I'll keep this updated I suppose, pretty interesting night last night. Joe over at the Hockey Stop (owner) let Erica borrow his son's Grafs for the evening, Erica loved them other than 2 things, 1 they had no sole inserts in them..easy fix, and since his son played hockey it had a REALLY narrow rocker cut on the leading and trailing edge of the blade which allows for more forward and rearward leaning.
They fit her well, and being 1 entire size smaller than my Easton Air's I was able to get my foot in it. They are really hard and after 2 seasons of play they show no real signs of softening up.
So, I suppose she needs these criteria based on what she likes,
--Stiffer boot that does not soften easily Baur/Graf I have no experience with CCM
--Narrow boot as these pinched my foot in ways I did not care for at all, but she liked it
Good input here guys, I am taking all this in as well. I am looking to potentially upgrade at some point since I have had mine since I was about 16 skating as much as a hockey player does, just not playing lol.
We may be skating tonight at OSU, we will for sure be hitting OSU tomorrow night (Sunday) if anyone wants to swing out. Pretty good group of people that are regulars and we hammer it out.
Rink schedules are here, just look for open skates and click on the month.
http://www.ohiostatebuckeyes.com/ViewArticle.dbml?&DB_OEM_ID=17300&ATCLID=925270