5
8.5	10.0	11.5	44	9
9.0	10.5	12.0	44.5	9.5
9.5	11.0	12.5	45	10
10.0	11.5	13.0	45.5	10.5
10.5	12.0	13.5	46	11
11.0	12.5	14.0	47	11.5
11.5	13.0	14.5	47.5	12
12.0	13.5	15.0	48	12.5
12.5	14.0	15.5	48.5	13
13.0	14.5	16.0	49	13.5
13.5	15.0	16.5	50	14.5
14.0	15.5	17.0	51	15.5

GRAF Junior hockey Skate Sizing Chart

Graf Skate Size	Youth Shoe Size
	US	EU	UK
1.0	2.0	33.5	1.5
1.5	2.5	34	2
2.0	3.0	35	2.5
2.5	3.5	35.5	3
3.0	4.0	36	3.5
3.5	4.5	36.5	4
4.0	5.0	37.5	4.5
4.5	5.5	38	5
5.0	6.0	38.5	5.5
5.5	6.5	39	6

Graf Youth Hockey Skate Sizing Chart

Graf Skate Size	Kids’ Shoe Size
	US	EU	UK
6.0	7.5	23.5	6.5
6.5	8.0	25	7.5
7.0	8.5	25	7.5
7.5	9.0	26	8.5
8.0	9.5	26.5	9
8.5	10.0	27	9.5
9.0	10.5	27.5	10
9.5	11.0	28	11.5
10.0	11.5	28.5	11
10.5	12.0	29.5	11.5
11.0	12.5	30	12
11.5	13.0	31	12.5
12.0	13.5	31.5	13
12.5	*1.0	32	13.5
13.0	*1.5	33	*1.0
13.5	*2.0	33.5	*1.5

Final Remarks

While no player wants to be uncomfortable on the ice, we also don’t want to constantly break the bank on new pairs of skates simply because we didn’t take the time to find the right size skate. So, we have used our expert knowledge to advise how to choose the best ice hockey skate for you and to help you avoid these issues.  

Well-fitted ice skates help you perform your best but also help you avoid pain and injury while you’re on the ice. It may seem a daunting choice from all of the available ice skate models in-store and online, but we want to choose your next skate to be an enjoyable experience, so we’ve put together this skate fitting guide.

A skate that isn’t properly sized can be uncomfortable and painful, impacting on your performance and enjoyment. An ill-fitted skate can cause blisters, damage the vital support in the boot, or ruin your enjoyment of the game.