When buying youth hockey skates you need to be very careful not to buy skates that are too big for your child. When I used to work at a hockey pro shop back in the day, we would make sure that you could not fit more than one finger in the back of the youth ice hockey skates before you tied them. The problem with accidentally buying skates that are too large for your child’s feet is that their heel will start to slip up with every stride that they take and in turn they will pretty much instantly develop many blisters. This can be incredibly frustrating for parents and children alike because the child won’t enjoy skating and you, as a parent, will end up having to buy a new pair of skates sooner than you would like.

The best advice I can give a youth hockey parent looking to buy junior hockey skates is to listen to the employees at the pro shop where you are buying the skates. Obviously you do not want to buy your child’s hockey skates online because you want to be able to have them try on the skates before you buy them so that you can know that they fit before you spend your hard earned money on the youth hockey skate of their choice. There is no need to rush into buying a pair of hockey skates for your child. Have them try on several pairs of skates in different brands and different models until they find a pair that they recognize as being comfortable to their foot.

If you are new to being a hockey parent and don’t know what to buy for your child in terms of ice hockey gear, don’t hesitate to do some research online to identify what is the best equipment to buy for your children.

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Probably the most obvious way to save money when buying childrens hockey skates is to buy used. Of course you know that kids grow each year, and with that comes the necessity to buy skates sooner than you would need for an adult. Many children insist that their parents buy them the latest and greatest model of brand new skates, but when they out grow those skates, they end up having to buy a new pair and usually decide to sell their old skates. Luckily for you, their are an abundance of used kids hockey skates at your local hockey pro shop and on auction websites such as Ebay. Another benefit that comes with buying used childrens ice hockey skates is the fact that they come already broken in for your child so that they do not have to be uncomfortable for the dreaded break in process.

There is another way you can really save money on kids ice hockey skates which is relatively new, but I foresee it catching on like wildfire eventually. The hockey pro shop that I used to work at in Minnesota actually has a skate leasing option. Basically leasing kids hockey skates means that you pay a fraction of what you would pay for new skates in order to basically rent the skates for a year or two. Sometimes these leased skates will be brand new and sometimes they are slightly used. After your lease is up, you have the option to either turn your leased skates in and upgrade to a bigger size if your child grew, or if they are not too small you can either extend the lease or buy the kids hockey skates out right.

With hockey getting more and more expensive each year, you have to get pretty creative in order to get your child the ice hockey equipment that they need and not spend an arm and a leg. Luckily with hockey skates being so expensive, some hockey pro shops are realizing that they need to offer some affordable solutions to allow hockey parents to afford to buy the skates that their children need in order to play the sport that they love.

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