Fitting Hockey Gloves

By Tyler Hinds, envious of players with silky mitts (@THinds3)

A good pair of hockey gloves will do three things:

1. Offer excellent hand protection
2. Give the player great feel on their stick
3. Give the player great style

Below is the buyer's guide to purchasing a new set of mitts.

Key Points

ProTip - Bring your current stick and elbow pads with you when buying new gloves so the stick feels comfortable in your hands and you have enough wrist mobility.

• Fingers – there should be approximately half a centimeter of spare room between the end of your fingers and the end of the glove
  • If your fingers are jammed at the end, try the next size up
  • If there’s too much room at the end, try the next size down
• Length – make sure the cuff of the glove reaches the base of your elbow pad
  • If there’s too much a gap, try the next size up so you avoid painful slashes
  • If there’s too much overlap, try the next size down so you don’t lose wrist mobility
• Feel – this is where you grab your stick and confirm that you will still have the same puck control and feel that you had with your previous set of mitts
  • If something doesn’t feel right, try one of the different style of fits listed below.

Style

1. Anatomical Fit

• Designed specifically to fit very tight on the hand and wrist for maximum feel and great control over your stick

2. Tapered Fit

• Similar fit to the anatomical where the glove is very snug around the hand but has a flared cuff for more wrist mobility

3. Four Roll Fit

• This is the traditional boxy hockey glove where the fit is relatively loose throughout the fingers, hand, and wrist

Sizes 

* The hand length measurement is taken from the base of the middle finger to the elbow

 

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