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Originally Posted by jello24
well, the plan is to use these skates for beginner and power skating lessons and public skating from now until december, then a hockey course by this time next year. by then i expect to have enough skating ability to be able to use higher end skates without hurting my learning. i'm sure whatever mid- to low-end skate i get now will have to be replaced before i do a hockey course anyway.
as of now, Cyclone Taylor seems to be the recommended shop by RayBot it seems...
thanks for the input, guys!
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I wouldn't go for any of the lower end skates. When I started playing minor hockey I cheaped out on my first pair and the boot on the lower end models aren't stiff enough to give you sufficient support while you skate. I ended up selling that pair on Craigslist and buying something mid-end after a month of frustration.
As shops go, Cyclones or Hockey Shop are the ones that I frequent most. I'd avoid big box stores like Sportchek unless you already know what you want to buy as most of their employees working in the hockey section have never played hockey themselves. Sportchek does carry some mid-high end skates at their PC location but I'd go to a real hockey store if you want to get fitted right.