Hockey Boot Services

A new boot is built to a generic last, not your foot. Baking heats the boot's materials so they soften and conform to the exact shape of your foot as they cool — eliminating pressure points, speeding up break-in, and improving how directly your energy reaches the ice. Boots that have been skated in for a while can also benefit from a re-bake if the fit was never properly dialed in.

Sometimes baking isn't enough for a specific hot spot — a bunion, a bone spur, a navicular bump. Punching uses targeted heat and a specialized tool to push the boot out in one precise location, relieving pressure exactly where you need it without affecting the rest of the fit. We punch a single boot or both, depending on where the problem is.

When a boot is too tight across a broader area rather than one point, stretching opens up the width or instep to create room. It's the right fix when the issue is general tightness rather than a single pressure point — relieving the pinch without making the boot sloppy.

Rivets hold your blade holder to the boot. When they loosen or shear, the holder can shift — and a holder that moves under load is both a performance killer and a real injury risk. We replace rivets before they fail or after they already have. Copper rivets are the heavier-duty option for the high-stress mounting points; steel rivets handle the rest. We'll tell you which your skate needs.

If a blade holder is cracked, bent, or worn past its service life, replacing it restores the solid, predictable platform your skating depends on. We remove the old holder, mount the new one true to the boot, and rivet it properly. We also replace torn or pulled-out eyelets — a small repair that keeps you able to lace the boot tight and even, which matters more than it sounds.